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274 ENrMEEATioN OF \^Euphorbiacea. 



camoso 



saepius abortu 1- vel 2-spennua. Semina arillo copioso integro 

 vestita. — Cseteroquin ut in Rottlera, 



1 . P. sapida^ Thw. — Rottlera (Stylanthus) Thwaitesiis BaiUon, jfitude 

 des Euphorb. p. 426.— c. p. 3428. 



Hab. Ambagamowa and at Marai-Calai, near Eatnapoora, at an ele- 

 vation of 1000 to 2000 feet. 



Arbor ingens, partihus junioribus fulvo-tomentosis. Folia Integra, obovata, breve 

 et abrupte acuminata, pcnnivenia, eglaudulosa, supei-ne glabra, costa venisque pilosis, 

 subtus pilosa, basi plus minus augustata, 5-10 poll, longa, 2i-5 poll, hid., pellolo 

 cyliudrico, tomentoso, f -2 poll, longo. Infiorescentia terminalis, paniculata^ fulvo- 

 tomentosa, glandulis stipitatis rubris creberrimc conspersa. Mores rubri ; MASC. 

 secus'racLeos ramos dense fascicnlati; alabastris acuminatis. Flok. kem. Siyli 

 Jobi 3, longiusculi, subulati, contorti, interne stigmatosi, Tructus subsphsericus, 

 rufesceus, glandulis majusculis stipitatis dense eehinulatus, sesquipollicaris. Semina 

 oblouga, 8-9 lin. longa, 4-5 lin. lata; testa ossea^ brunnea. Albumen copiosum. 

 Arillus albiduSj sapidus. 



The fleshy aril of the seed of this fine tree has an agreeable flavour, but I cannot 

 learn that the Cinghalese eat it ; the plant, however, being scarce and occurring in 

 little-frequented localities, is probably kno-v\ii to but few of the natives. 



16. MACARANGA, Dup. Th. 



1. M. tomentosa, Wight, Ic. t. 1949-1.— c.P. 2171, 



Hab. Yery abundant up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Norn. vulg. 

 ** Kanda-gass." 



Sect. 4. Ceotone^ ; florilus masc. etfcem.pertantMo hiseriaUvel sub- 



biseriali, segmentis imbricatis. 



Floribus upetalis, 

 t Penanthii lohis 5, quorum 2 minores, interni, 



17. GELONIUM, Eoxb. 



WiUd. Sn. PI. iv. «. 832 : HoxTi. Fl. Ind 



■ « * 



831 ; Wight, Ic. 1. 1867.— G^. bif avium, Willd. 1. c. p. 831. An Eoxb. 

 Lc.p. 830? An O. fasciculatum, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 832? An Brythro- 

 carpus glomerulatus, Blume, Bii'dr. p. 604 ?— c.P. 2101. 



Var. ^ ; foliis minoribus et plus minus angustioribus, ssepe aculeato- 

 dentatis ; florilus minoribus, denique ad apicem ramomm brevium 

 racheos bifarii dispoaitis.— An Ervthrocarptts spicatus, Blume, Bijdr. 

 p. 604P-C.P. 695, 252. 



Hab. Common in rather open forests, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



A very variable plant ; and all the specimens I have seen of the genus, from diffe- 

 rent and distant narta of India iniffbt wi'tli oafpt^ \.t, raft.r-j't^^ T tlnW in one snecies. 



pe 



ft Ferianihii vertidllis dimeris, 



\. CH^TOCABPUS. Thw 



Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vi. (1854) p. 300, Baill. fitude des Euphorb. p. 323. 



(Nom. vnlg, " Haddota-gass.") 



Stamina ssepissime 8, biaerialia, dimidio inferiore coalita et pistilli 

 rudimentum cingentia. 



