Euphorhiacem.'] ceylon plants, 275 



1, C. castanocarpus, Tliw. — C. pungens, Thw. 1. c. p. 301 (excl. 

 descrip. fruct.), t. 10 A, fig. 1-4. Adelia ccistanocarpa, Koxb, Fl.Ind. 



iii. p. 848; Wall. Cat. n. 7984. Casearia fcoriacea, Wall. Cat. n. 

 7196.— c.p. 2641. 

 Var. ^; pulescens ; ramulis foliisqu.e subtus plus minus hispidis. 



C.P. 3013. 

 Hab. Common in the Ratnapoora and Ambagamowa Districts. 



Var. /3. Pasdun Corle. 



Flores 2-2^ lin. long:!. Capsula subspLffirica, semipollicaris, aculeis rigidis fra- 

 gilibus reflexe setulosis ochraceo-rufescentibus dense tecta; putamine mediocri. 



2. O- coriaceus, Thw. \foliis valde coriaceia, glabris, oblongis, brevi- 

 acuminatis, superne la^vibus^ subtus parce venosis, basi acutis ; capsula 

 muricata, sparse strigosa. — C. pungens, Thw. 1. c, quoad descrip. fruct. 



et fig. 6-9.— c.p. 1025, ^ * 



Hab. "With the preceding species, and equally common. 



Arbor mediocris, ramulis subglabris. Folia 3-6 poll. loiiga, 1^-3 poll. lata, 

 feiiolo 3-5 liu. longo. Fasciculi multiflorij minute tomentosi. Flores 1-li lin. 

 longi. Filamenta pilosa. Capsula ovoidea, obscure trigona, apiculata, 8 lin. longa; 

 putami7ie osseo, "I Hn. in crass. 



This very much resembles the preceding species ; but the leaves of the present 

 plant are much more coriaceous in texture, the flowers are smaller and on rather 

 longer pedicels, and the capsule is very different. The timber of both is hard, and 

 useful for building purposes. 



tf t Perianthii verticillis trimeris. 



19. MISCHODON, Thw. 



Hook. Jonm. of Bot. vi. (1854) p. 299. BaiUon, fitude des Euphorb. p. 335. 

 1. M, Zeylanicus, Thw. 1. c. p. 300, t. 10 JB.— C.P. 557. 



Hab. Hantani, Gardner; Ooma Oya, on the Lower BaduUa Eoad 

 from Kandy ; not common. 

 Floe. fcem. Sti/lus 3-partitus, lohis brevibus, refleris, apice rotundato-dilatatis. 



Perianthii verticillis 4i~^-merts, interiore petalino, aliguando in Jlor.fcsm, 



minutissimOy vel nullo, 



f Monoica, 



20. CEOTON, Linn. 



1. C. laccifemm, Linn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1915 (excl. syn. aliq.)— J?^z^- 

 rites lacclferus, Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 590. Crotonfoliis omtis, etc., Fl. 

 ZeyL n, 344. Ricinoides aromatica arhor, etc., Burm. Thes. Zeyl. p. 



201, t. 91.— c.p. 2117. , '^ , 



Hab. Yqtj common up to an elevation of 3000 feet. JNom. vulg. 



" Gass-tappiteya." 



The lac obtained from the old trees of this species is employed by the Cinghalese 

 for medicinal aud other purposes, 



2. O. aromaticum, Lmn. (Willd. L c p. 549, cum syn,)— An C. Mo 

 Imcanum, Willd. 1. c. p. 551 (excl. syn. 



Fl. ZeyL n. 345,— c.p. 2116. , ^^ i ..ttt i 



Hab. Abundant in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. W ci 



tappiteya." 



»* 



p. D^y, cum isyu,; — xi.ii y. ju.u- 



r Croioii foliis cordatis, etc.. 



