This genus is, it appears to me, justly referable to 
Antidesmee, though, so long as the mature fruit re- 
mains unknown, a doubt must exist on that point. 
The difference of the anthers tends to strengthen that 
doubt, but those of the hermaphrodite flowers of the 
preceding plate help to reconcile us to the difference. 
In the analysis the draftsman has been careless 
and has failed to show the disk of the male flower. 
It is similar to that shown in the female one. 
(R. W.) 
Neilgherries, western slopes, growing near the 
banks of streams, flowering May and June. On the 
banks of the stream at Mr. Ouchterlony's coffee 
plantation. 
1992. ÅSTYLIS VENUSTA. 
1993. 了 UPHORBIA CATTIMANDOO (W. Elliot), 
shrubby or arboreous, erect, 5-sided with prominent 
repand angles; stipulary thorns paired, short subu- 
late : leaves sessile, succulent, deciduous, obovate, sub- 
cuniate, cuspidate, glabrous: peduncles crowded, 3- 
flowered, the middle one usually sterile and the lateral 
ones fertile, sometimes the reverse, flowering after the 
fall of the leaf. 
Vizagapatam district, in great abundance, flowering 
from March to May, or even the beginning of June. 
This plant is so much like Euphorbia trigona, No. 
1863, above, that I should scarcely have thought of 
introducing it here, but for the valuable product 
whieh it yields to the arts, and which, when better 
known, may be found bat little inferior, for many 
purposes, to Gutta Percha. The drawing represents 
the plant in 3 states: lst, quite naked as it appears 
before flowering; second, covered with flowers, and 
lastly as it appears in July and August covered 
with young leaves. In size it varies from 8 to 12 
or 14 feet, rarely higher. The stem is 3—4 feet high 
surmounted by a round branchy head. The milk 
of this plant yields the product above referred to. 
It is obtained by cutting off the branches, when it 
flows freely. “lt is collected and boiled on the spot, 
at which time it is very elastie, but after being formed 
into cakes or cylinders it becomes resinous or brittle, 
in which state it is sold in the bazaars and employed 
as a cement for fixing knives into handles and other 
similar purposes, which is effected by heating it. Tt 
is also employed medicinally, as an outward appli- 
cation iu cases of Rheumatism. The piece I sent you 
was prepared by Mr. Healy, and was, I think, boiled 
in water. It is much superior to what is sold in the 
bazaar, but it has not the valuable property, like 
Gutta Percha, of being ductile at all times. It can 
be made to take any shape when first boiled, but as 
far as we know, not afterwards, though some plan 
may be found for making it more pliant afterwards." 
The above notes were communicated by Mr. Walter 
Elliot. Judging from the above mentioned sample of 
the Cattimandoo, now before me, I should suppose 
that, were it in the hands of men accustomed to work 
in such material, it would soon be turned to valuable 
account. I find, when exposed to the heat of a fire 
orlamp it rapidly softens and becomes as adhesive 
tothe hands as shoemakers' wax, but when soaked 
for some time in warm water (150° to 180°) then it 
slowly softens, becomes pliable and plastic and in 
that state takes any required form. But my experi- 
ments with it have been too few and cursory to 
admit of my drawing any conclusions from them, and 
I only mention them because they seem to encourage 
the hope that the concluding remarks of Mr. Elliot 
still want confirmation. 
CHORISANDRA. (R. W.) 
Gen. Cuar. Dicecious (always 2(. Male: calyx 
six-parted with six depressed flattened glands. Sta- 
mens six, equal, free to near the base, alternate with 
the glands ; filaments filiform subulate ; anthers short, 
ovate, 2-celled; cells parallel opening longitudinally. 
Female: calyx 5-parted (always), lobes somewhat 
unequal: glands 5, alternate with the lobes of the 
calyx. Ovary 3-celled with 2 ovules suspended from 
about the middle of the axis in each: style short, 3- 
cleft, stigmas revolute. Capsule 3-celled, usually, by 
abortion, 3-seeded, splitting into six valves. Seed 
globose.—4A low ramous shrub, 3-5 feet high. Leaves 
alternate, pinnate ; leaflets alternate, oval, obtuse at 
both ends, glabrous. Male flowers axillary, aggregat- 
ed in dense fascicles : calyx lobes imbricating in æsti- 
vation, reflexed when full blown: glands depressed, 
covering the bottom of the calyx and concealing the 
insertion of the stamens; flower buds globose. Fe- 
male flowers few, one or two from the base of the 
petiols, long pedicelled. Capsule globose crowned 
with the persistent style; glabrous. The distinguish- 
ing feature of this genus is the number and freedom 
of the stamens; and the inflorescence is peculiar 
when viewed in connection with that of the sub-divi- 
sion of the tribe ( Phyllanthee ), to which it belongs. 
In truth it seems almost a Phyllanthus in habit. 
1994. CHORISANDRA PINNATA. (R.W) 
Abundant in arid laterite soils along the western 
shores of the Pulicat lake, where it forms extensive 
low jungles (within about 20 or 25 miles in a north- 
west direction from Madras). It is also found in the 
Northern Circars whence I received specimens from 
Mr. Walter Elliot. Being thus extensively distrib- 
uted I wonder that it still remains an undescribed 
plant, but yet I do not recognise it under any of 
either Willdenow’s or Roxburgh’s species, of either 
Phyllanthus, to which genus I think they would most 
probably have referred it, or in any other allied genus. 
As a genus, I feel certain it is not taken up. 
WaGarea. (Dalzell, Hooker's K. G. Miscel. vol. 
3, p. 90.) 
Gen. CHAR, Calyx 5-cleft, tube cup-shaped, limb 
deciduous, lobes imbricated in æstivation, the inferior 
one somewhat larger, concave. Corolla; petals 5, 
equal, uniform, unguiculate, inserted on the top of the 
tube of the calyx. Stamens 10, inserted with the 
petals, all fertile, alternately shorter. Ovary stipi- 
tate, 4-6-ovuled; style filiform; stigma hollow, 2- 
liped, fringed, upper lip half-orbicular, lower one 
larger, cucullate. Legume linear acute, coriaceous, 
transversely constricted between the seed, thickened 
on the margin, seed 3-4, obovate oblong, testa thick, 
hard and bony.—A scandent shrub everywhere, except 
the spikes, armed with recurved prickles. Leaves 
bipinnate ; pinnz 5-6 pairs; leaflets 5-6 pairs, sub- 
cordato-ovate obtuse or sub-emarginate, shining above, 
a little downy. Spikes terminal, long (1-2 feet); 
flowers numerous, close set, calyx bright red; petals 
orange yellow, and, being confined by the calyx lobes, 
never expand: stamens length of the petals, filaments 
hairy at the base, anthers roundish, ovary pilose; 
legume glabrous, thick añd somewhat spongy. 
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