Ricinus. MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 689 
germ, Styles three, with enlarged, ragged stigmas. Capsule 
tricoccous, of the size of a filbert, and smooth. Seeds oblong, 
smooth, light green, crowned with a glandular body by 
which they are attached to the receptacle. Embryo, as in 
the other Euphorbie. 
‘I am inclined to think this differs from Vahl’s Jatropha 
glauca, though I camot finally settle that point as I am not 
acquainted with that plant, except this be it; however the 
above description is so full, and I can safely say accurate, 
as to enable any one who may have an opportunity of com- 
paring them, to determine. This is always a stout shrub, 
and never in any part pubescent; indeed from the whole of 
Vahl’s description now before me, I am inclined to think them 
different species. 
The pale or wlicy-coloured thin juice which exudes from 
a fresh wound of this plant, is employed by the Hindoos as 
an escharotic to remove films from the eyes, 
RICIN US. Schreb. gen. N. 1464. 
Male calyx four or five-leaved, or four or five-parted. 
Corol none. Stamina numerous. Female calyx three or five- 
parted, Corol none. Styles three, two-cleft. Capsules tri- 
coccous, 
- 1. R. communis, Willd. iv, 564. 
_ Leaves peltate, sub-palmate, serrate, Fruit prickly. 
Sans, Eranda. 
Teling, Amadum. 
Hind. Arend, Arendi, or Arindi. 
Beng, Bherenda. 
_ Of this very useful plant, we have several varieties culti- 
sited in India, some of them growing to the size of a pretty 
large tree, and of many years duration ; I have) not seen any 
variety with smooth fruit. 
On the leaves the domesticated Arrindy slk-wworm C Pha- 
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