298 Messrs Wight and Arnott an some New or 



habit. It forms a rigid, ramous, densely interwoven bush, 

 rising to the height of 8 or 10 feet, of rather frequent occurrence 

 in the station above indicated. We believe it is also met with 

 in the numerous jungles, occurring in dry sterile soils, of the 

 Coromandel coast, but appears to be rarely found in a suffi- 

 ciently perfect state of fructification to admit of its place in 

 either the artificial or natural systems of botany being deter- 

 mined. Hence it seems to have been hitherto overlooked, or at 

 least left undescrihed by botanists. The leaves in their rigidity 

 and texture resemble those of CelastriLS emarginatus. 



Gen. 2. MTCROELUS, Nob, 

 Lin. St/St. DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 



Ord, Nat. EUPHOllBIACE^, Juss. 

 Flores dioecL Masc. Perianthium 5-partitum ; segmentis jequalibus, incurvis, 

 cuculatis, stamina opposita occultantibus. JEstivatio subimbricativa. 

 GlanduUe petaloiilese, (Petala, Juss.) nullae. Stamina 5, sub pistilli rudi- 

 mento fungillifbrmi, apice concaviusculo, inserta. Filamenta subnulla. 

 AjithercB cordato-ovata?, biloculares; loculis juxta positis. Glanduloe nulloe 

 inter stamina. — FoeM. Perianthium .... Ovarium 3-loculare ; loculis bi- 

 ovulatis. Styli 3, liniares, elongati, integri, recurvi, flexuosi, hinc intus 

 glandulosi : Fructus rupiformis, vix (loculicidae) dehiscens, 3-locularis ; 

 loculis monospermis. Semina Itevia. Albumen carnosum. Embryo axilis. 

 Cotyledones planae, foliaceae, cordato-orbiculares. Radicula brevis, supra. 

 Arborescens. Folia pinnatim trifoliata^ alterna^ petiolata ; foliolis lateralibus 

 breviter, terminali longius^ petiolatis^ glabris^ minute pelucido-punctatis, pen- 

 ninervibus, late ellipticisy subiter acitminatis^ denticulato-serratis. Paniculse 

 axillares, petiolum superantes. Flores mascttli minuti^ virideseentcs. Fruc- 

 tus globosus, pisi magnitudine^ fuscus. 



1. M. Roeperianus. Nob. in Prod. PL Penins. Tnd. Or. (ined.) Wight's Cat. 

 N. 941. Andrachne ? trifoliata, Ilort. Beng. 70. fid. specim. in herb. Ha. 

 milton. in Universit. Edinburg. No. 2194. 



Hab. In dumetis montium provinciie Madura, et " in Nepala inferiore 

 et Ben gala orien tali," Ham. 1. c. 



This Js a small tree, of rather rare occurrence in alpine 

 jungles, and, so far as we have yet been able to learn, not con- 

 verted to any use. The foliage is totally unlike any other Eu- 

 phorbeaceae with which we are acquainted. The abortive pistil in 

 the male flowers makes it rank with Ad. de Jussieu's first sec- 

 tion, including Buxus and its allies. 



