axillary, about the length of the petiols, usually 1 or 2 

 female flowers at the base : stameus numerous, fila- 

 ments compressed, dilated at the apex : anthers 2- 

 celled : cells transverse: ovary 3-celIed : style deep- 

 ly 3-cleft: stigmas large, paired, spreading: capsule 

 hispid. 



Bengal, Scinde, Circar Mountains. The specimens 

 from which the drawing was made were raised in the 

 Horticultm-al Society's Garden at Madras. I think 

 I have correctly named it- It certainly is not a Cro- 

 ton^ and the present is the only genus with which it 

 associates. 



1886. Claoxylon mubicatum (R. "VV. Croton 

 muricatum^ Klein, M.SS.), arboreous dioecious? leaves 

 opposite, oblong lanceolate, serrate, attenuate at both 

 ends, glabrous, sprinkled below with numerous shin- 

 ing, resinous points : spikes axillary, male ones ament- 

 iform, longer than the petiols, female sub-racemose, 

 about the length of the leaves, capsule tricoccous, each 

 furnished with two rows of excrescences. 



Courtallum, Ceylon, Bombay? Graham; Belgaum, 

 Law. This plant, unless I am confounding two spe- 

 cies under one name, seems to have a wide range. In 

 regard to my Bombay specimens I feel some uncer- 

 tainty, the capsules being larger and not regularly 

 muricated as in the more Southern ones. The ap- 

 pendages on them more resemble the filamentous ones 



of Rottlera peltata, hence my doubt of the identity of 

 that plant with mine. The resinous glands are also 

 found in (7. digynum. In both, too, the leaves are 

 sometimes nearly entire, though generally in this 

 coarsely serrate. 



Sarcocunium (R. W.). 



Gen. Char. Dioecious: male calyx gamosepalous, 

 bursting u'regularly, 3-5-toothed. Corolla 5-petaled, 

 petals imbricating in aestivation, with 5 large alternate 

 globose glands at the base. Stamens 10, in a double 

 scries alternate with the petals and glands, attached 

 romid the base of a lai-ge rudimentary ovary ; anthers 

 2-ceUed, cuspidate ; cells divaricating at the base, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Female calyx 5-sepaled ; 

 sepals ovate, acute. Corolla 5-petaled, petals insert- 

 ed round the base of a thick fleshy 5-lobed disk. 

 Ovary sessile, the base embraced by the disk, 3-cell- 

 ed, with a pendulous ovule in each ; styles 3, spread- 

 ing; stigmas six, recurved. Capsule 3-coecous, sub- 

 globose. Seed. — (The seed were not sufficiently ma- 

 tm'C though the capsule seems full gi-own. 



A rather large shrub, flowering during the cool and 

 rainy season, its seed seem to ripen daring the hot 

 season. I have known this plant many years, but 

 only last year got specimens in a sufficiently perfect 

 state to admit of my determining the genus ; which, 

 so far as I can make out, is very distinct from any 



yet published. 



GivoTiA (Griffith). 



Gen. Char. Male. Calyx 5 sepals, imbricated. 

 Corolla 5 petals, convolute, alternate with 5 large 

 fleshy glands. Stamens about 15, monadelphous at 

 the base, fi-ee above ; anthers 2-celled, opening longi- 

 tudinally. Female calyx and corolla as in the male, 

 stamens none. Base of the ovary embraced by a 

 fleshy 5-lobed ring. Ovary cells 1-ovuled. Styles 

 2-3-ceIled; 2-3, two-cleft, stigmatose within, fruit 

 di'upaceous, one-seeded. 



A small ramous tree, leaves alternate, cordate or 

 somewhat lobed, clothed with white stellate pubescence 

 beneath, sub-glabrous above ; petiols often furnished 

 with one or two prominent glands. Panicles ter- 

 minal, flowers congested or sub-capitate on the ends 

 of the ramuli, pedicels jointed, usually furnished with 

 a filiform bract. Stamens hairy at the base. Fruit 

 oblong, about the size of a pigeon's egg, nut very 

 hard, seed oily. 



1889. GivoTiA RoTTLEHiFOBMis (Griffith). 



A common tree in sub- alpine forests all along the 

 base of the central range of Ghauts, and to be met 

 with in flower at nearly all seasons, but principally 

 during the Spring and Snmmer months- The normal 

 number of stamens is I think 15, but I have found 13, 

 and the draftsman has represented 10, which I feel 

 sure is a mistake. 



When Mr. Griffith established the genus he had 

 only seen female flowers, hence his character was de- 

 ficient in what regards the male ; that I have here 

 supplied from native specimens. 



The wood is very porous and considered of little 

 value, but I have heard that the oil obtained from the 

 seed is considered superior to either Olive or Almond 

 oil for fine machineiy. 



1890. Trigonostemon heteranthum (R. W.), 



lobes of the calyx of the male flower entire on the 

 margin, of the female glanduloso-dentate : leaves 

 quite enth'e : racemes axillary, paniculate. 

 Mergui, Griffith. 



This species diflfers from Blume's T, serratum^ the 



Shrubs, with alternate, obovate oblong, somewhat ^nly other described species, in both the inflorescence 

 cuniate, short petioled or sub-sessile, glabrous, coria- ^^^ fio^vevs, the calyx of the female diflering so wide- 

 ceous, entu-e, slunmg leaves, ending m a short blunt jy f^.^^ ^j^^^ ^f the male. 



acumen: male racemes glomerate, interrupted : glora- 

 erules bracteate, bracts serrated : flowers short pedi- 



celled ; petals obovate, somewhat toothed on the mar- 

 gin, stamens longer than the petals : filaments subu- 

 late : sterile ovaiy 2-3-cleft, female racemes axil- 

 lary : flowers bracteate : bracts ovate, stem-clasping, 

 entire : sepals ovate, acute : petals orbicular, some- 

 what waved. Disk veiy thick and fleshy, whence 

 the generic name, Fleshy bed, 



1887-88. Sabcoclinium lowgitouum (R. W.), 



Alpine forests, exposed to the hifluence of the South- 

 west monsoon, Western slopes of the Neilgherries not 

 unfrequent, but I have specimens from many other 

 stations. 



Peltandra (R. W.). 



Gen. Char. Monoecious,male calyx 5-parted, cor- 

 olla none. A large glandular disk lining the bottom 

 of the calyx and embracing the base of the stamens. 

 Stamens 5, monadelphous below, free and spreading 

 above, equal; anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally, 

 no rudimentary ovary. Female. Calyx of the male, 

 no corolla or rudimentary stamens : base of the 

 ovary embraced by a fleshy cup-like disk. Ovary 

 3-celled with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell, styles 

 3, deeply 2-parted.- Capsule 3-celled with 2 or, by 

 abortion, 1 corrugated seed in each. Testa rough ; 

 albumen copious, embryo inverse, cotyledons foliaceous 



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