760 DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. Trophis. 



always two-cleft. Stif/mas simple. Drw/je minute, succulent, 

 one-celled. J\''ut one-celled, very small. 



The berries are eaten by the natives when ripe. The wood 

 serves for various uses. 



4. S. lanceolaria. R. 



Shrubby, smooth. Leaves lanceolar. Stipules ensiform. 

 Spikes terminal, filiform ; male flowers diandrous. 



A very bushy, large shrub, void of all sorts of pubescence ; 

 a native of Chittagong-. In the Botanic garden it blossoms 

 during the rainy season. 



CATURUS. Schreb. ge?i. K 1449. 

 Male calyx none. Corol trifid. Female calyx three or 

 four-parted. Corol none. Styles three. Capsule tricoccous. 



C. spicijlorus. Willd. iv. 714. 



Shrubby. Leaves long-petioled, cordate, serrate. Spikes 

 pendulous, longer than the leaves. 



Cauda-felis agrestis. Rumph. Amh. iv. t.dl.J". 1. the male, 

 and J". 2. the female. 



Acalypha hispida. Burnt. Fl. Ind. t. 61. f. 1. would be 

 a tolerable representation of the female, if the spikes were 

 longer, and pendulous. 



Exclude Watta-tali, Rheed. Mai. v. t. 32, which is more 

 like my Rottlera dicocca, and totally different from a Ca- 

 turus. 



DIOECIA TETRANDRIA. 



TROPHIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1502. 



Male. -4 wteMi imbricated, globular. Ca/?/x four-leaved 

 or none. Female. Calyx four-leaved or none. Germ supe- 

 rior, one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment superior. Berry one- 

 seeded. Embryo inverse, curved, no perisperm. 



