Geloniuin. dioecia icosandria. 829 



Croton ffossyp'ifoliumy Vahl. Symb. ii. 98. < . 49, is much 

 like tlie male, and the female is labelled a Ricinns in the Banks- 

 ian Herbarium. 



A native of the Malay Islands. The male plant flowers dur- 

 inar the hot season in the Botanic warden at Calcutta. 



5. R. alba. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves alternate, long-petioled, cordate, some- 

 what peltate, and slightly scollop-dentate, hoary underneath. 

 Panicles terminal. Capsules villous, armed with villous fila- 

 ments. 



A native of Prince of Wales' Island. It flowers in the Bo- 

 tanic garden during the rains and the beginning of the cool 

 season. 



6. R. dicocca. R. 



Scandent. Leaves round-cordate, alternate, throc-ncrvcd . 

 Racemes terminal, and axillary. Capsules dicoccous. 



Aleurites laccifera. Willd. iv. 590. 



Teling. Kanda-veltoo. 



Hind. Akoos. 



A native of various parts of India. It is a weak, though 

 large, sub-scandent shrub. Flowering time the hot season ; 

 the seed ripens in the rainy season. 



7. R. hexa ndria. R. 



Leaves alternate, long-petioled, rhomb-cordate, cuspidate. 

 Stipules ensiform. J\Iale panicles axillary, bearing heads 

 of hcxandrous flowers. 



A native of the Malay Archipelago, and has a great deal 

 of the habit of Rottlera alba. 



GELONIUM. Gcert. 



Male. Calyx five-leaved. Corol none. Female. Ca- 

 lyx five or six-leaved. Corol none. Germ superior, two or 

 three-celled • cells one-seeded ; attachment superior. Capsule 



