EUf»MORBIACEie to; 



BALANOPHORACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 358. 



EUPHORBIACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 361 and add : 



EUPHORBIA. 



Euphorbia hclioscopia Linn.) Vol. I p. 360. t. 



Euphorbia orcophila Miq.) Vol. I p. 360 as E. Rothi- 

 ana Sprang., t. 490. See Sedgwick Jour. Bom. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. XXXVI, p. 599. 



BRIDELIA. F.B.I. 135 IV. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate entire with strong 

 straight venation. Flowers small in simple or spicate 

 clusters, monoecious. Sepals 5. Petals as many smaller. 

 Stamens 5, their filments united below into a column 

 which bears a pistillode. Ovary 2-celled. Drupe small 

 with I or 2 stones. 



Species about 30 in tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. 



Bridclia rctusa Spreng.; F.B.L, 268, IV i. A tree or 

 large shrub, with elliptic an*d oblong or ovate leaves, 3 

 to 5 inches long, easily recognized by 15 to 20 pairs of 

 strong straight veins pinnately arranged along the 

 midrib. Flowers % inch in diameter, % inch, clusters 

 axillary or in spikes, pubescent or glabrous. Fruit H 

 inch, purple black, t. 491. Bedd FL Syl. 6 CCLX. 



Nilgiris and Pulneys, at about 5,000 feet and below. 



Geii. Dist. Throughout hotter parts ot the Old World. 



PHYLLANTHUS. 



See Vol. I p. 362. 



Phyllanthus rhccdii Wight ; Vol. I p. 363. A well- 

 branched under-shrub. Leaves thin, or flaccid, t. 492, 

 Nilgiris : Coonoor. Flowers, September. 



