Sarcococca.'] Euphovbiacece. 9 



very short, ciliate, glands large, broad, 2-horned ; capsule with 

 rounded lobes, glabrous, pale brown; seeds oblong-ovoid, 

 smooth, blue-black. 



Shady places in the montane zone, 3-7000 ft. ; common. Fl. Sept.- 

 Dec. ; green. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



E. Iccla, Heyne in Roth, Nov. Sp. 230, seems the oldest name (1821), 

 and ought to be retained (as E. Iceta, Ait. is reduced to E. dendroides^ L.). 



2. SARCOCOCCA, Lindl. 



Shrub; 1. alt.; fl. monoecious, in axillary clusters, bracteate; 

 cai.-segm. 4, distinct, imbricate; male fl. : — stam. 4, opp. sep. ; 

 fern. fl. : — ov. 2-celled with 2 collateral ovules in each cell, 

 raphe of ovule ventral, styles 2, undivided; fr. a drupe, 

 endocarp bony; seed solitary or 2, endosperm fleshy, coty- 

 ledons broad, flat. — Sp. 2 or 3 ; i in FL B. Ind. 



This genus, along with the box and a few others, is regarded by some 

 authors as belonging to a different Order {Buxece) from Euphorbiacccc, 

 characterised chiefly by the raphe of the ovule being ventral. 



S. pruniformls, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1012 (1826). 

 Thw. Enum. 290. S. saligna, var. brevifolia, Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prod. xvi. I, 12. C. P. 203. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 266. Wight, Ic. t. 1877 (.S". trinervid). 



Shrub, 4-8 ft, much branched ; branchlets long, virgate, 

 somewhat angular, glabrous, green; 1. numerous, alt, very 

 variable, 1^-3^ in., broadly ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, acuminate or caudate, acute, often somewhat 

 falcate, entire, glabrous, basal pair of lat. veins usually dis- 

 tinct, making 1. 3-nerved ; petiole \ in., slender; fl. on short 

 more or less bracteate ped., in small axillary racemes or 

 clusters; cal.-segm. obtuse, glabrous; styles short, recurved; 

 drupe ^-| in., oblong-ovoid, tipped with style-bases, smooth, 

 purple. 



Var. /3, zeylanica, Hk.f. S. zeylanica, Baill. Mon. Bux. 52; Muell. 

 Arg. I.e. 12. 



Male fl. 4-bracteolate ; fruit shorter. 



Var. y, brevlfolla, Muell. Arg. I.e. Male fl. without bracts. 



Montane zone, especially in the higher elevations ; common. Fl. all 

 the year; green. 



Also in mountains of India, Afghanistan, and Sumatra. 



The leaves vary much in width, the broadest occurring at the highest 

 elevations. 



