Eiiphorbiacecs. 



\PhyUantJms. 



or transverse ; pistillode o (or very small in Reidid) ; 

 fern. fl. : — scp. 5-6 (4 in Prosorns), ov. 3-celled, with 2 ovules 

 in each cell (superposed in Kirganelia)\ styles 3, distinct or 

 connate, usually bifid; fr. usually dry (rarely fleshy), usually 

 with 3 crustaceous 2-seeded cocci ; seeds trigonous, with fleshy 

 endosperm. — Sp. 350; 56 in Fl. B. Ind. 



I. p. Thwaitesianus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. .\v. 2, 341 (1866). 



Peltandra Jlexuosa., Thw. Enum. 281. C. P. 3571. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 287. Wight, Ic. t. 1892 {Peltandra parvi/o/ta). 



A small, slightly branched shrub; branches very slender, 

 angular, glabrous; 1. varying in size, ii-2 in. on stems, ^-i in. 

 on branchlets, on rather long petioles, broadly oval, acute at 

 both ends, very thin, pale glaucous-green, usually mottled 



