3 2 EuphorbiacecE. \Flueg^ea. 



Small tree, 15-20 ft; branchlets more or less tomentose; 

 1. rather small, li— 3 in., on short tomentose petioles, oblong- 

 oval, generally unequal-sided, usually rounded at base, obtuse 

 or subacute, apiculate, rather coriaceous, glabrous above, more 

 or less pubescent beneath, and often somewhat glaucous ; 

 fl. in small clusters, male on long pubescent ped., fern, sessile;. 

 sap. more or less hairy; style stout, 2 or 3 times as long as 

 Sep., hairy; fr. \ in., depressed, strongly 3-lobed, crowned by 

 the long style, usually glabrous. 



Lower montane zone, 3-4000 ft.; rare. Atampitiya, Uva; Passara^ 

 Uva; Bilahuloya-Balangoda. Fl. Feb.-April. 



Endemic. 



I have not noticed the style to be so long as given in Fl. B. Ind. 

 The capsules are sometimes slightly pubescent. 



9. C Moonii, Thiv. Enum. 286 (1861). Be-hunuklrilla, .S". 



Phyllatithus ptibesccns^ Moon, Cat. 65. /'. Moonii and P. glauco- 

 gynus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. I.e. 312. Gynoon htrsutwn, Wight, Ic. 

 V. 2, 29. C. P. 2150, 258, 68. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 325. Wight, Ic. t. 1909 {Gyiioon hirsutum). 



Shrub or small tree ; branches more or less pubescent or 

 tomentose ; young parts often very tomentose ; 1. varying in 

 size, 2-7 in., on short hairy petiole, lanceolate or oval, acute 

 at base, acuminate, acute, hairy on both sides, especially 

 beneath (rarely glabrous above), conspicuously reticulate- 

 veined ; stip. large, falcate-lanceolate, acute ; fl. numerous, 

 male on long hairy ped., fem. nearly sessile ; sep. oblongs 

 acute, reflexed in male ; pet. 2 and 3 times as long as sep., 

 3-cleft, hairy ; style slender ; fr. nearly \ in., strongly 3-lobed» 

 topped by the long style, pubescent. 



Moist region, up to 4000 ft. ; rather common. Hewesse ; Amba- 

 gamuwa ; -Sabaragamuwa ; Morowak Korale ; Hantane ; Maturata ; 

 Adam's Peak. Fl. Jan. -March ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



Very variable in amount of hairiness ; C. P. 68, from Maturata, has 

 the leaves and stems nearly glabrous (var. subglabra. Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 

 79). P. glaucogynus^ Muell. Arg. (var. glaucogyfia, Trim. 1. c), C. P. 2150, 

 has broader leaves and a longer style. 



10. FIiUECGEA, lVi//d. 



Spiny shrub; 1. alt., small, distichous; fl. minute apetalous, 

 dioecious; male fl. : — sep. 5, distinct, imbricate in bud; disk 

 glands 5 ; stam. 5, fil, distinct, anth. erect ; pistillode large ; 

 fem. fl.: — sep. as in male; disk annular; ov. usually 3-celled, 

 with 2 ovules in each cell, styles rather long, recurved, bifid ; 



