3W 



EuphorbiacecE. \_Mischodoii. 



thick; seeds one in each cell, cotyledons broad, foliaceous, 

 endosperm fleshy. — Sp. i8; i6 in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. xnacrophyllus, Bl. Bijd. 598 (1825). 

 ■ Sphrai^idui ^acylam'ca, Thw. in Kevv Journ. Bot. vii. 270. C. zeyla- 

 nicum, Baill. Et. Euph. 562 ; Thw. Enum. 286. C. P. 2424. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 340. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. t. 10. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 278. 



A tree, 30-40 ft., bark grey, rugose; young parts with 

 deciduous brown tomentum; 1, large, 6-9 in., spreading dis- 

 tichously, oblong-lanceolate, acute, slightly unequal-sided at 

 base, shortly acuminate, very shallowly serrate, thick, veins 

 conspicuous beneath, lat. ones oblique, connected by fine 

 reticulation; petiole thick, short, corky, flexible; stip. small, 

 narrowly lanceolate, serrate; fl. | in. diam., on tomentose ped. ; 

 Sep. rounded, obtuse, concave, spreading, finely tomentose 

 outside; disk in male fl. pubescent; anth. small, oblong; ov. 

 densely pubescent; fr. about f in., nearly globose, slightly 

 bilobed, fulvous-pubescent at least when young. 



Moist region, at about 3000 ft.; rare. Dolosbagie; Alagala ; Kadii- 

 ganawa. Fl. Feb.-June; lemon-yellow. 



Also in Coorg, Andaman Is., Malacca, Java. 



The flowers suggest strongly a Bixacea, with which also the habit of 

 the tree corresponds. 



15. MISCHODON, Thia. 



A large tree with spreading branches; 1. whorled; fl. 

 small, apetalous, dioecious, in axillary panicles; sep. 5-8 

 (usually 6), imbricate; disk in male o, in fem. annular; 

 stam. usually 6, fil. distinct, exserted; pistillode 3-lobed ; ov. 

 3-celled with 2 ovules in each cell, stigmas large, sessile, flat; 

 fr. dry, very deeply 3-lobed, cocci 2-valved; seeds ovoid, testa 

 crustaceous, shining, cotyledons broad, endosperm fleshy. — 

 Monotypic. 



Tfl. zeylanicuB, 'f/rw. in Ke7ci Journ. Bot. v\. ^00 {\%$4). Tam- 

 manua, .s. Tampanai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 275. Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1124. C. P. 557. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 344. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 10, f. B. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t, 290. 



Tree 30-40 ft. or more, much branched with rough brown 

 bark; branches bluntly quadrangular; young parts finely 

 fulvous-pubescent; 1. numerous, usually in whorls of 4, often 

 drooping, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, with a narrow 

 rounded base, obtuse, emarginate, subcoriaceous, glabrous and 



