jatropha.'] EupJiovbiacecB. 45 



Very variable in the width of the leaves, from \\ to less than | in. 

 The fruit is eaten, and the acid leaves, in India, made into chutney. I 

 follow Fl. B. Ind. in reducing this to A. diaiidrum with some doubt, as 

 the flowers are never diandrous in Ceylon, nor does our plant agree in 

 some other respects. 



5. A. pyrlfolium, Miiell. Arg. in Linticea, xxxiv. 68 (1865). 

 A. mo7ttanum, Thw. Enum. 289 (non Bl.). C. P. 2208. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 362. 



A middle-sized tree ; young parts pubescent ; 1. 2-3 in., 

 lanceolate or oblong - lanceolate, acute at base, shortly 

 acuminate-caudate, glabrous, rather stiff; petiole \ in., finely 

 pubescent ; male fl. shortly stalked, in lax axillary infl., often 

 branched at the base ; cal.-segm. 5, very obtuse ; disk rather 

 large, fleshy, surrounding the pistillode ; stam. 5, fil. long, 

 much exserted ; fem. fl. not seen ; fr. nearly globose, over 

 \ in., pulpy, purple, stigmas terminal. 



Moist region, up to 5000 ft. ; rather common. Pasdun Korale ; 

 Madagatte, S. Prov. ; Ambagamuwa ; Hantane ; Ramboda ; Hanas- 

 giriya ; Ramgala. Fl. Dec-March; pale pinkish-yellow. 



Endemic. 



A. brunneum^ Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. v. 359. Some specimens of C. P. 

 2208 are described as a new species under this name, and placed next .(4. 

 zeylaniaon. From the material here, I am not able to distinguish this ; 

 the fl. are described as quite sessile. 



\Microdesmis casearicefolia. Planch., is given as occurring in Ceylon 

 in B. and H. f. Gen. PI. iii. 288 ; but this seems to be an error.] 



19. JATROPKA, L. 



Undershrub, rather succulent ; 1. palmately lobed ; stip. 

 laciniate ; fl. monoecious, in stalked cymes ; sep. 5, imbricate ; 

 pet. 5, longer than sep., contorted in bud; male fl.: — stam. 8, 

 ■fil. connate; disk of 5 glands; pistillode o; fem. fl. : — disk 

 annular, lobed; ov. usually 3-celled, with i ovule in each cell; 

 styles 3, bifid and recurved ; fr. 2-4- (usually 3-) celled, with 

 crustaceous 2-valved cocci ; seeds ovoid, testa crustaceous, 

 embryo in fleshy endosperm, cotyledons broad. — Sp. 70; 

 4 in FL B. Ind. 



*J. g-landulifera, I?o.r3. Fl Ind. iii. 688 (1832). Atalai, T. 

 J. glauca, Thw. Enum. 277 (non Vahl). C. P. 2168. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 382. Pluk. Phytogr. t. 220, f. 4. 



Semi-shrubby, 1-3 ft. ; stem stout, glabrous, and shining, 

 marked with large prominent leaf-scars ; 1. 3-4 in., deeply 

 palmately cut into 3 or 5 lobes, which are obovate-oval. 



