■Croton?[ EupJiorbiacecB. 47 



.Fruit with scales as well as stellate hairs. 



L. silvery beneath, with white scales . . i. C. RETICULATUS. 

 L. glabrous when mature . . . , 2. C. oblongifolius. 

 Fruit more or less stellate-hairy, without scales. 

 L. 3-5 -nerved at base, stellate-hairy. 



Capsule \ in. ; not scandent . . . 3. C. AROMATICUS. 



Capsule f in. ; semi-scandent . . . 4. C. CAUDATUS. 

 L. penninerved, sparingly stellate-hairy. 



Infl. stellate-hairy 5. C. MOONII. 



Infl. glabrous 6. C. Klotzschianus» 



L. strongly 3-nerved at base, nearly glabrous. 7. C. nigroviridis. 



1. C. reticulatus, Heyne ex Wall. Cat. n. 7724 B (1828). 



C hypoleiicuin, Dalz. ; Thw. Enum. 276. C. zeylanicus^ Muell. Arg. 

 1. c. 581. C. P. 21 10. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 386. 



A bush; bark smooth, whitish ; young parts finely stellate- 

 hairy ; 1. 31-51 in., ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, acu- 

 minate, acute, entire, glabrous above, densely covered with 

 minute silvery scales beneath, with a pair of stalked glands 

 at base ; petiole \-\\ in., stellately hairy; spikes lax, minutely 

 • scaly; fl. on short ped., fem. few, at base; male fl. : — sep. oval; 

 pet. short, obtuse; stam. 14-20; fem. fl. : — sep. linear, much 

 enlarged in fruit ; fr. oblong-ovoid, under \ in., slightly 3- 

 lobed, apiculate, rather rough, with stellate hairs mixed with 

 scales; seeds purplish-brown, mottled with white. 



Moist region, 2-3000 ft. ; rare. Hantane. Fl. Nov.; greenish. 

 Also in Peninsular India. 



2. C. oblong-ifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 685 (1832). I^illa- 

 kunarl, T. 



Thw. Enum. 276. C. P. 2 114. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 386. 



A small tree ; bark pale, smooth ; young parts minutely 

 scaly; 1. numerous, 3-7 in., narrowly oblong-lanceolate, tapering 

 to both ends, obtuse, faintly serrate, without obvious glands 

 at base, glabrous on both sides when mature; petiole \-\ ia 

 scaly ; spikes stellate-pubescent ; fl. pedicellate, fem. few, at 

 base; sep. with scales, narrower in fem,; stam. 12; capsule 

 (not seen) ' \ in., globose, scabrid with scales, top depressed.' 



Dry region; rare. Batticaloa; Uma-oya. Fl. July; pale greenish. 



Also India and Burma. 



Our plant has narrower leaves than the Indian. 



3. C. aromaticus, L. Sp. PL 1005 (1753). Wel-keppetiya, S 

 Teppaddl, T. 



Herm. Mas. 11. Burm. Thes. 202. Fl. Zeyl. n. 345. Moon, Cat. 65' 

 Thw. Enum. 275. Muell. Arg. 1. c. 588. C. P. 21 16. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 388. 



