CrotoH?^ Euphoi^biacecE. 49 



Thunberg as his authority for Ceylon, and Fl. B. Ind. says ' north part 

 of the island.' Fl. Sept. Specimens from Walker without locality are 

 also referable to this. 



India, Malaya, Philippines. 



Differs from C. aromatictis chiefly in its somewhat scandent habit. I 

 have only seen male specimens, so that my material is insufficient. 

 Muell. Arg. refers C. aromaticus of Gaertner and C. laccifertcs of Wight 

 to this species. 



5. C. Bloonii, Thw. Enum. 276 (1861). 



C. pufictatu?n,'M.oon, Cat. 65 (non Retz.). Muell. Arg. 1. c. 590. C. P. 577. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 390. 



A small tree; bark brown; young parts densely stellate- 

 hairy; 1. 2A-5 in,, oval-oblong, rounded or slightly cordate at 

 base, subacute, apiculate, nearly entire, rough on both sides 

 with scattered stellate hairs ; petiole |-i in., stellate-hairy, with 

 a pair of sessile glands at summit ; stip. linear-subulate, decidu- 

 ous ; fl. stalked, racemes lax, very stellate-hairy ; sep. stellate- 

 hairy; pet. woolly at margin; fr. \ in., depressed-globose, 

 finely coated with swollen bases of stellate hairs. 



Moist low country; veiy rare. Only at Kalutara. Fl. Sept. ; greenish. 

 Endemic. 



The leaves when dried become nearly black on upper and pale on 

 lower surface. 



6. C. Klotzschianus, Thw. Emini. 276 (1861). 



C. T/nvaitesiamts, Muell. Arg. in Linnaea, xxxiv. 116. C. P. 2 113. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 392. Wight, Ic. t. 1914 {Tiglium Klotsschianuin). 



A shrub or small tree ; bark whitish ; young shoots with 

 scattered stellate hairs; 1. 2-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, rounded 

 at base, slightly acuminate, acute, shallowly serrate, pale and 

 with scattered stellate hairs beneath, somewhat 3-nerved at 

 base, thin; petiole with a pair of small glands at summit; 

 racemes short, erect, very lax; male fl. : — sep. and pet. lanceo- 

 late, hairy; stam. about 14; fern. fl. on short stout ped. ; 

 styles very deeply divided into long filiform branches; fr. 

 \ in., 3-lobed, stellate-hairy, crowned with long styles, endo- 

 carp very hard ; seeds grey mottled with black. 



Dry and intermediate regions ; rather common. Hanguranketa ; 

 Haragama ; Kurundu-oya ; Nalande ; Mineri ; Jaffna. Fl. Feb., July, 

 Aug. ; white. 



Also in S. India. 



C. Tiglium^ L., /ayapala, S., Nervahim, T., the croton-oil plant, is a 

 not uncommon inhabitant of native gardens, and has also been cultivated 

 for the oil as a commercial product on estates, but is not a native here. 

 There are specimens in Herb. Hermann, and it is n. 343 of Fl. Zeyl., and 

 well figured in Burm. Thes. t. 90. 



7. C. nigro-viridis, T/iix'. Eniaii. 276 (1861). 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. 1. c. 601. C. P. 3637. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 393. 



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