Af^rosiistachys?^ EupJlOvbiaceCB. 5 5 



sep. 2-5, irregular, valvate ; pet. 5-8 ; disk of 5 glands ; stam. 

 8-13, on a convex receptacle, distinct, anth. versatile; 

 pistillode small; fern, fl, : — sep. 2-4; pet. usually 5; disk- 

 large; ov. 3-celled, with one ovule in each cell, styles 3, 

 bifid ; fruit a strongly tricoccous capsule; seeds nearly globose, 

 testa crustaceous, endosperm fleshy, cotyledons broad, flat. — 

 Sp. 8 ; 6 in FL B. Ind. 



There appear to be two genera here, and Sarcocliiiium should be 

 maintained. 

 Leaves strongly serrate . . . . . . i. A. INDICA. 



Leaves entire or nearly so {Sarcocliiiiioii). 



Stip. very large, lanceolate attenuate . . . 2. A. HOOKERI. 



Stip. small, broadly triangular . . . . 3. A. LONGIFOLIA. 



1. A. indica, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. \\. 41 (1850). 



Thvv. Enum. 279. Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 726 (excl, van ^). C. P. 

 2156. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 406. Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. or t. 241. 



Shrub, 5-6 ft. ; branches stout ; young parts glabrous ; 

 1. numerous, 5-1 1 in., linear-lanceolate, gradually tapering into 

 short petiole, acute, coarsely and sharply serrate with incurved 

 teeth, thick, glabrous; male fl. : — minute, solitary in axils of 

 very small bracts arranged to form little grass-like spikelets 

 clustered in or above the 1. axil, bracts finely ciliate ; fern. fl. 

 similarly arranged; pet. 6-8 ; stam. 8-13, longer than pet; 

 capsule scarcely \ in., strongly 3-lobed, glabrous, red ; seeds 

 ovoid-globose, pale brown. 



Low country, to 2000 ft. ; rather rare. Deyandera, S. Prov. ; Balan- 

 goda ; Kurunegala ; Kaduganawa ; Haragama ; Maturata. Fl. Sept. ; 

 white. 



Also in S. India. 



The leaves vary much in width and size. 



2. A. Kookeri, Betith. in Gen. Plant, iii. 303 (1880). Maha- 

 b^ru, Duja-b^ru, S. 



Sarcodiniuin Hookeri, Thw. Enum. 279; Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 727. 

 C. P. 3429- 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 406. 



A small tree, very slightly branched ; stems thick, smooth, 

 marked with large scars of petioles and stip. ; 1. rather crowded, 

 very large, 18-24 i"-. Hnear-lanceolate, much tapering to base, 

 very shortly acuminate, subacute, shallowly serrate in upper 

 part, glabrous, leathery, midrib very prominent ; petiole about 

 I in., much thickened at base, flat on top ; stip. very large, 

 2-2\ in., narrowly triangular, attenuate, pungently acute, 

 papyraceous, brownish-yellow ; male fl. not seen ; fem. fl. 

 moderate-sized, on long thick horizontal ped., jointed near 



