^4 



Euphorbiacece. 



{Malloim. 



2. C. olig'andrum, Miiell. Arg. in Linn, xxxiv. 104 (1865). 

 C. longifoliiini, Baill. Et. Euphorb. 493 (in part) ; Thw. Enum. 271. 

 €. P. 2102. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 412. 



A shrub; branches slender, virgate; bark very smooth, 

 pale i;rey; young parts slightly puberulous; 1. 5-7 in., linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering to base, acuminate, acute, irregularly 

 dentate-serrate; petiole \-2\ in.; racemes very lax and 

 slender, as long as 1.; male fl. minute, in little spikelets, 

 fern. fl. solitary; male fl. : — stam. 10-14, mixed with stalked 

 stellate processes; fern, fl. : — ov. silky, styles thick, recurved; 

 fr. very small, cocci globose. 



Moist region in forests, 2000-5000 ft., rather rare. Matale ; Deltota ; 

 Maskeliya; Maturata. Fl. March-Sept. 



Endemic. 



Muell. Arg. has a variety depauperatujn with the male flowers very 

 distant, and with only 5-8 stamens. 



34. MAZiIiOTUS, Lour. 

 Trees or shrubs; 1. alt. or opp., often gland-dotted; fl. 

 small, apetalous, direcious (very rarely monoecious), in axillary 

 or terminal spikes, racemes, or panicles; male fl. globose or 

 ovoid; sep. 3-5, valvate; stam. numerous, distinct, anth. cells 

 small, often widely separated; pistillode o; fem. fl. : — cal. 

 deeply 3-5-lobed, valvate; ov. 2- or 3-celled, with i ovule in 

 each cell ; styles short, entire, papillose; fr. a 3- or 2-lobed cap- 

 sule, often softly spinous; seeds nearly globose, testa crustaceous, 

 endosperm fleshy, cotyledons broad. — Sp. 70 ; 45 in FL B. Ind. 



Capsule with spines. 



L. silvery-white, with scales beneath 



L. softly stellate-pubescent 



L. glabrous 

 Capsule without spines. 



Capsule stellate-pubescent 



Capsule glabrous . 



Capsule stellate-tomentose. 

 L. opp., carp. 3 . 

 L. alt. carp. 2 



Capsule with red scurfy powder 



1. M. ALBUS. 



2. M. ERIOCARPUS. 

 ■X. M. WALKER/E. 



M. RHAMNIFOLIUS. 

 M. FUSCESCENS. 



6. M. DISTANS. 



7. M. REPANDUS. 



8. M. PHILIPPINENSIS, 



Miidl. Arg. iti Litin. xxxiv. 188 (1865). Su- 



L.) Rottlcra* tetra- 



I. M. albus, 

 Icenda, .s". 



Croton moliiccanum, Moon, Cat. 65 (non. 



* Rotilera, Roxb., commemorates the venerable botanist and mission- 

 ary. Dr. John Rottlcr, of Madras. He visited Ceylon in 1788; and in 

 1795-96 accompanied, as naturalist, Mr. Cleghorn, Secretary to Loid 

 North, down the East Coast, collecting largely. His specimens are now 

 in the Kew Herbarium. He died in 1836 at the great age of 87. 



