76 E2LphorbiacecB. [Excacana, 



An evergreen glabrous tree 20-25 ft; bark white, smooth; 

 1. 3I-5 in., lanceolate, subacute at base, attenuate acute at 

 apex, finely crenate-serrate, glabrous, shining above, venation 

 translucent ; petiole i in., bi-glandular at the top ; spikes 2-3 in.,, 

 leaf-opposed or subterminal ; fl. sessile, male numerous, in 

 clusters, fem. larger, usually i or 2 at base of the spike ; sep. 

 ciliate; styles 3, very long; capsule depressed-globose, not 

 lobed, about i in. diam., glabrous, blackish-green, pericarp^ 

 thin, cocci thick and hard, woody; seeds h in., grey. 



Moist low country, chiefly near the coast ; rare. Kalutara (Moon) ^ 

 Galle (Dr. Anthonisz). Fl. April; greenish yellow. 



Sunderbuns of Bengal, Burma, S. India.'' 



Milky juice poisonous. L. like those of a willow. The very woody- 

 fruit is characteristic. 



2. S. insig-ne, Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. PL 83 (1885). Tel-kadura, 

 S. Tllai, T. 



Fakoneria inszg7iis, Royle ; Thw. Enum. 270. C. P. 654. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 471 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1866 {Fal- 

 coneria tnalabaricd). Bedd. Forest. Man. t. 22, f. 5 {Exccecaria insignis). 



A moderate-sized deciduous-leaved tree; branchlets very 

 thick, with smooth shining bark, marked with scars of 1. ; 1. 

 rather crowded at ends of branches, 6-9 in., oval or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, acute, crenate-serrate, 

 often with a few glands on margin, glabrous, dark green above, 

 paler beneath; petiole about i in., stout, with 2 conspicuous 

 brown glands at summit; spikes 4-8 in., terminal, male and 

 fem. separate, rachis very stout, glabrous; fl, sessile, male 

 clustered; cal. 2 lipped; fem. solitary, with a pair of red 

 glands at the base; sep, 3-5, ovate, acuminate; stam. 2; ov. 

 glabrous, styles short, spreading; fr. (not seen) 'not woody, 

 \ in., ovoid or globose, obscurely lobed, 1-3 celled.' 



Dry region ; rather rare. Hambantota, abundant ; Trincomalie ; Na- 

 lande; Jaffna Dist. Tanukhai, N. Prov. (Brown). Fl. Jan., Feb.; green. 



Trop. Himalaya, E. Bengal, Burma. 



The stem exudes a white milky juice. 



S. sehifcrum^ Roxb.^ the Tallow-tree of China, is cultivated occasionally 

 in the higher elevations, and shows a tendency to neutralise itself in the 

 jungle near Hakgala Gardens and elsewhere. 



42. EXCSICARZA,^ Linn. 



Small glabrous trees, with acrid milky juice; 1. alt. or opp.; 



fl. minute, spicate or racemose, monoecious or dioecious,' 



apetalous, bracteate and bibracteolate, bracteoles with a broad 



gland; male fl. subsessile; sep, 3, connate in a minute cup, 



* Name given by Rumph, because of its producing blindness 

 (exccecans) in woodcutters if carelessly felling the tree. 



