CXV. BUPHOBBIACE^. 571 



Grab. Cat. p. 179 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 76 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 297 ; Prain, Beii^. PI. p. i)22 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 301. — Flowers: /\.iig.-8ept. Vern. Slier. 



Eupliorhla spJeadens, Boj. ex Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1829) t. 2902. A 

 sbrub, a native of Madagascar, with a inucli-branclied stem and numerous 

 long straight sharp thorns, alternate spathulate unicrouate leavrs, and 

 scarlet showy flowers in dichotomous cymes. Dalx. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 76; 

 Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 433.— Flowers : Jan .-Mar. 



Euphorhia heterophijlla, Linn. vSp. PJ. (1753) p. 453. An annual 

 busby berb, a native of N. America, in gardens and as an escape. 

 Leaves of stem all alternate. Floral leaves opposite, green towards the 

 apex, scarlet, crimson or rose-colored towards tbe base. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 922.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-Mar. 



Exipliorbia (jeniculata, Orteg. Nov. PL Hort. Matrit. Dec. (1797) p. 18. 

 An annual herb, a native of Tropical America, occasional!}^ occurring as 

 a weed in gardens. Leaves alternate in tbe lower, opposite in the upper 

 part. Floral leaves narrower, green towards the apex, pale near the 

 base. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 239 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 369; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 922.— Flowers : Oct.-Mar. 



2. BISCHOFIA, Blume. 



A large tree. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate ; leaflets often crenate. 

 Flowers minute, dicecious, in axillary or lateral paniculate racemes, the 

 males scattered or clustered, with short pedicels, the females witb longer 

 pedicels. Male flowers: Sepals 5, concave, obtuse, imbricate, con- 

 ceabug tbe antbers. Petals 0. Disk 0. Stamens 5 ; filaments short ; 

 anthers large, the cells parallel. Pistillode sbort, broad. Female 

 FLOWERS : Sepals) 5, ovate. Staminodes small or obsolete. Ovary ex- 

 sertecl, 3-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; styles long, linear, stout, 

 entire, stigmatic throughout on tbe inner face. Fruit a globose fleshy 

 berry with 3-4 cells lined with a parchment-like 2-valved endocarp. 

 Seeds turgidly oblong; testa crustaceous; albumen fleshy; cotyledons 

 broad, flat ; radicle straight, elongate. — Distrib. India (Sub-Himalayan 

 forests and outer hills, Chota Nagpur, Assam, Birma, Chittagong, W. 

 Peninsula) ; Malay and Pacific Islands ; species 1. 



1. Bischofia javanica, Blume, Bijdr (1826) p. 1168. A large 

 deciduous tree with a tall erect cylindric trunk often of great girth ; 

 bark dark-colored ; branches spreading, forming a large shady head. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate, alternate ; common petiole 3-6 in. long ; leaflets 3-6 

 by 1^-3 in., elbptic, acuminate, crenate, glabrous ; main nerves 6-8 

 pairs, slender ; petiolules of lateral leaflets g-g in., those of the terminal 

 leaflets reaching Ik in. long. Flowers green, in axillary and lateral 

 pedunculate paniculate racemes. Male flowers: Pedicels very short, 

 slender. Sepals 5, obovate, concave, yo i'^- long. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 short ; antbers globular. Pistillode sliort, broad. Female flowers : 

 Pedicels longer than in the male, stout, elongating in fruit. Sepals 

 ovate, subobtuse, j\ in. long, not persistent in fruit. Styles nearly ^ in. 



