CXV. EUPHORBIACE^. 577 



Anthers 3 ; sejmls 5-6, distinct or connate at the base only. 



Female flowers pedicellate ; branchlets pubescent 4. G. velutinum. 



Female flowers sessile or nearly so ; branchlets glabrous. 

 Stipules subulate ; style pubescent ; cajisules reaeliing 



^ in. in diam 5. G.malaharmim. 



Stipules triangular ; style glabrous ; capsules J-J in. in 



diani 6. G. ellipticmn. 



Anthers 3 ; calyx irregularly 4-6-toothed or -lobed. 



Calyx glabrous ; capsules f in. in diaiii., 6-8-lobed 7. G. Hohenackcri. 



Calyx pubescent; capsules ^ in. in diam., irregularly and 



slightly 3-lobed 8. G. Johnstonci. 



1. Glochidion lanceolarium, Volgt, HoH. Suhurh. Calc. (1845) 

 p. 153. A middle-sized evergreen tree ; branchlets angular, glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 3-6 by I5-2I in., elli])tio-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, shining, glabrous, base acute: nerves G-10 pairs, slender ; 

 petioles |-| in. long; stipules triangular, acuminate. Flowers in axil- 

 lary fascicles, Male flowers numerous, glabrous. Pedicels |-| in. long, 

 filiform. Sepals i in. long, linear-oblong. Anthers 4-0 ; connectives 

 acute, \ the length of the anther. Female flowers few, sessile, mostly 

 in the upper axils, a few mixed with the males. Sepals glabrous, un- 

 equal, rigidly coriaceous, cuspidate. Ovary hairy, usually 6 (sometimes 

 7-8)-celled, narrou'ed gradually into the couic-cylindric style, which is 

 glabrous near the 6-toothed apex. Capsules orbicular, depressed, 

 usually 6-celle(I and 12-lobed, | in. in diam., hoary. Fl. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 308 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 930 ; Watt, Diet. Econ." Prod. v. 3, p. 506. 



The occurrence of this tree in the Bombay Presidency seems Tery doubtful. Tlie 

 tree called G. lanceolarium by Dalzell is G. Hohenackcri, Bedd. Talbot (Trees, Bomb, 

 ed, 2, p. 301) says that G. lanceolarium is common on the Konkan and N. Kanara 

 Ghats, but I think it will be found that the Bhoma which occurs thei-e is G. Hohe- 

 nackcri, Bedd., which differs from G. lanceolarium in the number of anthers, the size 

 of the capsules, and the glabrous ovary. See remarks imder G. Hohenackeri, No. 7. 



2. Glochidion tomentosum, Balz. in Keiv Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 38. A shrub or small tree ; branchlets, leaves beneath, and flowers 

 finely pubescent. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2| in., elliptic-oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, acute or acuminate, base usually rounded ; main nerves 6-8 

 pairs ; petioles g-^ in. long ; stipules lanceolate, acute, hairy. Flowers 

 pedicellate, in axillary fascicles, the males few. Male flowers : 

 Pedicels | in. long. Sepals 6, fleshy, ■!■ in. long, the 3 outer hairy out- 

 side, ciliolate, broadly rotuud-ov.ite, twice as broad as the 3 inner, which 

 are oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, glabrous on the back. 

 Staminal-coluran ^ in. high ; anthers 5-7 ; connectives about -^ in. 

 long, acute. Femaleflowbrs : Pedicels i in. long. Sepals 4-6, about 

 i in. long ; when 6 the 3 outer ovate, subacute, hairy outside and ciliate, 

 thick and fleshy, yL in. broad, the three inner about half as broad as the 

 outer, oblong, often apicuiate ; when sepals are 4 one of them only like 

 the inner of the 6. Ovary spherical, sulcate, 5-celled ; style stout, 

 conical, 4-5-cleft at the tip. Capsules ^-5 in. in diam., depressed- 

 globose, obscurely 10-12-lobed, pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 309 ; Bedd. 

 For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxcii ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 302 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370.— Flowers : Dec- 

 Feb. 



Konkan: Sfocksl, Law '. Kanaka: Balzell; Yellapur, Zircfe/;', 481 ! ; Falls of Gair- 

 soppa, Th/ioi;, 2645! — DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



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