580 CXV. EUPHOBBTACE^. 



Brieclelia sinica, Grab. Cat. p. 184. — Flowers: Dec. -Apr. Vern. 

 Bhoma. 



Dakcll witliout locality in Herb. Kew. Konkan : Gibson I, Sfof/.-s !, Law ! ; Ambe- 

 gbiU, Kariitkarl ; Matlierau, Cooke \ Df.ccan : Phonda Ghat, JH/chie. 1337!; 

 iVIahablesliwar, Coo/cel; Khaudala, Graham, CooJcel Kanaiia: Lata I, Talhof. — 

 DisTiiiB. India (VV. Peninsula). 



i\Wc. — There is no doubt that this is the tree described by Dalzoll as G. lanceo- 

 lariiim. Dalzell t-alla tlie capsules " stnall," a, description wiiieh would not apply to 

 the capsules of G. lamrolarium. Glochidion Hohenackcri is tlie tree which is so 

 abundant on the Western Gh^ts and which may be found at Mahableshwar, Matheran, 

 and Khandala. It has been collected by Stocks, Law, Gibson, E-itcLie. and Dalzell. 

 Specimens collected by all those botanists may be found in the Kew Herbarium, 

 whereas, with the exception of a single 82Decimen of doubtful habitat from Herb. 

 Lambert, not a single specimen of G. lanceolarimn, Voigt, has been sent to Kew by 

 Bombay botanists. 



8. Glochidion Johnstonei, llool-. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1S87) ]). :'.14. 

 A small tree 30-40 ft. high ; trunk reaching 1| ft. in diain. ; bark dark- 

 colored, rough, fissured ; l)raiicldets terete, toiuentose. Leaves 3.|-4g 

 by 1|-1| in., oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or obtusely acuiiiinate, 

 glabrou.s above, more or less pubescent on the nerves beneath, base 

 subequal, obtuse or subacute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, slender, with 

 reticulate venation between ; petioles -pjj— ^ in. long; stipules lanceolate, 

 pubescent, deciduous. Flowers in axillary clusters, the males on pubes- 

 cent filiform p'dicels reaching nearly | in. long, the females sessile. 

 Male elowers : Sepals 5 or 0, subequal, l-i in. long, linear-oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, sparsely hairy outside, fleshy. 

 Stamiiial-column j^ in. high ; anther.s 3, the produced coiniectives about 

 -Jfj- in. long, acute. Female flowers sessile. Caly.x jiy in. long, hairy 

 o.utside, turbinate, irregulaily 4-(l-lobed or -toothed. iStyle subglohose, 

 obscurely lobed. Capsules ^ in. across, de|)re.*sed-globose, usually irre- 

 gularly and slightly 3-lobed, the lobes again fainlly eniar^inate, pubes- 

 cent, crowned with ;> rounded pubescent style-tips. Talb. Trees, Bomb. 

 ed. 2, p. 302.— Flowers : Feb. 



KoNKAN : Siocks'., Law I Kanaka: Arha.il GhAt, Talboi ; Supa Ghats near Anmode, 

 Talbot, 1804 ! — DisTnin. India (W. Peiunsula), apparently endenn'c. 



8. FLUGGEA, Willd. 



Shrubs unarmed or spiny. Leaves small, alternate, distichous, entire. 

 Flowers dieeeious, minute, pedicellate, axillary, the males numerous, 

 clustered, the females lew in lax fascicles. Perianth simple. Male 

 FLOWERS : Sepals 5, almost ])etaloid, imbricate. Petals 0. Disk of 5, 

 4 or 3 glands, alternate with the stamens. Stamens T) (rarely 4 or 3) ; 

 filaments free ; antliei's erect, the cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Pjstilloile 2-3-(id. Female flowers: Sepals as in I lie male. Petals 0. 

 Disk Hat, annular, toothed. Ovary 1-3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell : 

 styles tree, recurved, usually 2-fid. Fruit globose, coriaceous or w illi a 

 Heshy epicarp, bursting irregidarly or into distinct 2-valved cocci. Seeds 

 3-quetrous with convex backs and acute faces; testa crustaceous ; 

 albumen scanty; embryo curved; cotyledons broad. Hat. Disrinu. 

 Tropics of the Old World ; species about <i. 



Unarmed; loaves 1-3 in. long 1. /''. uticrocarpa. 



Spinous; loaves rarely exceeding 1 in. long 2. F. Lcitcopi/rns, 



