582 cxv. euphojbbiacejE. 



in a short trimcalo 3-gonous coluiim ; antliers sessile on the angles of 

 the column, the cells linear or suhglobose, dehiscing extrorsely. Pistil- 

 lode 0. Female floweks : Sepals connate in a G-clel't accrescent 

 calyx. Petals 0. Disk 0. Ovary ovoid or globose, 3-celled, rounded 

 or concave at the apex ; ovules 2 in each cell ; styles 3, very short, 

 spreading, 2-fid or 2-partite. Eruit globose or depressed, fleshy or 

 coriaceous, O-vnlvcd or rupturing irregularly, containing G indehiscent 

 3-gonous crustaceous or bony cocci. Seeds with fleshy albumen ; 

 embryo straight or nearly so ; cotyledons flat, broad. — Distiub. India 

 and Malaya ; species about 20. 



1. Sauropus quadrangularis, Mndl. Ar</. in LhuKm, v. 32 

 (1863) p. 73. A low slender branched shrub 1-1 ^r ft, higli ; young 

 shoots angular. Leaves |-g by ^-h in., thin, elliptic-oblong or obovate, 

 apiculate, base obtuse or acute ; main nerves 4-5 pairs ; petioles J^ in. 

 long; stipules minute, lanceolate-subulate. Male flowers: Pedicels 

 filiform, reaching | in. long. Calyx 0-lobed, divided about g-way 

 down ; lobes about -^l in. long, triangular, acute ; basal appendages 

 vaulting over the small staminal column. Female flowers solitary 

 from the upper axils. Pedicels short. Calyx divided almost to the 

 base ; sepals ^ by 4 in., obovate, rounded at the apex, veined. Fruit 

 \ in. in diam., depressed-globose ; cocci ^ in. long, rounded on the 

 back, with acute faces, 3-gonous, smooth, pale. Fl. E. I. v. 5, p. 335; 

 Talb. Trees, ]5omb. ed. 2, p. 304; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 370 ; Praiu, Beng. PI. p. 032. PhyUantlms rhamnoides, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 603 (uot of Willd.). Ceratorpjnnm rhamnoides, 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1900 (figure bad) ; Dalz. & Gibs. 'p. 234.— Flowers : 

 June-Aug. Vern. OhikU. 



A rather rare plant. TConkan : Vingorla, Dcdccll ^- Gihson. Kanaka: Law I; 

 Arbail Gliat, Talhof. — Distrib. India (Beliar, Chota Nagpur, W. Peninsula, Birma). 



10. BREYNIA, Forst. 



Shrubs or small trees. Lea\es small, alternate, petiolate, entire, 

 often distichous. Flowers monoecious, axillary, minute. Perianth 

 simple. Pedicels distinct, solitary or the males fascicled, the fascicle 

 rarely replaced by a short raceme. Male flowers : Calyx turbinate or 

 hemispheric with a truncate limb, the margin often thickened and 

 lobulate opposite the minute inflexed and roimded lobes. Petals 0, 

 Disk 0. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate in a cohunn ; anthers slender, 

 adnate to the whole length of the column, the cells linear, parallel, 

 distinct. Pistillode 0. Female flowers : Calyx coriaceous, turbinate, 

 campauulate or rotate ; limb broadly and shortly 6-lobed, often nnich 

 accrescent and disciform in fruit. Petals 0. Disk 0. Staminodes 0. 

 Ovary 3-celled, ilesliy above, globose or truncate or dejii-essed at the 

 apex ; ovules 2 in each cell ; styles 3, sessile or connate in a short 

 column, each 2-fid or 2-lobed ; or stigmas 3, simple, minute, immersed 

 in a cavity at the top of the ovary. Fruit globose or depressed, more 

 or less succulent, indehiscent, or w ith a (J-valved pericarp enclosing 3-6 

 imperforate indehiscent cocci. Seeds with membranous testa ; albumen 



