CXV. EUPHORBIA CBvE. 589 



in the axils and on the brandies on capillary pedicels ^-| in long, the 

 females larger, in uuibellate clusters on stout pedicels i-1 in. long. 

 Sepals 4 (rai-ely 5), oblong, obtuse, the 2 outer larger. Male flowers : 

 Stamens 4 ; fihnnents free ; anthers oblong, adnate, extrorse, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Disk annular, fleshy, large. Eudiuientary ovary 0. 

 Female flowebs : Stamens 0. Di.sk small, narrow . 0\ary :)-ce"lled ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell ; styles very short, deeply 2-fid, the lobes recurved. 

 Capsules I in. in diam., globose, usually reticulately rugose; cocci 

 2-valved, 2-seeded. Seeds irregularly 3-gouous, blue, surrounded by 

 an aril. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 305; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. 

 p. exci ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 27 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p.'SOO ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 1, p. 221. Prosorus indica, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 v. 4 (1852) p. 840 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 236.— Flowers : Apr.-May. Yern. 

 Pdn-ndna. 



Ko.sKAN : I)aheU\, L/nvl S. M. Country: Pai-va Ghat, Ri/ehie, 134,3! Kanau.\ : 

 Lawl; N. Kanara Ghats in deciduous aud evergreen forests, Tcdhot ; Puttagudda 

 near Yellapiir, Talhoi, 1173 I— Distkib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



Phyllanthus disticMs, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. v. 15, part 2 (1800) 

 p. 413. A glabrous robust deciduous tree, a native of the Malay 

 Islands and Madagascar, with piiniately distichous obliquely ovate acute 

 leaves 2-3 in. long, small reddish flowers densely r-histered, and a 

 globose fleshy acid ribbed fruit of the size of a large gooseberrv, isfsome- 

 times grown in gardens. Fl. B. T. v. 5, p. 304 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 300 ; Woodr. in Journ. Boujb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 935; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. G, part l,p, 217. 

 Cicca disticha, Linn. Mant. p. 124; Grab. Cat. p. 180; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. 78. The fruit is known as the Convfrj/ Gooseberry, and is 

 used in tarts and for pickles. — Yern. Harpharori. 



Doubtful Species. 



PRTLLANTHVS BHEEDEI, Wight, Icon. v. 5 (1852) part 2, p. 2.5, t. 1895, fig. 1. 

 This plant is given by Woodrow in liis list as occurring in Sind. I have seen no 

 specimens from that Province, and it scarcely seems likely tliat it sliould occur there. 

 The specinipns in tlie Kev/ Herbarium are from the Nilghiri Mountains, alt. 6000 ft., 

 and from tbe montane zone in Ceylon, alt. 1-7000 ft. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 293 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 4, p. 21 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370.— Dlstiub 

 India (Nilgliiri Hills) ; Ceylon. 



12. PUTRANJIVA, Wall. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, evergreen, entire or serrulate, penninerved 

 and reticulately veined. Flowers monoecious or dioecious, axillary, 

 pedicellate, the males clustered, the females subsolitary. Perianth 

 simple. Male flowers : Calyx 3-G-lobed; lobes imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Disk 0. Stamens 2-4 in the centre of the flower ; fi.laments free or 

 more or less connate : anthers erect, the cells parallel. Pistillode 0. 

 Female flowers : Calyx as in the male. Petals 0. Disk 0. Ovary 

 ovoid, 2-3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; styles short, spreading, dilated, 

 with broad fleshy arms. Fruit an ovoid or globose drupe ; endocarp 

 hard, 1-celled. Seed solitary, ovoid ; testa crustaceous ; albumen fleshy ; 

 cotyledons broad, flat. — Distrib. Species 2, Lidian. 



