CXV. EUPHOBBIAOE^. 591 



Male flowers : Pedicels g-^ in. long, pubescent. Sepals yL in. long 

 and as broad as long, ovate-oblong or suborbicular, concave, rounded at 

 the apex, ciliolate. Stamens H-10 on a cupular disk ; filaments — in. 

 long, slender ; anthers oblong, ^ in. long. Female flowers : Pedicels 

 shorter than in the male, sometimes almost 0. Calyx as in the male. 

 Ovary somewhat truncate at the apex, 1-2-celled ; style or almost ; 

 stigma orbicular or semicircular with slightly crenulate margins, like a 

 small mushroom or half a mushroom on the top of the ovary. Fruit 

 globose, ^-j in. in diam., edible, crimson when ripe, 1-seeded ; endo- 

 carp bony. PL B. I. v. 5, p. 337 ; Dak. & Gibs. p. 229 ; Wight, Icon. 

 t. 1872 : Bedd. Por. Man. in Plor. Sylvat. p. cxcviii ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 36 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 306 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 370 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 218. 



Kanaija : Talbot, /r<vor/ ro?/'. — Di.sTRiB. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



2. Hemicyclia venusta, 'Jlmaites, in Knv Jinirn. Bat. v. 7 (1855) 

 p. 272. A middle-sized evergreen tree with smooth bark ; branchlets 

 slender, drooping, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 

 2f-5| by 1-2 in., elliptic or oblong, obtuse or acuminate, glabrous, 

 retieulately veined, base usually acute, sometimes unequal-sided; petioles 

 ^\ in. long. Plov^•ers axillary, the males in fascicles, the females 

 usually solitary. Male flowers : Pedicels \ in. long. Sepals 4, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, ^ by ^ in., pubescent outside. Stamens 5-8, 

 surrounding a fleshy creiuilate disk ; filaments jL in. long ; anthers 

 jig^ in. long, oblong. Pemale flowers: Pedicels | in. long. Sepals as 

 in the male. Ovary seated on a fleshy nearly flat disk ; style ; stigma 

 y^Q in. in diam., oi'bicular, sessile like a mushroom on the ovary. Pruit 

 I by ^ in., obovoid, sometimes gibbous. Pi. B. L v. 5, p. 339 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 229 : Bedd. Por. Man. in Plor. Sylvat. p. cxcviii ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 306. Ast)/lis vemisfa, Wight, Icon. v. 6 (1853) 

 p. 13, t. 1992.— Plowers: Nov. 



Western India, Gibson ! ; Dnhell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : 

 Stocks !, Law ! S. M. Country : hills in tiie Dbarwar zilla, Balzell cj- Gibson. Kanara : 

 Southern Ghats of N. Kanara in evergreen forests, Talhot. — Disti.'ib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



14. CYCLOSTEMON, Blame. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, alternate, entire or cremdate, base 

 often unequal-sided. Plowers dioecious, axillary, clustered. Perianth 

 simple. Male flo avers : Sepals 4-6, broad, imbricate. Buds globose. 

 Petals 0. Disk globose or depressed. Stamens many or few, inserted 

 round the disk : filaments short, free; anthers erect, the cells parallel. 

 Pistillode or minute. Pemale flowers : Sepals as in the male. 

 Petals 0. Disk annular or 0. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; 

 style elongate or ; stigmas dilated, fleshy, or connate into a peltate 

 disk. Pruit subglobose or ovoid, iiulehiscent. Seed solitary in each 

 cell ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. — Distrib. Tropical India, 

 Malaya, Africa ; species about 18. 



1. Cyclostemon confertiflorus, lIool\ f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1887) 

 p. 341. A large tree ; bark grey, smooth. Leaves coriaci'ous, 4-8 by 

 l|-3 in., oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtusely acuminate, glabrous, with 



