600 CXV, EUPHOEBIACE^. 



variable in length, reaching ^ in. long, slender. Calyx more than ^ in. 

 across when flattened out, divided about | the way down ; segnients 

 more than -^ in. long, ovate, obtuse. Petals gin. long, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, woolly. Stamens 12, inflexed in bud ; filaments g in. long, 

 the lower half hairy. Female flowebs : Pedicels short, stout. Sepals 

 more acute than in the male with densely ciliate margins. Petals y^ in. 

 long, obovate, w ith densely woolly margins. Styles 3, nearly i in. long, 

 each again subdivided into 2 long slender curled branches g in. long. 

 Capsules less than g in. in diam., subglobose, a little depressed, slightly 

 3-lobed, clothed with small orbicular scales. Seeds ^ by | in., ellipsoid, 

 rounded and quite smooth on the back. Fl. B. I, v. 5, p. 386 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 231 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cciv ; Ti-im. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 47 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 311 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 371 ; Prain, Beug. PI. p. 943 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 616. 



Kare. Konkan : S/ocks ! ; Fort of Banda, Dalzell ^- Gibson. — Distrib. India 

 (Silhet, Bengal, Cliota Nagpur, Central Provinces, Birma, W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



3. Croton Gibsonianus, Nimmo, in Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. (1839) 

 p. 251. A tall nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves 3-7 by 1^-21 in., elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, minutely serrate, glabrous or with a few stellate 

 hairs, base rounded, usually with 2 stipitate glands ; main nerves 

 6-8 pairs, slender, with reticulate venation between ; petioles ^-1 in. 

 long, often with a few stellate hairs at the apex and at the base. 

 Flowers in long slender racemes 5-10 in. long, the males often 

 fascicled, the females usually solitary and near the base of the 

 raceme; bracteoles minute, linear. Male elowees: Pedicels ^-^ in. 

 long, filiform. Calyx | in. long, divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments ovate, acute, membranous. Petals j-^ in. long, oblong, 

 ciliate. Stamens 10, on a hairy receptacle. Disk of 5 large glands. 

 Female floavers : Pedicels | in. long, stout, stellately hairy. Calyx 

 stellately hairy, especially at the base ; sepals -J by -jV in., ovate, acute. 

 Petals 0. Disk saucer-shaped. Ovary globose, densely stellately hairy ; 

 styles 3, reaching | in. long, each subdivided almost to the base into 

 2 linear branches. Capsules globose, | in. in diam., 3-lobed, stellately 

 hairy. Seeds -^ by -J- in., broadly ellipsoid, smooth, shining, brown, 

 mottled. Fl. J3. I. v. 5, p. 392 ;" Dalz. & Gibs. p. 232 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 311 ; A\^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 371. — Flowers : Nov. 



Konkan : Gibson ! Deccan : near Nasik, Dahell ^- Gibson : Harisbcbandragad, 

 Graham. Kanaka: Law\; near Gairsoppa Falls, Woodrow, Talhot, 2SS\; moist 

 forests on the Ghats to the south, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Croton Tiglium, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1004. A small evergreen 

 tree grown for the oil produced from its seeds and becoming naturalized 

 in the S, Konkan. Young shoots sparsely stellately hairy. Leaves 2- 

 4 in. long, thinly membranous, glabrous, ovate, acuminate, serrate, 3-5- 

 nervcd. Stnmens 15-20. Capsules .^-1 in. long, white, turbinately 

 ovoid, obtusely trigonous. Fl. B. J. v. 5, p. 393; Grab. Cat. p. 182; 

 Talbet, Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 311 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 943; Watt, Diet. 

 Ecou. Prod. V. 2, p. 617. 



