CXT. ECPHOEBIACBjE. 603 



with the petals. Stamens 10-30, on a convex receptacle ; filaments 

 free ; anther-cells on the margin of the connecti\e, the tips at length 

 confluent. Pistillode 0. Female flowees : Sepals lanceolate or oblong, 

 accrescent or sometimes oaducous. Petals 0. Disl; obscure or aiuuilar. 

 Ovary 3-4-cellecl ; ovule 1 in each cell ; st^'les distinct, filiform, 2- 

 pai'tite. Capsule of three 2-valved cocci. Seeds oblong, estrophiolate ; 

 testa crustaceous, shining ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. — 

 DiSTRiB. Western Peninsula of India, Ceylon, 1 species in China ; 

 species 5 or G. 



1. Blachia denudata, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soe. v. 17 (1880) 



p. 226. A large shrub or smnll tree reachin'^ 30 ft. high and 3 in. in 

 diam. ; bark smooth. Leaves very variable, 2^-6 by 1-2| in., obloug- 

 laneeolate or ovate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, entire, glabrous, penni- 

 nerved, base usually acute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, slender ; petioles 

 -^1 in. long. Flowers in terminal racemes, the males at the top, the 

 females few at the base of the raceme. Male flowers : Pedicels i in. 

 long, filiform. Sepals usually 4, membranous, suborbicular, concave, 

 imbricate, ^ in. in diaui. Petals much smaller than the sepals, hyaline, 

 J^-J^ in. long, broadly obovate. Glands of the disk scale-like, as long 

 as the petals, oblong, slightly 3-lobed. Stamens 10-30 ; filaments 

 tV~2"V i^- lo'^g' flattened ; anthers somewhat horseshoe-shaped, the 

 cells on the margin of the connective. Female flowers : Pedicels 

 stout, thickened upwards. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, very deciduous. 

 Petals 0. Styles 3, deeply 2-fid. Capsules ellipsoid or subglobose, 

 ^-| in. long, slabrous, deeply 3-lobed, of three 2-valved cocci. Seeds 

 reaching f by 5 in., ellipsoid, smooth and shining, brown mottled with 

 white. Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 403; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 312; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371. Blachia mnhellata, 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371 (not of Baill.). 

 Croton umbellatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 231 (exclud. 

 syn.). 



Dakell ^ Stocks, without locality in Herb. Kew. I Konkan : Goa jungles, Babelll 

 S. M. Country: C\ior\&, Grhki, Dcilzell (^- Gibson. Kanaka: evergreen forests near the 

 Gairsoppa Falls, Talhof, 283 ! ; N. Kanara, Talbot, 284 ! ; Karwar, Woodrow.—BisTViiB. 

 India (W. Peninsula). 



22. DIMORPHOCALYX, Thwaites. 



Glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 penninerved, stipulate. Flowers dioecious (rarely monoecious), 1 he males 

 solitary or in clusters on the old wood, tlie females solitary or 2-3 

 together, terminal or leaf-opposed. Male flowers : Calyx cup-shaped, 

 normally 5-toothed or -lobed, open in bud. Petals normally 5, erect, 

 imbricate, longer than the calyx. Disk-glands alternate w'ith the petals. 

 Stamens 10-20 in two rows, often with an odd stamen at top ; filaments 

 connate in a column ; anthers dorsifixed or innate, the cells adnate to 

 a thick connective, parallel or divergent. Pistillode 0. Female 

 flowers : Calyx divided almost to the base ; sepals 5, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, imbricate, enlarging greatly in fruit. Petals 5. 

 Disk annular. Ovary 3-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell ; styles 3, connate 

 at the base, 2-fid. Capsule of three 2-valved crustaceous cocci surrounded 

 at the base by the persistent calyx, capped with the styles. Seed ovoid; 



