OXV. EUPHOEBIACB^. 605 



2-fid. Capsule of three 2-valved cocci. Seeds globose; testa crus- 

 taceous, shiuing ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. — Distrib. 

 Tropical India aud Africa ; species 8. 



Leaves petiolate, serrate ; male flowers solitary in the axils of the 



bracts; ovary glabrous 1. A. indica. 



Leaves subsessile ; male tlowers many in the axils of the bracts ; 



ovary pubescent 2. A. longifoUa. 



1. Agrostistachys indica, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 41. A shrub 5-6 ft. high {Dalzdl), reaching 15 ft. high (according 

 to Beddome). Leaves numerous, thick, 5-11 by 1|-3| in., elliptic- 

 oblong or oblong-lauceolate, acute, coarsely and sharply serrate with 

 incurved spinulose teetli, glabrous, base acute, running down into the 

 petiole ; main nerves 10-20 pairs, promineut, with reticulate venation 

 between; petioles h~lh in. long. Male flowers miinite, solitary in 

 the axils of small imbricating, broadly ovate finely cihate bracts arranged 

 to form little grass-like spikelets, in axillary or supra-axillary clusters. 

 Sepals membranous, ovate. Petals 5-8, rounded or subquadrate, white. 

 Disk-glands very large. Stamens 8-13. Female flowers solitary, 

 pedicellate, the pedicels with 3-5 scale-like bracts at the base. Ovary 

 glabrous. Capsules i in. in diam., 3-lobed, glabrous, red. Seeds 

 globose, pale brown. El. B. I. v. 5, p. 406; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 232; 

 Bedd. For. Man. in Elor. Sylvat. p. ccv & Icon. PI. Ind. Or. t. 241 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 55 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 313 ; Woodr' 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371.— Flowers : Feb. 



Dalzdl without locality in Herb. Kew. Western Peninsula on the Ghats, from 

 the Konkaii southwards, Tcdhot. Konkan: Talkat Ghat, Bed ~ ell S^- Gibson; Sa'hyadri 

 Mountains, Dalzell. S. M. Country: Belgaum districts, Talhot. Kanaka : N. Kanara 

 in evergreen forests on the banks of streams, Talhot. — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Ceylon. 



2. Agrostistachys longifolia, Benth. ex Ifool: f. FL B. I. v. 5 



(1887) p. 407. A large shrub or small tree; branches stout, marked 

 with the scars of petioles and stipules ; young parts glabrous, very 

 resinous. Leaves numerous, crowded at the ends of the branches, 6-20 

 by 1^-3 in., oblanceolate, nearly sessile, very shortly acuminate, quite 

 entire, glabrous, stiff and leathery; main nerves 10-18 pairs, prominent 

 beneath ; stipules sliort, broad, acute, caducous. Flowers in lax spici- 

 forra racemes much shorter than the leaves, the males in clusters in the 

 axils of single ovate bracts, the females fewer, solitary, distant alono- 

 the rhachis, with longer often jointed pedicels. Male flowers : calyx 

 about ^ in. long, membranous, glabrous. Sepals 2 or 3, entire. Petals 

 5, small. Disk-glands large. Stamens about 10. Pistillode 2-3-cleft. 

 Female flowers : Sepals 5, ovate, acute. Disk large, lobetl. Ovary 

 pubescent. Capsules § in. in diam., 3-lobed ; cocci globose, smooth, crus- 

 taceous. Seeds i-i in. in diam., globose, smooth, brown. Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 4, p. 56; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p, 313; Woodr. in Journ." 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371. Sarcoclinium longi/olium, Wight 

 Icon. v. 5 (1852) part 2, p. 24, tt. 1887-8 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor! 

 Sylvat. p. ccv & Anal. G-en. t. 23, fig. 1. — Flowers: July-Oct. 



Kanaka: N. Kauara, Woodrow; evergreen forests on the Supa Ghats along streams 

 Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



