CXV. EUPHORBIACEiR. 613 



Disk 0, Male flowers globose in bud. Sepals 4-6, valvale. Stamens 

 4-6 exserted ; filaments free, ronnd a colnmnar ])istilIode ; antliers dorsi- 

 fixed, versatile, the cells parallel, adnate to tlie thick connective. [Female 

 FLOWERS : Sepals 5-8, narrow, unequal. Ovary 3-celled ; ovule 1 in 

 each cell ; styles long, connate below, spreading and 2-fid above, with 

 recurved plumose multifid arms. Capsule of three 2-valved cocci. Seeds 

 estrojjhiolate, subglobose ; testa crustaceous ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. — Distrib. India and Malaya ; species 4 or 5. 



1, Adenochloena indica, Bedd. Flor. Syhat. v. 2 (1872) t. 261 in 

 adnot. A shrub or moderate-sized tree : young parts puberulous ; bark 

 white, smooth. Leaves subcoriaceous, 3-7 by 1|-3| in., elliptic, entire, 

 more or less bluntly pointed, often mucronate, glabrous or nearly so, base 

 shortly rounded or very uarro\^ ly cordate (rarely subacute) ; main nerves 

 6-8 pairs, prominent beneath, with reticulate venation between ; petioles 

 ^-4 in. long, somewhat thickened at the top; stipules lanceolate. Flowers 

 in lateral and terminal interrupted scurfily puberulous spikes 2-6 in. long, 

 the males numerous, the females very few at the base of the spike ; bracts 

 minute. Male flowers : Buds globose ^ in. in diam. Stamens 4-5, 

 exserted. Female flowers : Sepals lanceolate, unequal, tomentose. 

 Ovary tomentose ; styles 3, united into a stout column at the base, free 

 and spreading above, each divided into 2 arms whicli are again 2-fid, 

 papillose. Capsules scabrous, f in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 418 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 314; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 372. Cephalocroton indicum, Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. (1872) t. 261. 

 Symphi/llia maUotiformis, Muell. Arg. in Linnsea, v. 34 (1865) p. 156 & 

 in DC.'Prodr. v. 15, part 2, p. 764.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Rare iu the Bombaj' Presideiioy. Kanaka : N. Kanara near tlie falls of Gairsoppa, 

 Talbuf, 276 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, but not on the Nilghiris), apparently 

 endemic. 



29. TREWIA, Linn. 



Soft-wooded trees. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or orbicular, 

 entire ; base cordate, 3-5-nerved. Flowers dioecious, rather large, 

 developed before the leaves, the males in lax lateral bracteate racemes 

 one to eacli bract, the females long-pedunculate, solitary or racemose. 

 Perianth simple. Petals 0. Disk 0. Male flowers : Calyx globose, 

 splitting into 3-4 broad concave often reflexed segments. Stamens 

 numerous, on a convex receptacle ; filaments free ; anthers dorsifixed, 

 oblong, the cells parallel, contiguous. Pistillode 0. Female flowers: 

 Sepals 3-5, broad, imbricate, caducous. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovule 

 solitary in each cell ; styles connate below, long, terete, entire, 

 papillose throughout. Fruit 2-4-ceLled, indehiscent or dehiscing locu- 

 licidally ; pericarp more or less fleshy ; endocarp crustaceous. Seeds 

 rounded on the back with flat or angular faces, smooth ; testa hard ; 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. — Distrib. India ; Ceylon ; 

 species 2. 



Female flowers solitary or 2-3 together ; fruit globose, 1-1^ iu. 



iu diam., woody, indehiscent 1. T. nudiflora. 



Female flowers numerous, iu short racemes; fruit ovoid, f in. 



long ; pericarp tliin, loculicidal 2. T, polycarpa. 



