622 CXV. EUPHORBIACEJi;. 



Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 71. — Flowers: Nov.-Dec. Vern. KoUi ; Khd- 

 jal'olti. 



Tliroughout the Presideiirv iu the hills. Konkan : Matheran, Cooke], H. M. Bird- 

 wood. Deccan : Vsinchga,n\, Macnacjhten \ ; Mahableshwar, Cooke I; Khandala, i\c«e ! 

 S. M. CoCNTUY : Castlerock, Cooke I — Distrib. Tlirouglioiil India ; Ceylon, China. 



2. Tragia cannabina, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781), p. 415. Shrubby 

 erect or climbing amongst bushes, not twining, 4-5 feet bigh, more or 

 less hispid and v\ilh stinging hairs ; stems stout, terete, woody. Leaves 

 palmately 3-partite, reacliing '■^h in- long ; lobes toothed or pinnatifid, 

 the middle lobe much longer than the lateral ones. Racemes as in the 

 last species ; bracts j-^-^ in. long, lanceolate, acute. Male flowers 

 as in the last species, Female flowers : Calyx as in the last species. 

 Styles 3, slightly spreading, but not revolute as in T. involucrata. 

 Capsules ^ in. across, S-lobed, hirsute ; lobes globose. Seeds globose, 

 smooth, \ in. in diam. Dalz. «S: Gibs. p. 228 ; Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 

 t. 15, 49 B. Tragia involucrata, var. cannabina, Muell. Arg. iu DC. 

 Prodr. V. 15, part 2, p. 944 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 465.— Flowers : 

 May-June. 



The styles are w ell shown in Jussieu's figure I. c. 



Konkan: 8tocks\ Lambert] Deccan: Dhairi near Kadakvasla (Poona districts), 

 Kaidtkar\, Khaudesh, Woodrou>\, Poona districts, Cooke\; Jiiunar (Poona districts) 

 Kanifkarl Gujarat; in hedges, Balzcll ^- Gibson. — Distrib. Indin (Gangetic Plain, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



I think that the habit, the shape of the leaves and the non-revolute styles constitute 

 sufficient points of difference to justify the restoration of this plant to the rank of a 

 sijecics. 



35. SAPIUM, P. Br. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, serrate or toothed, 

 penniuerved ; petiole often 2-giandular at the apex. Flowers monoecious, 

 in terminal simple or branched spikes or racemes, the males above, 

 several in each bract, the females in the lower part of the spikes or in 

 separate spikes, solitary in the bracts. Male flowkrs : Calyx mem- 

 branous, shortly 2-8-lobed or toothed, or splitting to the base into 

 2-." ') valvate segments. Petals U. Disk 0. Stamens 2 or 3 ; filaments 

 free; anther-ceils ovoid, distinct, contiguous, parallel. Pistillode 0. 

 Female floavers : Calyx 3-fid or 3-partite. Petals 0. Disk 0. Ovary 

 2-3-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell : styles free or connate at the base, 

 si)reading and reciu'ved, entire. Fruit a crustaceous capsule, fleshy or 

 puljjy, rari'ly woody, ullimately loculicidally 3-valvcd. Seeds globose, 

 or ovoid, estrophiolate, usually long-]iersistent on the columella; testa 

 crustaceous; albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, fiat. — Distrib. Species 

 25, all tropical. 



1. Sapium insigne. Trim. Si/st. Cat. Cei/J. PI (1885) p. 83. A 

 middle-sized glabrous deciduous tree, with a thick milky poisonous juice, 

 thick branches and bright green foliage. Leaves crowded towards the 

 ends of the branches, 5-10 by 2-3,j in., elliptic-lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, often with a lew glands on the 

 mannn, ghibrous, base acute, sometimes iniequal-sided ; main nerves 

 lO-fe pairs, slender ; petioles 1-1| in. long, with 2 conspicuous glands 



