626 cxY. EuruoRBi/\.CE;E, 



Eupliorb. p. 49 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 228. Tragia Chamcelea, Linn. vSp. 

 PL (1753) p. 981; Grab. Cat. p. 186.— Flowers : Sept.-Dec. Vern. 

 Bhui-erandi. 



KoNKAN : Siocksl, Dalzell'.; Bombay, i)r. Crespigjtyl ; Vingorla, DaJzell ^ Gibson, 

 Woodroio ; Ratnagiri, Woodrow, Kanitkarl ; Marmagao, Cooke I — Distrib. India 

 (Bebar, Ohota Nagpiir, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylou, China, Malay Islands, 

 Tropical Australia and Africa. 



The folJowing plants not belonging to any of the foregoing genera 

 are more or less commonly grown throughout the Presidency : — 



Pedilantlms tithymaloides, Poit. in Ann. Mus. Par. v. 19 (1812) 

 p. 390, 1. 19. A succulent shrub about 3 ft. high, a native of S. America, 

 with fleshy leaves and a scarlet slipper-shaped involucre, commonly 

 n.sed for borders of walks in gardens. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 239 ; Woodr. 

 in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 444; Prain, Beug. PI. p. 925. Eapliorhia tithymaloides, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. (1753) p. 453; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 76.— Plowers : Jan. Veen. 

 Vilni/ti-sher. 



Synadenium Grantii, Hook. f. Bofc. Mag. (1867) t. 5633. An erect 

 bush 6-10 ft. high with a stout terete green stem and few thick erect 

 branches. Leaves scattered, 3-4 in. long, obovate-spathulate. Iqvo- 

 lucre I in. in diam., consisting of an annular tomentose red-purple 

 cushion, on the inner margin of which are 5 broadly oblong pubescent 

 toothed erect scales. A native of Tropical Africa, sometimes grown 

 in gardens. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. 

 — Plowers : Nov.-Peb. 



Aleurites moluccana, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 590. A handsome 

 evergreen tree 40-60 ft. high, a native of the PaciBc Islands. Leaves 

 polymorphous, crowded at the ends of the branches. Plowers white, 

 with short pedicels. Fruit 2-2| in. in diam., subglobose, fleshy, 

 smooth, olive-colored, containing 1 or 2 hard albuminous oily seeds 

 with a furrowed testa. The seeds are eaten and contain a large 

 quantity of oil which is used in cookery and for burning as well as in 

 medicine. The tree is known as the Bengal Walnut or Candle-nut 

 Tree. It grows well about Belgaum. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 384; Bedd. 

 Flor. Sylvat. t. 276; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 310; Woodr. in 

 Journ. "Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 942; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 163. Aleurites triloha, Forst. Charact. 

 Gen. (1776) p. 112; Grab. Cat. p. 181 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 76. 

 Jatropha moluccana, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 10U6. — Flowers : Apr.- 

 May. Vebn. AJcrot. 



Codiceum variegatum. Blame, Bijdr. (1825) p. 606. An evergreen 

 shrub with alternate leaves often waved and infinitely variable in size, 

 form, and coloring, a native of the Molucca Islands. The varieties of this 

 plant, which is the Croion of Anglo-Indians, are numerous. Somewhat 

 less than 20 years ago a ])erfect rage for its cultivation prevailed in 

 the Bombay Presidency and it was grown everywhere in gardens. 

 AVooflrow (Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, pp. 435-442) enumerates more than 

 30 varieties. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 399 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 12 (1899) p. 371, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 435; Prain, Beng. PI. 



