8. Bbbtnia. ] 22. EUPHORBIACEJE. 



turbinate or campanulate truncate with 6 minute inflexed 

 calyx lobes. St. 3 united into a short column at the bottom 

 of the tube, anths. linear 2-celled adnate to the column. 

 F. perianth 6-lobed, sometimes spreading. Ovary 3-celled 

 with a fleshy often depressed top, stigmas 3 minute sessile in 

 the cavity, or style exserted with 3 2-fid arms. Frt. drupa- 

 ceous with 3 pyrenes, each splitting into 2 indehiscent cocci. 



Stigmas capitellate in depression on top of the ovary . 1. rhamnoide*. 

 Style stout with 3 short 2-fid arms . ... .2. patens, 



1. B. rhamnoides, Muell. Kadrnpala, Karki, S. 



A pretty shrub, when well grown, up to 10-ft. high, with 

 close-set distichous small glabrous leaves about 1" by -f" and 

 minute green or pinkish flowers succeeded by red globose 

 berries nearly J" diam. with a depressed umbo. 



Valleys in Manbhnm e.g. Topchanchee. Along streams in S. P. , 

 frequent in the northerly half. FL, Fr. Jany.-June (perhaps al] the 

 year). Evergreen. 



Somewhat resembles Kirganelia reticulata. L. f to 2£" oblong or 

 ovate-oblong or sub-orbicular with rounded apex and usually oblique 

 rounded obtuse or sub-cordate base. Bee. n. 4-7 prs. slender. Petiole 

 4y¥' longer than the setaceous stipules. Fls. in axillary few fid. 

 clusters, M. and F. often on separate twigs. M. green or pink turbinate 

 tWV with 6 small inflexed teeth, pedicel t l", F . calyx campanulate 

 6-lobed, rapidly developing, and in fruit spreading and irregularly 

 split iV diam. 



2. B. patens, Benth. 



A graceful little shrub with small distichous glabrous 

 leaves and axillary small flowers on slender pedicels, the 

 males being yellow and drooping, with campanulate calyx ; 

 the females green with broader funnel-shaped calyces. 



Tundi Hills, Manbhnm, Campbell. Chota Nagpur, Train, Fl. April- 

 May. 



2-4 ft. high. L. H" with 3-5 prs. of sec. n. Fern. fl. £r£" diam. larger 

 and shorter-pedicelled than in male, calyx greatJy enlarged in fruit 

 and often exceeding it. Fr. £" diam. 



