16. Jatbotha.} 22. JBUPSORBIACEJB. [17. Teewu. 



A shrub 3-6 ft. vrith palmately 3-5-lobed leaves, easily 

 recognized by the stipitate yellow viscid glands which cover 

 the leaf margins, petioles and stipules, and the Bmall red 

 flowers in glandular corymbose cymes. St. 10-12. 



A native of Brazil (F.B.I.) very common in waste ground and by 

 road-sides. Deciduous in ft 8. FL, Fr. r. s. 



A glandular J atropha occurring in rocky ravines in the Santal P., 

 seen by me in Jany. without leaves or flowers was possibly a completely 

 naturalized form of this, or else J. glandulifera, lionb. which can be 

 distinguished by its greenish-yellow fls. with only 8 stamens. 



2. J. Curcas, L. Kulajara, K.; Totkabindi, M.; Bhernda, 

 S., S. The Physicnut. 



A shrub or small tree 10-20 ft. with glabrous (exc. when 

 quite young) 3-5-angled or -lobed leaves 4-6" diam. and 

 small yellow flowers with a campanulate 5-lobed corolla in 

 terminal cymose panicles. 



Very commonly planted in village hedges. Dec. in the cold season 

 When it is frequently covered with the capsules. Fl. May-October. 

 The oil of the seeds is a violent purgative and emetic. 



J. multiflda, L. with multifid leaves, and other species are very 

 ornamental garden shrubs with scarlet flowers. 



17. Trewia, L. 



1. T. nudiflora, £• Gara koa, K. ; Gada Lopong, 8. ; 

 Pitali, Beng. 



A large tree, superficially much resembling Gmelina arbo- 

 rea (some vernacular names e.g. Khamara, Gamhar applied 

 to this belong to Gmelina), with opp. long^petioled broadly- 

 ovate cordate entire 3-5-basal-nerved leaves, and dioecious 

 fls. M. iu long drooping catkin-like racemes 3-8" with 

 slender pedicels. F. solitary or 2-3 on long stout peduncles. 

 Frt. globose hard drupaceous 2-5-celled, 1-1!" diam. 



Chiefly in river-beds, Saranda and Gangpur. Also in S. P. (Bokhra- 

 band, etc.) Fl. Jany. -March. Fr. May. Leafless Dec. or Jany.-Feby. 



Young shoots mealy with stellate hairs. L. 4-6" sometimes tomentose 

 or pubescent green not glaucous beneath, base rounded or cordate. M. fi. 



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