25. Tjugia.] 22. EUTKORBIACEM. 



25, Tragia, L. 



1. T. involucrata, L. Jipenda, Bo. ; Sengel sing, 5.; 

 Barhanta, H, ; Bichati, Beng. 



A perennial undershrab, woody below, with erect or 

 ecandent hairy branches, some of the hairs with pungent 

 points, nettle-like serrate leaves, and minute green fls. in 

 bracteate leaf -opposed or terminal spikes, or on short axillary 

 branches. 



Sinofbhum, not rare ; S. P., common ; Hazaribagh. Probably in the other 

 districts. Usually inopsn wast« ground, scrub jungle or among rocks. J?l. , 

 Fr. DecFeby. 



L- 2-4£" by 1-2", young tomentose benaath, base 3-5-nerved 

 rounded. Spike* J-J" long usually with a solitary female below and several 

 minute yellowish-green m. above. M. Sep. 3 broadly ovate, F. Sep. 6 linear 

 persistent, villous with pectinate lobes. Capsule septifragal of 3 U-valved 

 cocci. Seeds globose strophiol&te. 



26. Sapium, P. Br. 



1. S- sebifemm, Roxb. Chinese Tallow Tree. 



A tree superficially resembling Sissa, the leaves being 

 broadly rhomboid acuminate or of much the same shape as 

 Sissa leaflets. Fls. monoecious greenish, M. clustered in 

 simple terminal spiciform racemes 2-4" long, usually fern, at 

 the base. Capsule 3-valved. 



Native of China. Frequently planted, esp. in Daltonganj. Fl. Aug.- 

 Sept. The open capsules may remain on the tree till Nov. t Deciduous 

 Jifov.-March. 



FanL 23. UNICES. 



Herbs or shrubs with alt. simple leaves and regular 

 2-sexual flowers with 5 sepals and petals and 10 stamens, or 

 the alternate stamens reduced to staminodes. Filaments 

 united at base into a hynogynous or slightly perigynous ring, 

 anthers versatile, 2-celled. Disc or of 2-3 or 5 glands usually 

 adnate to the staminal ring. Ovary entire, 3-5-celled. Styles 



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