102 EUPHORBIACEE. [ANTIDESMA. 
' hairy; stigmas minute, recurved. Drupe subglobose when fresh, 
3 in. in diam., reddish or black when ripe. 
Common in the Sub-Himalayan forests of Rohilkhand, N. Oudh and 
Gorakhpur. Flowers during May and June. Disrris.: Outer 
Himalayan ranges at low elevations, from the Sutlej to Bhutan ; 
also in Assam Bengal, and from C. W. and 8. India to Ceylon ; extend - 
ing to Burma, the Andamans, the Malay Pen. and Islands, China 
and Australia. The acid fruit is eaten, as well as the leaves. The 
Simla locality mentioned in Fl. brit. Ind. refers to Glochidion velu- 
tinum. 
2. A. diandrum, Roth Nov. Pl. Sp. 369; Brandis For. Fl. 
447 ; Ind. Trees 565; F. B. I. v, 361; Watt E. D.; Kanjilal For. 
Fl. (ed. 2), 352 ; Gamble Man. 610 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 938 ; Cooke 
Fl. Bomb. ii, 593. Stilago diandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 759.—Vern. 
K4gli-khatai (Dehra Dun), dhakki (Oudh), amli (Hind.). 
A small deciduous tree or bush, the young parts usually glabrous ; outer 
bark smooth, grey. Leaves bright-green, turning red before falling, 
thin, shortly petioled, varying in size from 1 to 5 in. in length, lanceo- 
late or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous above, rarely 
pubescent beneath ; stipules linear, acute, about twice as long as the 
petioles. Flowers minute, all pedicelled, in long slender glabrous or 
pubescent racemes ; bracts ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Matz 
flowers : Calya 3, in. long ; lobes 4, short, obtuse. . Stamens 2, rarely 
3, at the base of the glabrous lobed disk. Frm.-flowers : Pedicels 
stouter than in the male. Calyx }; in. long; lobes deeper than 
in the male. Ovary glabrous. Drupe } in. in diam., purplish-red 
when ripe. 
Common in the sal forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur, and 
eastward along the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand, N. Oudh 
and Gorakhpur. Flowers during May and June, and the fruit ripens 
in the cold season. Distrre.: Outer ranges of Himalaya from Garh- 
wal and Kumaon eastwards ; also in Bengal and in Central, W. 
and 8. India, extending to Ceylon and Burma. The pinkish-grey 
wood is hard and close-grained. The leaves and small reddish fruits 
have a pleasantly acid taste, and are much eaten either raw or pickled. 
12, CROTON, Linn., Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 385. 
Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite 
or whorled, usually with 2 glands at the base. Flowers usually 
