Plate 1704. 



ANDRACHNE FRUTICOSA, Bene. 

 EuPHORBiACEiE. Tribe Phyllanthej:. 



A. fruticosa, Dene, in Nouv. Ann. Mm. iii. 484; frutex erectus sparse 

 appresse pilosns, ramis gracilibns tent ibas, foliis gracile pctiolatia 

 elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis, basi acutis acuminntis\ . nervis gracil- 

 limis, stipulia parvis lanceolatis, fl. masc. minntis breviter pedicellatis, 

 sepalia pet&liaque snbspathulatis, glamlulis disci fl. 6* pmfiinde 2- 



part is, fl. fem. masculis mnlfto majoribai, sepali.s ova lis acutis 



utnnque hirsutis, glandubs disci obcordatis, petalis glandnlisque maris, 

 ovano hispido, eapsula parva, seminibua transverse rugosis. Miqvd 

 Fl lad. Bat. i. pars n. 365 ; M H. Arg. in DC. 1'rodr. xv ii. 235 ; Hook 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 284, ined. A. Decaisnei, Iknth. Fl. Austral, vi. & 



Hab. Malay Peninsula and Arcbipelago ; Perak, King's Collector; 

 T.mor Laut, Riedel \ ; Philippine Islands, Cuming (No. 1608 and 

 P 1528) ; N. Australia, Broum,&c. 



When preparing the h'uphorbiacece for the ' Flora of British India,' I 

 was much puzzled with this plant, the total nnlikeness of which to 

 the type of the genus Avdrach»e (the European A. teh <»' *) 

 < leceived me into considering it to 

 plant, and consequently, in the C 



sion 



pin-like styl 



~. — » v „ UD ^.u-.i^c Btyjf.arms. a re- examination net ore pnnuni; 

 tin- species of the Order led me to look into A -rarloir, where I found 

 indifferent specimens from Timor Lant of what I taket" be Deeaisa. 

 1. . frutic a of Timor, that so closely resenibi 1 the Pei k plants, that 



Hexakistra, for the present at any 



have 



be able to study all the species of Andrachne. A closely-allied plant 

 is-1. Clarkei, H. f. (' Fl. Brit. Ind.' Z.c. 285, ined " " 



Munmpore, by Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., which «.^ a ,- „ B - 



Mueller refers 



) 



bases 



~ . ,» \zr"" "<*»«■•» "i me leaves, ana glabrous ovary. J\lueiier reie^> 

 Cuming s i Ho. 1608 to a variety of A. austral is, Zoll. ; the specimens of 

 it at my disposal are not very good, but I cannot doubt its being the 

 same .with frvheosa, of which I have examined Timor specimens col- 

 lected by Riedel. Possibly australis itself is only a state of fruticosa. 

 Bentham (' Fl. Austral.' U.) has changed the name of/; 



™ vnuwm, on rue ground th 



however, it clearly is.— J. I). H. 



\v 



hicb, 



disk' 6 * Jl ! ,?"i S T' 80f / , fl » w «- 3. <? flower with serais removd. 4. Gland of 

 awk and petal of <J. 5 & 6. Stamens. 7. ? -lower 8 Ovary. 9. Vertical 

 •action of cell of ditto. 1 o. Section of coccu. and seed 11 . %J Ml enlarged. 



