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course, Boxwood, few are specially remarkable for* their timber. Oils are given by 

 Ricinus, Croton and Aleurites. Mallotus philippinensis gives a red dye. Phyl- 

 lanthus Emblica gives a fruit which is one of the myrabolams used in tanning, while 

 several species in other parts of the world furnish India-rubber. 



SUB-OEDEE I. EUPHORBIACE.SJ. 



Tribe I'. Phyllanthese 



II. Brideliese 

 III. Crotonete 

 IV. Acalypheae 



V. Hippomaneae 



VI. DalechampiesB 

 VII. Euphorbiese 



. Actephila, Andrachne, Sauropus, Anti- 

 desma, Phyllanthnf, Melanthesopsis, 

 Breynia, Putraiijira, Securinega, 

 Baccaurea, A-puroxa, Hymenocan/ia, 

 Eitckqflia, Cyclostemon, Hemicyclia. 



. Briedclia, Cleixtanthus, Lebedieropsis. 

 Croton. 



. Aleurites, Agro*tistachy9 t 8areoclinium t 

 Sumbavia, Coelodiscu.t, Caelodejias, 

 Cephalocroton, Symphyllia, Claoxy- 

 lon, Acalypha, Alchornca, Cnesmone, 

 Tragia, Treiria, Mallotus, Cleidion, 

 Macaranga, Hid nits, ITomonoya. 

 Bennettia, Microdesmis, Manihot, Jatro- 

 pha, Trigonostemon, Givotia, Ontodes, 

 Codiceum, Chcetocarpus, Mischodon, 

 Baliospermum, Gelonivm, Exccecaria. 



. Dalechampia. 



. Pedilanlhus, Euphorbia 



SUB-OEDEE II. DAPHNIPHYLLACE2B. 



Tribe VIII. Daphniphyllese . . DaphnipkylluiH. 



Tribe IX. BuxeaB 



SUB-OEDEE III. BUXACEJE. 



Buxus, Sarcococca. 



Actephila contains 4 or 5 large shrubs or small trees. A. excelsa, Dalz. ; 

 Beddome clxxxix., is a small tree of the Western Ghats. A. Thomsoni, Miill. Arg.; 

 Beddome cxc., is a shrub of Mysore and the Carnatic. A. Javanica, Miq., 

 and A puberula, Kurz ii. 340-1, are shrubs of the Andaman Islands. Sauropus contains 

 6 species, the most important of which is S. albicans, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 349 ; Gamble 69. 

 Vern. Yoma hinyo, Burm. ; Sentungrung, Lepcha, a common undershrub of forests in 

 Bengal and Burma. Melanthesopsis patens, Miill. Arg. ; Beddome cxcvi. ; Brandis455 ; 

 Kurz ii. 348 ; Gamble 68 (Phyllanthus patens, Koxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 667) Vern. Ikti, 

 Lepcha, is a shrub of Bengal, South India and Burma; and M.fruticosa, Miill. Arg. ; 

 Kurz ii. 349 (Phyllanthus reclinatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 669), is a small shrub of the 

 Mavtaban Hills. Breynia rhamnoides, Miill. Arg.; Beddome cxcvi.; Brandis 456; 

 Kurz ii. 350 (Phyllanthus vitis-idcea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 665) Vern.Tikhar, Hind.; 

 JKamkata Juli, Beng. ; Yerra purugudu, Tel. ; G-ong-nyin-ya, Burm., is a small tree 

 of Oudh, Bengal, South India, Arracan and the Andamans, with a white, hard, 

 durable wood. Symenocardia Wallichii, Tul. ; Kurz ii. 394. Vern. Ye-kin, Burm.; 

 and H. plicata, Kurz ii. 395. Vern. Ye-chin, Burm., are trees of the swamp forests 

 in Burma. Cyclostemon contains 5 species : C. indicus, Miill Arg. ; Beddome cxcix., 

 is a tree of Sikkim, the Khasia Hills and South India ; C. macrophyllus, Bl. ; Beddome 

 t. 278 ; Kurz ii. 364, a tree of the Western Ghats and the Andaman Islands ; C. eglan- 

 dulosus, Kurz ii. 364, is an evergreen tree of Arracan ; C. malabaricus, Bedd., of the 

 Tinnevelly Ghats, and C. subsessilis, Kurz ii. 364; Gamble 69. Ver.n. Ban bokul, 

 Beng. ; Bioay champ, asura, Nep., a small tree of Sikkim, Eastern Bengal and 

 Burma, with a brown close-grained wood. Hemicyclia contains 5 species: H. elata, 

 Beddome, t. 279, is a large, and S. venusta, Wight, a small, tree of the Western 

 Ghats ; H. sumatrana, Miill. Arg. ; Kurz ii. 365, is a tree of Burma, and H. anda- 

 manica, Kurz, of the Andaman Islands ; while H. sepiaria, W. and A., is a tree of 

 Southern India and Ceylon. 



Aleurites moluccana, Willd. ; Beddome t. 276 ; Kurz ii. 377 (^4. triloba, Forst. ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 629) Vern. Akrot, is a handsome tree introduced from the Malay 

 Archipelago and now found in cultivation or run wild in many parts of South India. 



