CrotonJ] EUPHORBIACEJE. 259 



(C. scaMosus, Bcddome) 

 (C. maLib art/ try, llcddome) 

 (C. robudus, Kurz) 

 (C. sublyrutus, Kurz) 

 (C. ftoccutvsu*, Kurz) 

 (C. calocuccu:-. Kurz) 



South India. 



Ditto. 

 Burma. 

 Andainans. 

 Burma. 

 Ditto. 



C. Joufra, Roxb. Fl. hid. iii. 685 ; Kurz ii. 373. Vern. Joufra, Beng., is a tree 

 of Eastern Bengal and Burma. C. oblongifolius, Roxb. Fl. lud. iii. 688 ; Beddome 

 cciv. ; Brandis 439 ; Kurz ii. 373 ; Gamble 70. Vern. Arjnnna, Ondh ; Ach, Nep. ; 

 Surma, parokupi, Ass. ; Bhutankusam, Tel. ; Thityin, Burin., is a small tree found 

 in the Sub- Himalayan tract from Oudh eastwards, South India, Burma, and Ceylon. 

 Bark 1 inch thick, grey or brownish, inner bark red. Wood white, close-grained, 

 moderately hard, cracks in seasoning; the seeds give an oil. C. Tiglium, Linn.; 

 Roxb. Fl/Ind. iii. 682 ; Brandis 440 ; Kurz ii. 374. The Purging Croton. Vern. 

 Jaipdl, jamal-gota, Hind. ; Kanakko, Burin., is a small tree, cultivated in many parts 

 of India and Burma, the seeds are a powerful purgative, and the yellow oil is a valu- 

 able medicine. 



C. scabiosus, Beddome t. 283, and C. malabaricus, Beddome cciv., are trees of the 

 Western Ghats with silvery leaves. 



1. C. argyratus, Bl.; Kurz ii. 372. Vern, Chonoo, Burm.; Talib- 

 dd, And. 



A moderate-sized or small evergreen tree. Bark thin, grey. Wood 

 bard, yellow, close and even-grained, seasons well. Pores large and very 

 large, scanty, circular, very prominent on a vertical section. Medullary 

 rays extremely fine, very numerous. Numerous wavy concentric lines 

 (of darker colour ?) . 



Martaban, Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 46 to 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood worthy of nctice. 



Ibs. 



B 501. Andaman Islands 48 



B 515. 46 



2. C. caudatus, Mull. Arg. ; Kurz ii. 375 ; Gamble 70. G. drupa- 

 ceum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 6^3. Vern. Nan bhantiir, Beng. ; Takchabrik, 

 Lepcha. 



A large straggling shrub. Bark thin, grey. Wood white or yellow- 

 ish white, bard, close-grained. Pores large, scanty, sometimes subdi- 

 vided, prominent on a vertical section. Medullary rays very fine to 

 extremely fine, very numerous. Numerous wavy concentric lines of 

 white tissue often interrupting the rays. 



Bengal, Assam, Burma and South India, chiefly on the banks of streams. 



Home says the wood is used for fuel and the leaves applied as poultices to sprains. 



E 3298. Sivoke, Darjeeling Terai. 



B 3201. Burma (1862) Thityinkat, supposed to be Croton oblongifoUux, hn* a 

 white wood similar in structure to C. argyratus, except that the fine, wavy concentric 

 bands are more prominent and the pores are smaller. 



13. TREWIA, Linn. 



1. T. nudiflora, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. lud. iii. 837; Beddome t. 281; 

 Brandis 44-3; Kurz ii. 379; Gamble 70. Vern. ZYtmri, khamarn, bhil- 

 laitra, Hind.; Pitali, Beng.; Ganim } gamari, Nep.; Tungjlam, Lepcha; 



