Order 1 06. Euphorbiacece. 293 



4. G-LOCHIDION. 



1. 6r. lanceolarium. A small tree, leaves lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, shining, flowers clustered, white, males on longish slender 

 stalks with.4 to 6 anthers, females few and sessile, capsule small, 

 6-lobed, brown, splitting up like the capsule of a mallow. 

 BJiomd. 



Matheran, very abundant. Mahableshwar and the Ghauts gene- 

 rally. 



2. G. zeylanicum (G. nitidum, D.). A small tree, leaves 

 large sessile ovate oblong acute, shining, male and female 

 mixed in short-stalked clusters, anthers 5 or 6, capsule nearly 

 round, 6-lobed, larger than that of ISTo. 1. 



S. Konkan, near water. Very variable, there being a smooth and a 

 hairy variety, pretty widely spread (H.). 



The four following are small trees or shrubs, attributed to the 

 Konkan or Canara by H., but not in D. or G. * G. tomentosum, 

 white with hairs, leaves ovate or oblong, flowers on short stout 

 bent pedicels, anthers 5 to 7, capsule slightly 10 to 12-lobed. * G. 

 Hohlnackeri, smooth, leaves ovate lanceolate, male flowers long- 

 stalked, females sessile in clusters, capsule 6 to 8-lobed, the large 

 round style in the sunk top. This and the next two have 3 an- 

 thers. * G. Ralphii, smooth, leaves lanceolate, male flowers on 

 slender stalks, capsule 3 to 6-lobed with style as in the last. * G. 

 ellipticum, smooth, branchlets angled, leaves elliptic, often unequal- 

 sided, male flowers minute, short-stalked, females clustered, capsule 

 obscurely 4 to 6-lobed. 



5. FLUEGGIA. 



F. microcarpa (F. leucopyrus, D.). A pretty shrub, leaves 

 small smooth obovate cuneate, stipules small pointed, flowers 

 very small, crowded in the axils, berry pure white, round, size 

 of a pea with calyx attached. Pdndharphali, Kdnte puwan. 



Sattara. Konkan, common (D.). Matheran (Birdwood), Through- 

 out India (H.). 



H. has as another species, * F. leucopyrus (F. virosa, D.), a thorny 

 shrub, differing more from the last in habit and foliage than in flowers 

 and fruit, the leaves being smaller. But D., who attributes the shrub 

 to Malabar and Worlee hills only, says they are larger ! Possibly 

 the two plants are one, with trifling and casual differences. 



6. BRETNIA. 



B. patens (Melanthesa turbinata, D.). A smooth shrub with 

 red stem and branches, leaves oval obtuse or oblong, sometimes 

 unequal-sided, bifarious, female flowers greenish, calyx open 



