314 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Aleurites. 



long, nearly glabrous; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, rather slender; braxjts 

 small. Male flowers : buds obovoid-ellipsoid, shortly acuminate, 3-4 lin. 

 long, pubescent at the tip, otherwise glabrous. Calyx 2-lobed, divided 

 more deeply on one side than the other, 4-.") ]in. long ; lobes ovate, 

 pubescent at the tips. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, rounded at the 

 apex, nearly 1 in. long, 2-3J lin. broad, hairy on the inside of the claw, 

 otherwise glabrous. Disk-glands subulate, glabrous, 1^-2 lin. long. 

 Stamens 10-11, in two series; filaments very slightly hairy, those of 

 the outer series connate for nearly half their length, J in. long, those 

 of the inner series connate for two-thirds of their length, |-1 in. long ; 

 anthers ovoid, J lin. long. Female flowers : Calyx and petals as in the 

 males. Disk-segments triangular, subacute, about 1 lin. long, glabrous. 

 Ovary oblong-ovoid, gradually passing into the styles, densely rusty- 

 tomentose ; styles 3, connate and hairy towards the base, -J in. long, 

 bilobed. Ripe fruit not seen. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 724, partly ; 

 Hemsl. in Kew Bulletin, 1906, 120; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Jatroph. 132. A. Vernicia, Hassk. in Flora, 1842, ii. Beibl. 3, 40. 

 A. japonica, Blume ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 120. 

 A. vernicijiua, Baill. Hist. PI. v. 116. Bryandra cordata, Thunb. Fl. 

 Jap. 267, t. 27. 1). oleifera, Lam. EncycL ii. 329, not of Wall. Cat. 

 D. Vernicia, Correa in Ann. Mus. Par. viii. 69, t. 32, fig. 1. Klceococca 

 cordata, Blume, Bijdr. 618. E, vemtcosa, A. Juss. Euphorb. Gen. Tent. 

 t. 11, fig. 3."). E. Veriiiciuy A. Juss. ex Bpreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 884 

 (^Elceococcas). Veniicia montana, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. ed. 1, ii. r)87. 

 Mozamb. Bistr. Portuguese East Africa : C\\in\o\\o, Johnson, ^Q\ 

 Probably a native of .lapan. Cochin Cliina ami the adjacent islands. 



2. A. triloba, Forst. Char. Gen. 112, t. 56. A large tree; 

 branchlets scurfy stellate-puberulous, at length glabrous. Leaves 

 entire, 3-5-lobed or rarely with a few coarse teeth, ovate or when lobed 

 suborbicular in outline, truncate, rounded or slightly cordate at the 

 base, 2J-9 in. long, 2-5 in. broad, with 2 sessile rounded contiguous 

 glands at the base, but none at the base of each sinus formed by the leaf- 

 lobes, subchartaceous, digitately 3-5-nerved from the base, pubescent 

 with stellate hairs on both surfaces when young, at length becoming 

 glabrous ; transverse nerves faint, more or less branched and not 

 parallel; petiole up to (5 in. long, shortly stellate-puberulous; stipules 

 deciduous. Cymes crowded at the apex of each shoot, densely steilate- 

 tomentellous ; branches ascending ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long ; bracts small. 

 Male flowers : buds ovoid, obtuse, about 1 lin. long, tomentellous. 

 Calyx 2-lobed to the base; segments broadly ovate, obtuse, Ij lin. long, 

 IJ lin. broad, stellate-puberulous outside. Petals spathulate-oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse, 3 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. broad, glabrous except for a few 

 hairs on the inside at the base. Stamens about 20 ; outer filaments 

 free, very short, the inner connate towards the base, all (with the 

 receptacle) pubescent ; anthers J lin. long. Female flowers : Calyx and 

 petals as in the male, but larger. Disk small, crenulate. Ovary sub- 

 globose, tomentellous ; styles very short, erect, glabrous. Fruits (Pax) 



