cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 269 



Beddomc Forest. Maw* WL. B. retusa, Baill. Etudes 6f-en.JEuphorb.6S4. 

 Cluytia rctusa. Moon Cat. 71. 



CEYLON ; common up to 2000 ft., Thwaiies. 



Branches stout. Leaves 5-10 by 2-4 in., not glaucous beneath ; petiole - in., 

 stout. Bracts and flowers as in B. retusa, from which it differs in the fewer arched 

 nerves, monoecious smaller flowers and ellipsoid fruit acute at both ends. 



3. B. montana, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 978 ; nearly glabrous, leaves mem- 

 branous obovate-oblong or broadly obovate obtuse acute or abruptly mu- 

 cronate shining above, nerves 8-15 pair slightly arched, flowers monoecious 

 in small dense axillary clusters sessile or shortly pedicelled glabrous, calyx- 

 lobes triangular-ovate, petals broadly ovate entire, fruit globose seated on 

 the unaltered calyx. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 500; Roxl. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 735; Wall. Cat. 7879 (in part}; Beddome Foresters Man. 202; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 450; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 357. Cluytia montana, 

 Roxb. Cor. PI. ii. 38, t. 171. 



Along the foot-hills of the HIMALAYA, ascending to 3000 ft. and to 6000 ft. in 

 Sikkim, from the Panjab to Bhotan. KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft. BEHAE, on 

 Parusnath, J. D. H. COEOMANDEL (Roxburgh). 



A low tree ; trunk short; branchlets often pustulate. Leaves 4-7 by 2-4- in., 

 usually broadly obovate, rarely elliptic and acute, shining above, paler beneath, margin 

 undulate, base almost always acute ; nerves and cross-uervules rather strong ; petiole 

 i-^ in. Bracts many, very short, pubescent. Calyx - in. diam. Ovary enclosed 

 in the disk ; styles 2, 2-fid. Fruit the size of a pea. There are two forms, one with 

 leaves very shining above and narrowed base, nerves 8-12 pair slender; the other has 

 leaves more like retusa, more oblong, nerves 10-15 pair stronger. 



4. B. burmanica, HooJc. f. ;" quite glabrous, branches slender, leaves 

 membranous broadly elliptic or obovate-oblong obtuse margins undulate 

 base obtuse or rounded shining and finely reticulate above paler beneath, 

 nerves 12-20 pair slender nearly straight, flowers monoecious in small 

 axillary clusters shortly pedicelled glabrous, calyx-lobes ovate-Ian ceolatr, 

 petals of male obovate retuse, of fern, larger oblong, fruit globose, B. 

 amoena, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 368 (not of Wallicli). Cluytia, Wall. Cat. 

 7888. 



BUEMA (Hort. Bot. Gale.), Wallich ; Ava, Kurz. 



Branches smooth. Leaves 4-7 by 2-4 in., hardly glaucous beneath ; petiole very 

 short, ^ in., glabrous. Bracts short, membranous. Calyx % in. diam. Fruit not 

 seen. This is the plant referred by Kurz to Wallich's B. amoena (see under B. 

 retusa) ; he describes the male fl. as greenish, the fern, crimson, the petals rosy, and 

 fruit globose as large as a pea, sappy, purplish black. 



5. B. assamica, Hook.f.-, branches sparsely tornentose, leaves large 

 membranous oblong obovate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate finely reticulate 

 and glabrous except the midrib above, minutely puberulous beneath, nerves 

 15-20 pairs slightly arched and cross-nervules slender, flowers monoecious 

 in minute axillary clusters sessile pubescent or glabrate, calyx-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, petals of male rounded crenate of fern, larger elliptic entire, fruit 

 ovoid acuminate seated on the unaltered calyx. B. chnrtacea, Kurz in 

 Herb. Calcutt. (not of WaUicJi). Cleistanthus oblongifolius, Mucll. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 506 (Griffith's plant only). 



ASSAM, Griffith, Masters ; Mishmi Hills, Griffith (Keiv Distrib. 4890) ; Nowgong, 

 Simons. SILUET (Roxburgh}. 



Branches rather Blender, pale, sparsely tomentose. Leaves G-12 by 3-4 in., 

 green on both surfaces, paler beneath, beautifully reticulated ; hnirs beneath micro- 

 scopic, base subacute or rounded, margin subundulate ; petiole in. ; stipules on 



