ActephiJa.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 283 



fern, clustered or solitary; pedicel slender, -2 in. long. Sepals variable in length, 

 obtuse, apicnlate or truncate. Petals very variable. Ovary globose, 3-lobed ; styles 

 3, 2-fid, lobes recurved. Capsule f to H in. diam., broader than long, 3-lobed, 

 minutely wrinkled when dry j cocci woody, dorsally rounded. Seeds % in. long, 

 obtusely trigonous, dorsally rounded, broader than long ; testa very thin, fragile, 

 brown. The Indian species retained by Mueller are the following. Having no-flowering 

 specimens, I am unable to distinguish them, and suspect they are all forms of one. 



A. ZEYLANICA, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 77, and in DO. I.e. 221 ; dioecious, 

 petals of male broadly rhombic-obovate base cuneate, Of fern, short cuneate-obovate 

 flabellately dilated truncate emarginate, filaments free. A. neilgherrensis, Thwaites 

 lEnum. 280 (excl. syn.}. Savia zeylanica, Battl. Etudes G-en. Euphorb. 571. Ceylon. 



A. THOMSONI, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 65, and in DO. I. d. 222 ; dioecious, 

 sepals of fern, linear-lanceolate acute with a series of basal glands, petals linear-lanceo- 

 late rigid entire about 3 times shorter than the sepals. Mysore and the Caruatic, 

 Q-. Thomson. 



A. JAYANICA, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 356; monoecious, sepals coriaceous, petals 

 of male broadly rhombic-obovate cuneately narrowed at the base, of fern, short cuneate- 

 obovate truncate emarginate, filaments connate at the base, capsules large. Muell. Arg. 

 in DC. I. c. 222 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 340. A. bantamensis, Miq. I. c. Savia Actephila, 

 Hassk. Cat. Ifort.Soffor.2i3. Singapore, Wallich(Qa.t. 8016), Andaman Islands, Java. 



A. EXCELSA, Muell. Arg. II. c. ; monoecious, leaves from linear-oblong to elliptic or 

 lanceolate ; sepals submembranous suborbicular tip rounded with brown edges, petals 

 oblong-obovate subentire, capsule large, testa membranous. (See citations under the 

 species.) Assam, the Khasia Mts. and Silhet. 



2. A. puberula, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 341 ; shoots and cerves of leaves 

 beneath minutely pubescent or glabrescent, leaves long-petioled obovate or 

 oblong obtuse or obtusely acuminate base rounded or cordate. 



ANDAMAN-ISLANDS, Kurz. 



An evergreen shrub, 4-8 ft. (Kurz). Leaves 4-7 in., hardly coriaceous glabrous 

 above, nerves beneath puberulous. Floivers monoecious or dioecious, orange-cold. 

 Calyx coriaceous. Capsules, as in A. excelsa, wrinkled. The base of the leaf and long 

 petioles at once distinguish ^this species from all the forms of A. excelsa. 1 have seen 

 no flowers. 



7. ANDRACHNS Linn. 

 (& 8. HEXAK.ISTRA, Hook, f.) 



Herbs, undershrubs, or slender shrubs. Leaves usually small, alternate, 

 membranous, quite entire. Flowers small, monoecious, pedicelled ; males 

 clustered in the axils, females solitary. MALE FL. Calyx 5-6-lobed or 

 -partite. Petals 5-6, small or 0. Disk-glands as many, or twice as many. 

 Stamens 5-6, alternate with the petals ; anthers erect, cells parallel. Pls- 

 tillode small. FEM. FL. Calyx larger. Petals minute or 0. Ovary 

 3-celled ; styles short 2-fid or -partite ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule of 3 

 2-valved cocci. Seeds curved, rugose, estrophiolate, albumen fleshy .; embryo 

 curved, cotyledons broad flat. Species about 10, variously dispersed. 



When the clavis of the Indian genera of Euphorbiaceaj was prepared, I had 

 determined to propose for the last two species of this genus a separate one under the 

 name of Hexaliistra (in allusion to the needle-like style), but on reconsideration I 

 have considered it best to postpone, the dismemberment of Andrachne, which contains 

 different types of structure, till all the species uow included under it could be studied 

 iu detail. 



1. A. cordifolia, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 234; shrubby, 



