382 cxxxv. EUPHORBiACEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Elateriospermum. 



E. Tapos, Blume ~Bijd. ii. 621 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 1131; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 412, and SuppL 460; Hook. Ic. PI. 

 t. 1294. 



PERAK, ScortecTiini. MALACCA, Gaudichaud, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4960), 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1440), &c. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 



A lofty evergreen ? tree, 60-80 ft.; branchlets robust. Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, 

 oblong or linear-oblong, obtusely acuminate, base acute, nerves 12-16 pairs ; petiole 

 1^-2 in., slender. Panicles in the uppermost axils, peduncle stout, 1^-3 in., branches 

 and pedicels short. Male fl. in. diam. ; fern 3 in. Sepals oblong. Ovary ovoid, 

 pubescent. Capsule 2 in. long, oblong, smooth. Seeds 1 in. long, oblong, chestnut- 

 brown, subtrigonous with rounded top base and sides, and an obscure dorsal and 

 ventral ridge ; testa white and veined within. 



31. JATROPHA, Linn. 



Herbs shrubs or trees, often glandular and prickly. Leaves alternate, 

 entire or digitately lobed or partite ; stipules often ciliate. Flowers in 

 terminal cymes, monoecious, the central in the cyme or its forks usually 

 female, often petaliferous. MALE FL. Sepals 5, imbricate, often petaloid. 

 Petals 5, contorted, free or connate. Disk entire or of 5 glands. Stamens 

 many, filaments of all or the interior only, connate ; anthers erect. Pistil- 

 lode 0. FEM. FL. Perianth of the male/ Ovary 2-4-celled ; styles connate 

 below, 2-fid, lobes entire or 2-lobed ; ovules 1 in each cell. Capsule of 2-4 

 2-valved cocci, endocarp crustaceous or bony. Seeds ovoid or oblong, testa 

 crustaceous, albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat. Species about 70, 

 chiefly American. 



* Petals free or nearly so. 



1. J. glandulifera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 688; glabrous, leaves simple 

 and ovate or 3-5-lobed below the middle base cordate, lobes ciliate with 

 long-stipitate glands, stipules long capillary laciniate, and cymes glandular, 

 bracts setose and glandular, sepals entire, stamens 8. Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 1084 ; Wall. Cat. 7802 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 403 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 229. J. glauca, Vahl Symb. i. 78 ; Thwaites Etium. 277. 



DECCAN PENINSULA from the Concan southwards. CEYLON; at Damboul, 

 Gardner. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. 



A small evergreen tree, 4-8 ft., trunk stout. Leaves 3-5 in. long and broad, sub- 

 peltate; lobes acute, sometimes toothed ; petiole 2-3 in., smooth or with simple or 

 branched capillary glandular hairs. Flowers greenish yellow, in glandular corymbose 

 cymes. Sepals glabrous or glaudular-ciliate, male obtuse, fern, acuminate. Petals 

 united at the base only. Ovary glabrous. Capsule size of a cherry, slightly 6-lobed. 

 I have seen only Deccan specimens. 



2. J. nana, Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 229 ; dwarf, glabrous, leaves 

 entire or 3-lobed base cuneate, lobes entire, petiole very short stout, bracts 

 and flowers glabrous, sepals entire. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1083. 



The CONCAN ; stony places near Poona, Bombay, &c., Dalzell, <Sfc. 



A small sparingly branched shrub, 1-2 ft. Leaves broadly cuneate, 3-5 in. diam., 

 lobes broad, acute ; petiole - in. ; stipules not seen. Styles slender, stigmas capi- 

 tellate. The specimens are not in a very good state. This and the following are 

 dwarfs of African type. 



3. J. heterophylla, Heyne mss. ; dwarf, glabrous, eglandular, stems 

 simple, leaves petioled simple and cordate or 3-5-lobed below the middle, 



