Jatropha.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 383 



lobes quite entire, stipules capillary, bracts and sepals entire. Wall. Cat. 

 7803 (the upper specimen). 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Hyderabad, Heyne ; Madras, Shuter ; Northern Circars, in 

 cultivated ground, Wight. 



Stems 4-6 in. from a tuberous rootstock, stout, subsimple, terete. Leaves 1-3 in. 

 diam., rather thick, very variable in form, glaucous beneath, base cuneate, petiole 

 i-f in., stout. Flowers very small. Capsule f in. long. Wallich's solitary speci- 

 men, received from Wight, has quite simple ovate or oblong- ovate cordate acuminate 

 leaves ; those of Heyne, &c., are lobed. 



J. GOSSYPIFOLIA, Linn. Sp. PI. 1006 ; shrubby, leaves 3-5-lobed or -par- 

 tite, lobes glandular-serrulate, petiole with branched glandular paleas or 

 hairs, stipules capillary multifid glandular, bracts and entire sepals glan- 

 dular-ciliate, stamens 10-12 monadelphous. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 1086 ; Bot. Reg. t. 746 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 633. 



BENGAL, Clarke. SINGAPOEE, Maingay (cultivated or an escape). DISTEIB. 

 Native of Brazil. 



A shrub or herb, glabrous or with the inflorescence and leaves pubescent. Leaves 

 2-4 in. diam., lobes broadest in the middle; petiole 2-4 in. Male sepals ovate, 

 acute j petals purple or red. Capsule ovoid, 3-lobed. 



J. MTTLTIFIDA, Linn. Sp. PI. 1006; glabrous, leaves long-petioled orbi- 

 cular palmately cut into many narrow entire or lobulate caudate-acuminate 

 segments, stipules capillary multifid eglandular, bracts and entire sepals 

 glabrous, disk of fern. fl. urceolate. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 1089 ; Wall. Cat. 7801 ; Salisb. Sort. Paradis. t. 91. 



Cultivated and naturalized in various parts of INDIA. DISTEIB. Native of South 

 America. 



A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 3-5 in. diam., glaucous beneath ; petiole 

 about as long. Cymes long-peduncled ; flowers scarlet ; anthers linear. 



** Petals cohering to the middle or above it. 



4. J. Wightiana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1080; pubes- 

 cent, eglandular, leaves peltate orbicular or ovate entire or roundly 5-7- 

 lobed lobes obtuse entire, bracts and sepals entire, corolla-tube of male 

 villous within, ovary and styles pubescent. J. peltata, Wight Ic. t. 1169 

 (J. villosa in text}. J. Curcas, Watt. Cat. 7799 D (in part). 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; in dry stony jungles near Coirabatore, WigU. 



A low branching shrub, shoots rusty-villous. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., tomentose 

 beneath; petiole as long; stipules unknown. Cymes corymbose; peduncle stout; 

 flowers pale yellow. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla salver-shaped, in. diam., 

 lobes ovate-oblong. Styles united in a slender column; stigmas 2-partite. Capsule 

 1 in. long, globosely oblong. I have seen leaves only. 



J. CUE.CAS, Linn. Sp. PI. 1006 ; glabrous except the shoots, leaves long- 

 petioled not peltate orbicular-cordate entire or 3-5-lobed or -angled, cymes 

 glabrous or pubescent, corolla-tube of male villous within, ovary and styles 

 glabrous. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1080 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 686 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 442 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 403 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 365 ; 

 Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 183; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 77; Jacq. Sort. 

 Vind. iii. 36, t. 63 ; A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 1. 11, p. 34 A ; Wall. Cat. 7803 

 (in part) and 7799 (except part ofD). J. moluccana, Herb. Suss. 



Throughout INDIA and CEYLON, common near villages, cultivated and natural- 

 ized. DISTKIB. Throughout the tropics. 



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