406 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Agrostistaclys. 



bracteate racemes or spikes, dioecious; males few or many within each 

 bract ; fern, solitary, longer pedicelled. MALE FL. Calyx globose, splitting into 

 2-5-valvate lobes. Petals 8, shorter. Disk-glands very large, alternate with 

 the petals. Stamens 813, on a convex receptacle, filaments nearly free, 

 tips subulate ; anthers versatile, cells pendulous from the thickened con- 

 nective. Pistillode 2-3-fid or 0. FEM. PL. Calyx 5-6-fid. Petals longer, 

 caducous. Ovary 3-celled ; styles short, thick, spreading, entire or 2-n'd ; 

 ovules 1 in each cell. Capsule of 3 2-valved crustaceous cocci, or subfleshy. 

 Seeds globose, testa crustaceous shining, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, 

 flat. ISpecies 6 or 8, Tropical India'n and African. 



Sect. I. EUAGROSTISTACHYS. Bracts of male 1-3-fld., glumaceous, densely 

 imbricate, on short small axillary or supra-axillary spikes. 



1. A. indica, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Sot. ii., (1850) 41 ; leaves 

 petioled elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate acute acutely serrate, base very acute, 

 spikes supra-axillary very short subdistichous, bracts 1-fld., ovary glabrous. 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 726 (excL var. /3.) ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 232 ; Thwaites Enum. 279 ; Beddome For. Man. 205. Wall. Cat. 7452. 



The DECCAK PENIKSTJLA, on the Western Ghats, from the Concan southward. 

 CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 1-2000 ft., Walker, &c. 



A shrub, 5-6 ft.; branches stout, leafy. Leaves 4-12 by 1^-4 in., coriaceous, 

 reticulate on both surfaces ; teeth incurved, spinulose ; nerves 1015 pair ; petiole 

 -H in- Male spikes usually shorter than the petioles ; bracts broadly ovate, ciliate ; 

 bracteoles 2, linear ; pedicels very short ; sepals membranous, ovate, sparsely hairy ; 

 petals 5-8, rounded or subquadrate, white ; disk-glands very large ; stamens 5-13, 

 with sometimes a few fleshy filaments intermixed. Capsule f in. diarn., tridymous; 

 cocci woody, globose. 



2. A. G-audichaudi, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 144 and in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 725 ; leaves petioled oblanceolate acuminate obtusely 

 sinuate-serrate base very acute, spikes infra-axillary very short terete, bracts 

 1-fid. Sarcoclinium Gaudichaudi, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 320. A. 

 indica, var. longifolia, Muell. Ara. in DC. I. c. 726. A. longifolia, Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 377. 



PENANG, Gaudichaud, &c. TENASSEBIM (or Andaman Islands), Heifer (Kew 

 Distrib. 4921). 



Very like A. indica, but the leaves in Heifer's plant are longer, narrower, more 

 acuminate, with shorter petioles and with fewer very shallow obtuse teeth. I have 

 seen no Penang specimens, and the flowers of Heifer's are too young for examination. 



3. A. RXaing-ayi, Hook. f. ; leaves sessile oblanceolate acuminate 

 quite entire, spikes supra-axillary, bracts pubescent. 



MALACCA, Maine/ay. 



Branches as thick as the little finger. Leaves 12-14 by 3-3 1 in., thinly coria- 

 ceous, tapering down to their insertion, nerves about 12 pair. Capsule about | in. 

 diam.; cocci crustaceous, hoary. Seeds % in. diam. I have seen only leaves, very 

 young spikes and fruits of this species. 



Sect. II. SARcocLmuM. Bracts remote on a long rachis. Male fl. 

 many under each bract. 



4. A. Hookeri, BentTi. Gen. PI. iii. 303; leaves very large subsessile 



