.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 445 



beneath, polished on both surfaces; the female pedicel is about 1 in., the ovary 

 tomentose, and the styles free nearly to the base. 



56. 1KACARANGA, TJiouars. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, often large and peltate, entire or 

 lobed, more or less glandular beneath, 3-5-plinerved. Flowers in axillary 

 racemes or branched panicles, usually dioecious, apetalous ; males many, 

 clustered; fern, one or few under each bract; bracts often large, entire or 

 toothed. MALE FL. minute. Calyx globose or obovoid ; sepals 3-4, valvate. 

 Stamens one or more, central ; filaments flexuous ; anthers 3-4-locellate, cells 

 more or less 2-valved. Pistillode 0. FEM. PL. Calyx 2-4-lobed or toothed. 

 Ovary 1-6-celled ; styles entire, long or short ; cells 1-ovuled. Capsules 

 Fmall, of 1-5 2-valved naked or armed cocci, often glandular or with a waxy 

 coat. Seeds globose, testa crustaceous or osseous, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. Species about 80, in the tropics of the Old World. 



Series I. Male and fern. fl. in branched panicles (except the fern, of M. 

 iricliQcarpa). Ovary 1-3-celled ; styles free, short, recurved or reflexed. 



* Floral bracts of male panicles very small, not concealing the clusters 

 of flowers. 



f Leaves not peltate. 



1. IKE. pustulata. King in Herb. Calc.utt. ; leaves orbicular ovate or 

 eubdeltoid acuminate nearly glabrous not or hardly peltate triple-nerved, 

 panicles short hoary ^ stamens 20, styles very short, capsules 2-lobed tomen- 

 tose, cocci with two large dorsal viscidly glandular patches. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 4-5000 ft., Duthie. SIKKIM ; alt. 2-4500 ft., 

 King, Clarke. 



Branches rather glaucous, tips rusty-pubescent. Leaves 3-6 in. broad, base 

 truncate or subcordate, yellowish beneath, 2-glandular above at the petiole ; basal 

 nerves 5, lowest pair very short, lateral nerves 6-8 pair; petiole 3-4 in., hoary; 

 stipules large, ovate-lanceolate, upper recurved or revolute. Male panicles 2-3 in.; 

 bracts very minute ; flowers -J^ in. diam., pubescent and glandular. Fruiting 

 panicles 2-3 in. ; calyx 4-lobed, circumsciss ; stigmas Ungulate, recurved. Capsules 

 ^ in. diam., 2-valved across the cocci, which do not separate, pericarp thin. Seeds 

 globose, nearly black, hilum large. 



2. HX. gmelinaefolia. King in Herb. Calcutt. ; leaves membranous 

 subrhombic-ovate acuminate glabrous not peltate subglaucous beneath triple- 

 nerved, base cuneate, male panicles hoary, stamens about 20. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; at Kursiong, alt. 4500 ft., Karz. 



BrancJilets and petioles glaucous, tips of branches rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4- 

 5 in. broad and rather longer, grey-brown beneath, triple- nerved at base with some- 

 times a short intramarginal pair, lateral nerves 6-8 pair, very slender, glands incon- 

 spicuous, basal 0; petiole 3-5 in.; stipules large, ovate-lanceolate, 1 revolute. Mate 

 panicles 2-3 in. ; bracts very minute ; flowers -^ in. diam., pubescent and glandular. 

 L have seen but one ppecimen of this, kindly communicated by Dr. King, 

 which appears to be distinct from M. pustulata in the less bread very membranous 

 leaves, with broadly cuneate bases, faint nerves, and glaucous petioles. 



3. JVC. Gamble!, Ilook.f. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

 penninerved, male panicles slender pubescent, stamens 1 5-20, stipules minute 

 subulate. 



SIKKIM TEKAI; at Dalkatlmr, Gamble. 



