Sapium.] cxxxv. EUPHOEBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 471 



narrowed into a stout style with recurved stigmas. Capsule coriaceous, the size of a 

 pea, subglobose, shortly pointed. Seeds globose, with a coating of wax under the 

 epidermis. 



Sect. IT. PARASAPIUM. Spikes simple, androgynous. Fruit large, woody, 

 globose ; cocci at length deciduous, not leaving a columella. 



4. S. indicum, Wi Id. Sp. PL iv. 572 ; leaves shortly petioled elliptic- 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate serrate or subserrate not glaucous beneath, 

 petiole eglaiidular, racemes spiciform terminal solitary, male fl. subsessile, 

 fern, pedicelled elongate, capsule large woody. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 692 ; 

 Wiglit Ic. 1. 1950 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 181. S. Hurmais, Ham. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 229. S. Bingirium, Roxb. in Wall. Cat. 7963. Stillingia 

 indica & Bingyrica, Baill. Etudes G-en. Eupliorb. 513, t. 6, f. 11, 12. S. 

 himalayensis, Klotzscli Bot. Seise Pr. Wald. 116, t. 21. Excoecaria indica, 

 MuelL Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1216; Kurz For. FL 413; Brandis For. 

 Flor. 441 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 367 ; Beddome Forester's Man. 215. 

 ? Bheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 51. 



BAT of BENGAL, from the Suriderbunds to Tenasserim. ? SOUTH CONCAST, 

 Graham. 



An evergreen glabrous tree. Leaves 3-5 in., rather coriaceous, dark green, brown 

 when dry, base acute, nerves many pairs ; petiole - in. Racemes 2-4 in., chiefly on 

 lateral short branches, sparsely pubescent ; bracts broad, obtuse, ciliate; male fl. crowded 

 in clusters, pedicel very short; calyx-lobes acute, ciliate ; fern, larger, with long st}le 

 and stigma ; sepals acute, ciliate. Fruit 1 in. diam., old woody, young succulent, 

 obscurely 3-lobed, walls of cocci very thick and hard. Seeds ^ in. long, ellipsoid, 

 slightly compressed ; testa pale, polished. Bentham (Gen. Plant.) rightly remarks 

 that the African plant referred to this species by Mueller is quite distinct from it. 



5. S. virgratunij Benth. in Gen. PI. iii. 335; leaves moderately 

 petioled subcoriaceous base 2 -glandular, bracts broadly ovate acuminate, 

 their glands small rugulose, styles rigid connate beyond the middle three 

 times or more longer than the ovary, capsules large woody acuminate. 

 Stillingia virgata, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 508. Excoecaria virgata, 

 Zoll. Sf Moritz. in Miquel FL Ind. Bat. i. ii. 416 ; MuelL Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 1216. 



MOTJLMAINE, Wallich in Herb. DC. DISTEIB. Java. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, base acute crenate or subrepand-serrate, shining 

 above; bracts many-fld., powdery-puberulous. Fern, pedicels 2-3 times as long as 

 the calyx. Male fl. subsessile ; calyx segments lanceolate, laciniately toothed. Fein. 

 calyx multiglandular within. Stamens 3, stjles sharply revolute above. Capsules 

 2 cm. broad. Seeds smooth, shining. Differs from E. indica in the larger longer 

 more coarsely serrate lucid leaves, larger flowers, strong connate stylos and form of 

 the capsule. The above description is copied from Mueller. I find in the Wallichiun 

 Herb, no Sapium or Excoecaria from Moulrnein. 



Sect. III. FALCONERIA. Spikes unisexual. Male fl. sessile in orbicular 

 clusters under each bract ; fern, solitary. Calyx of male 2-lipped, of fern, of 

 2-3 ovate acuminate sepals. Fruit coriaceous or drupaceous, with tardily 

 dehiscing or indehiscent cocci. 



6. S. insigrne ? Bentli. in Gen. PL iii. 335 ; leaves elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate, spikes solitary terminal, rachis very 

 robust. Falconeria insignis, Royle III. 354, t. 84 (art. 98). F. Wallichiana, 

 Royle 1. c. f . 3 ; Brand. For. Fl. 442. Carumbium insigne, Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii.412. Wall. Cat. 8021. 



