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Codiamm variegatum, Blume Syn. C. pictum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3051 ; 

 Croton variegatum, Linn. a shrub with glabrous, shining, entire, oblong leaves 

 with prominent lateral nerves, often variegated, and cultivated on that account 

 in gardens of tropical and sub-tropical India. Male flowers with petals ; fruit 

 a dehiscent capsule. Indigenous in the Indian Archipelago. 



4. TREWIA, Linn. 



A deciduous tree, with opposite long-petiolate leaves. Flowers dioicous, 

 the male in long drooping racemes, the female in few-flowered racemes. 

 Calyx-segments 3-4, in the male flowers equal and valvate, in the female 

 flowers unequal and imbricate. Petals none. Stamens central, numerous, 

 filaments free, anthers dehiscing longitudinally, connective not prolonged 

 beyond the anthers. Ovary 3-4-celled, 1 ovule in each cell ; style 1, short, 

 with 3-4 long filiform very papillose stigmas. Fruit a fleshy drupe, not 

 dehiscing, with a hard bony, 3-4-celled endocarp. Seeds without arillus, 

 flat cotyledons and superior radicle in a fleshy albumen. 



1. T. nudiflora, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 837; Wight Ic. t. 1870, 

 1871 j Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 281. Syn. F. macrostachya, Klotzsch Eeise des 

 Prinzen Waldemar, t. 23. Vern. Tu77iri, khamara, Kamaon; Bhillaur, 

 bhillaura, Oudh ; Pitali, Beng. ; Petari, Bombay. 



Youngest parts with caducous tomentum, ovary soft-tomentose, other- 

 wise glabrous. Leaves cordate or broad-ovate, glabrous, with 5 basal 

 nerves, the midrib penniveined, blade 6-9, petiole 3-4 in. long. Flowers 

 greenish yellow ; male racemes 4-9 in. long ; flowers on short slender 

 pedicels, in bracteate fascicles of 3 - 4 ; female flowers on longer pedicels, 

 solitary or in few-flowered racemes. Calyx-segments of female flowers 

 thinly membranous, caducous. Stigma 1 in. long. Drupe depressed-glo- 

 bose, mucronate, 1 in. diam. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, west to the Jumna, and ascending to 3000 ft. Common 

 in the Dehra Doon, the Kamaon Bhabar, and in Oudh. Banks of the Nerbudda 

 between Jubbulpur and Mandla. Bengal, South India, Burma, Ceylon and 

 Java. Banks of rivers, in swamps and damp places. The leaves are shed Jan.- 

 Feb., and the young foliage comes in March, April. Fl. Nov. -April. Attains 

 60 ft. with a straight trunk, 30 ft. to the first branch, and 6-7 ft. girth. These are 

 the dimensions of male trees in the Oudh forests. Female trees are smaller, with 

 shorter trunks and more straggling branches (K.T.) The leaves somewhat 

 resemble those of Gmelina arborea and Thespesia populnea. Bark in. thick, 

 smooth, whitish, greenish, or greenish-brown, inner bark greenish-yellow, fib- 

 rous. Wood whitish, straight-grained, moderately tough, no distinct heartwood. 

 Used to make the cylinders of native drums, and for agricultural implements. 



5. MALLOTUS, Loureiro. 

 Shrubs or trees with alternate (rarely opposite) long-petiolate stipulate 

 leaves. Flowers usually dioicous, in racemes or spikes. Calyx 2-5-cleft, 

 valvate in the bud. No disc or petals. Stamens numerous, central on a 

 raised receptacle, filaments free or cohering at the base, anther-cells dis- 

 tinct, longitudinally adnate. Ovary 2-5-, generally 3-celled, 1 ovule in 

 each cell ; styles as many as cells, simple, recurved, plumose along the inner 

 side. Capsule tomentose or muricate, 2-5-celled and 2-5-valved. 



