450 LXIX. EUPHORBIACE.E. [Briedelia. 



petiolate, elliptic or obovate, 2-6 in. long; lateral nerves 8-12 pair, with 

 prominent transverse veins at right angles ; stipules broad-lanceolate. 

 Flowers monoicous, yellow-tomentose, subsessile, crowded in lateral heads, 

 in the axils of leaves or bracts, generally arranged in terminal panicu- 

 late spikes. Broad-lanceolate tomentose bracteoles between the flowers. 

 Calyx-segments long-triangular, persistent and considerably enlarged in 

 fruit. Drupes oblong-ovoid, often 2-seeded, nearly J in. long, black 

 when ripe. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, ascending to 2000 ft., from Jumna to Sarda. Abundant 

 in the Oudh forests. Bengal, South India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay peninsula, 

 Indian Archipelago. Fl. at various seasons, mainly May-Oct. 



3. B. montana, Willd. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 735. Syn. Cluytia mon- 

 tana, Cor. PL t. 171. Vern. Geia, Oudh, KW.P. ; Kargnalia, Kamaon. 



A middle-sized tree, wholly glabrous, branchlets tuberculate. Leaves 

 elliptic or obovate, pale beneath, 4-8 in. long, main lateral nerves 10-15 

 pair; stipules deciduous. Flowers monoicous, greenish, short-pedicellate, 

 crowded in compact axillary heads with numerous, thin, membranous, ciliate 

 and fimbriate bracts between the flowers ; male and female flowers in the 

 same head. Petals oblanceolate. Drupes ovoid-oblong, or globose (Roxb.), 

 \ in. long, on short thick stalks, supported by the not enlarged membran- 

 ous calyx. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, west to the Jhelam, ascending to 3500 ft. Oudh forests 

 (ravines in the hills). Bengal, Orissa, Behar. Fl. April, May ; fr. Sept.-Nov. 

 The leaves are lopped for cattle-fodder. 



11. LEBIDIEROPSIS, Mull. Arg. 



A small tree with alternate, short-petiolate, oval leaves ; lateral nerves 

 not prominent. Flowers monoicous or dioicous, subsessile, in axillary 

 bracteolate clusters, male and female flowers in distinct clusters. Calyx- 

 tube flat, shortly turbinate, segments 5, lanceolate, valvate in bud. 

 Petals minute. Male flowers : stamens 5, filaments inserted on a central 

 column, which is placed on a broad circular disc and prolonged into a 

 short 3-lobed rudimentary ovary. Female flowers : ovary 3-celled, styles 

 3, bifid. Fruit a hard 3-celled, 6-valved capsule on a thick stalk. Seeds 

 3, cotyledons flat, fleshy. 



1. L. orbicularis, Mull. Arg. Syn. Cluytia collina, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 

 169; Fl. Ind. iii. 732. Briedelia collina, Wall. Vern. Garrar, gharrar, 

 C.P. 



A large shrub or small tree, with scanty light-green foliage. Branchlets, 

 petioles, calyx and bracteoles hairy. Leaves glabrous, 2-4 in. long, with 

 reticulate venation. Flowers yellowish green. Capsule 1 in. long ; brown 

 shining, ovoid or ob ovoid, indistinctly 3-lobed. 



Satpura range, Bandelkhand, South India, Ceylon. Fl. June ; fr. Dec, Jan. 

 Bark blackish, very rough. Wood reddish, durable, but brittle. The rind of 

 the fruit is said to be poisonous. 



