176 77. EUPHORBIACE^. [Euphorhia. 



culated filatneut. Female fl. : a stipitate 3-celleJ ovary in the centre 

 of the involucre ; styles 3, free or combined, simple or 2-fid. Cap- 

 sule of 3, 2-valved cocci. 



Unarmed tree ; branches cj'lindric ... ... ...E Tirucalli. 



Armed with stipular spines. 



Branches angled and winged ; leaves minute or 



wanting E. antiquoruvi. 



Branches jointed, cylindric or with 5 spirally twisted 



ribs... ... ... ... ... ... ... .,.E. nerUJolia. 



Branches sub-cylindric ... ... ... ... .. E. l\ivulia. 



E. Tirucalli, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 197 ; Brandis For. Fl. 439 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bom. Fl. Suppl. 76. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 217. Milk bush. Nevli, thuvar, 

 seijr, M. ; yele giiUa, K. Natui'alized. throughout the dry districts of 

 the presidency ; usually in hedges, planted. Fl. Aug., Sept. 



E. antiquorum, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 19(3; Fl. lir. I. 5.255; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bom. Fl. 22G ; Brandis For. Fl. 438 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 217. 

 Narsej, M. Throughout the dry districts of the presidency, Fl. R.S. 

 in the Belgaum and Bijapur districts. 



E. neriifolia, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 196. in part; Fl. Br. I. 5. 255. 

 Dalz. &Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 226 ; Prandis For. Fl. 439 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 216. 

 Thor, nivarung, seej, 7ningut, Vern. ; yellihalU, K. Throughout the 

 presidency; often in waste, stony, dry situations, generally planted in 

 hedges. Fl. Fr. Feb., Mch. New leaves in March, Apl. 



E. Nivulia, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIV. 286 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 225; Brandis For. Fl. 4;:i9. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 216; Fl. Br. I. 

 5. 255 ; Wight Ic. 1862. Dry rocky hills in Gujarat and Sind. Fl. Mch. 

 Fr. Apl.-May. 



BRIDELIA, Wild. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, entire, with prominent parallel 



lateral nerves. Flowers monoicousor dioecious, bracteate, in axillary 



or spicate clusters. Calyx 5-cleft; lobes valvate. Petals 5. Male 



fl. : stamens 5, on a central column, situated on a flat, sinuate disc. 



Female fl. : ovary 2-celled, surrounded by a membranous cup-shaped 



or tubular disc, variously lobed ; styles 2, bifid, connate at the 



base. Fruit a berry, with 1-2, 1- seeded cocci or pyrenes. 



Tree. Lateral nerves 15-20-pairs B. retusa. 



A climbing shrub. Lateral nerves 8- 12-pairs B. stipularh. 



A straggling shrul). Lateral nerves G-9-pairs... ... B, Hamiltoniaiia. 



B. retusa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. III. 48 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 268 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 449; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 260; B. montaaa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 233. Mulla honne, K. ; kanta knuchi, M. ; asaiia, nsauna, Vern. Through- 

 out the presidency in deciduous forests. Fl. Sept., Oct. Fl. Oct. -Jan. A 

 spinescent tree. 



B. stipularis, Blume Bijd. 597 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 270 ; Brandis For. Fl. II. 

 449 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 201. Common in deciduous forests throughout the 

 presidency. Fl. May, Nov. 



B. Hamiltoniana, Wall. Cat. 7882 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 271 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 202. Higher ghats of the Konkan, Law, Stocks ; not sccn^by^me. 



