180 77. EUPHORBlAOEiE. {Flaeggla. 



kodarsi, M. Throughont the presidency in deciduous forests, common. 

 Pi. hot season. Fr. K..S. 



F. Leucopyrus, Willd. Sp. PL IV. 757; 11. Br. I. 5. 328 ; F. virosa, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 236; Securinega Leucojii/rus, Mnell. Arg, ; 

 BrandisFor. Fl. 456 ; Bedd. M. Sylv. 197. Vorepuvan, M. ; Jcircui, Sind, 

 Throughout the presidency and Sind, usu.illy in open situations, very 

 common. Fl. H.S. Pr. R. S. The fruit of both the above species is a 

 white globose berry. 



BREYNIA, Forst. 



Glabrous shrnbs. Leaves small, stipulate. Flowers small, mon- 



oicous, axillary. Calyx t«rbinate, 6-lobed. Stamens central, S, 



filaments united into a column. Disc 0. Styles 3, bifid. Fruifc 



dehiscent or indehisceut. 



Calyx much enlarged in fruit ... .,. ... B. pafenit. 



Calyx not or little enlarged in fruit ... ... B, rhamnoides. 



B. patens, Benth. in Gen. Plant. III. 277; Fl. Br. I. 5. 329; Melayt- 

 tkeopsis patens, Mnell. Arg. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 196; Brandis For. Fl. 455. 

 M. tnrbinata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 234 ; P. tnrbinatus, tloxb. ; Grab. 

 Cut. Bomb. PI. 180. Throughout the Konkan and North KAnara ghat 

 forests. Fl. May, Juue. Fr. Aug., Sept. Seeds with anarillus. Fruit 

 red-coloured. 



B. rhamnoides, Muell. Arg. ; Fl. Br. I. 5.. 330; BrandisFor. Fl. 455; 

 Badd. Fl. Sylv. 1961 (bj^ error named Melantheopsis patens.) Throughout 

 tho Konkan and North Kanara, often iu hedges. Fl. H.S. Fr. R.S. 



SAUROPUS, Blume, 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, distichous, membranous, entire. Flow- 

 ers minute, monoecious, axillary. Male fl. Calyx 6-lobed; lobes 

 spurred inwards at the base. Stamens 3 on a triangular column ; 

 anthers extrorse. Female fl. Calyx 6-cleft, persistent, accrescent ; 

 styles 3, sessile, spreading with 3 recurved, incurved arms. Fruit 

 globose, depressed, albuminous. 



S. quadrangularis, Muell. Arg. in Liuneea XXXlI. 72 ; Fl. Br. 

 I. 5. 335; Ceratogynnm rhamnoides, Dalz. «fe Gibs. Bom. Fl. 234. 

 Chikli, M. Koukan and North Kdnara, common near the Arbail ghat, 

 in evergreen forests. The spurred petals of the minute male flower are 

 remarkable. Fl. June, Aug. P>. July-Sept. 



PUTRANJIVA, Wall. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate, entire or serrulate. Flo^vers 

 dioicous, axillary, apetalous. Disc 0. Male fl. Calyx 2-5-partite. 

 Stamens 2-3, central, filaments free or connate. Female fl. Ovary 

 2-3-celled. Fruit indehiscent with a bony endocarp. 



P. Roxburghii, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 61. Cat. 6814; Fl. Br. I. 

 6. 330; Brandis For. Fl. 451 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 275; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 236, Putranjiva, Vern. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan 

 and North Kunara, nowhere common. Fl. Apl., Miiy. Fr. ripe next 

 Feb.. Mch. 



