Jatroiiha.] 77. EUPHORBIAC^. 183 



JATROPHA, Linn. 



Ilerbs, slirubs or trees, often glandular. Leaves entire or lobed. 

 Flowers in terminal cymes, monoicous ; female often petaliferous. 

 Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, free or connate. Disc entire or of 5 

 glands. Stamens many, filaments of the inner connate. Ovary 

 2-1 -celled; styles connate below, 2-tid ; ovule 1 in each cell. Fruit 

 a capsule H'ith a bony endocarp. 



Petals free. 



Leaves 3-5-lobe(l, cordate. Fetioles and flowers with 



many long, stipitate viscous glands ... ... J . rjlaiuluUfera. 



Eglandular. Loaves B-lobed, not cordate ... J, nana. 



Leaves peltate, pinnatitid, segments many. Cymes 



scarlet ... ... ... ... J. muUlfida. 



Petals connate. Leaves entire or lobed ... ... J. C areas. 



J. glandulifera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. IIT. 688; Fl. Br. I. 5.382; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 22i». Jangli-erancli, M. Throughout the presidency, 

 common near the sea-coast at Karwar, but not observed by me else- 

 where. Dalzell says " abundant at Punderpore." FI. throughout the 

 year. 



J. nana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 229; Fl. Br. I. 5. 382. Kirhundi, M. 

 *' Kare, in stony places near Poona," Dalz. 



J. multiflda, Linn. Sp. PI. 1006; Fl. Br. L 5. 383. Chini-erandi, 

 Vern. Cultivated and naturalized throughout the presidency. 



J. Curcas, Linn. Sp. PI. lOOG ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 383 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 442; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 77. Irundi, jaip/ud, Vern.; 

 kadandia, (Dhiirwar). Throughout the presidency, common in hedges 

 cultivated and naturalized. Fl. Apl., May. Fr. R.S. 



ALEURITES, Forst. 



Trees. Leaves simple or lobed, 2-glaudular at the bas3. Flowers 

 monoicous, in large terminal panicles. Calyx 2-3-partite. Petals 5 

 imbricate in bud. Disc urceolate or glandular. Stamens numerous 

 on a conical torus. Ovary 2-5-celled; cells 1-ovulod ; styles 2-5 

 2 -cleft. Fruit a large drupe ; putamen 1-5-celled. Albumen oily. 



A. moluccana, Willd, Sp. PI. IV. 590; Fl. Br. L 5. 384 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 276; J.. ^riVoia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, Suppl. 76. Akrod 

 jatphni, Vern. Planted in gardens throughout the Bombay Presidency ' 

 it is often called, by Europeans, Belgaum walnut. Fl. June-July. Fr! 

 ripe next cold season. 



CROTON, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers 

 small, in racemes or spikes, usually monoicous. Calyx usually 

 4-partite, slightly imbricate in bud. Petals as many as sepals 

 developed in the males, rudimentary or absent in the females' 

 glands of the disc alternating with the petals. Stamens 5 or nume- 



