184 77. EUPHORBiACE^. [Croton. 



rous, usually 10-20, filaments iuflexed in bud. Ovary 2-1-cellecl ; 

 cells l-ovnlc(l ; stylos slender, 2-4-cleft. Capsule usually tncoccous, 

 cocci 2-valvcd, 1-seeded. Seeds smooth with a caruncle. 



Ovary lepicloto or stellately tomentose. Trees or shrubs. 

 Shrub. Indoresceiice and leaves densely silvery-lepidote. 



Leaves entire, 3-nerved at the base. Capsule J inch ... C. reticidatii?. 



Small tree. Young leaves and inflorescence lepidote. 

 Leaves glabrous when old, toothed, penninerved. Cap- 

 sule ^ inch , ... ... ... C. ohlongifolius. 



Small tree. Inflorescence stellately tomentose or glabrous, 

 not lepidote. Leaves 3-5-nerved at the base, denticulate. 

 Capsule scabrid, ^ inch ... ... ... C. aromaticus. 



iShrub. Leaves penninerved ; mature glabrous, 3-nerved 

 at the base. Capsule small, stellately tomentose, crus- 

 taceous, ^ inch ... .... ... ... C. Gibfiomanu^. 



Small tree. Leaves strongly triple-nerved, long petioled. 



Capsule large, obovoid, white, 1-inch, glaljrous ... C. Tigliam. 



Ovary glabrous. Young leaves softly stellately hairy, 

 strongly 3-uerved. Capsule large, rugose, glabrous. A. 

 small tree... ... ... ... ... C. Lawiaiuis. 



• C. reticulatus, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 7724 B. in part ; Fl. Br. I. 5, 

 386; C. hypoleucus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231. Paadaray, Vern. 

 " In shady jungles on the Konkan hills." Dalzell. From the Konkan 

 southwards, Fl. Br. I. 



C. oblongifoliua, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 685 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 387 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 4'iU ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231 ; Beddome Fl. Syjv. 204. 

 Gunsw, Verii. "Southern Konkan, rare," Dalzell. "A rare tree in 

 our western forests," Beddome. 



C. aromaticus, Linn. Sp. PI. 1005; Fl. Br. I. 5. 388; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 

 204. From the Konkan southwards, Fl. Br. I. ; on the Bababuden hills 

 of Mysore, above 4,000 feet. Fl. Fr. R. & C.S. 



C. Gibsonianus, Nimmo. in Grah. Caf. Bomb. PI. 251 ; Fl. Br. I. 5, 

 392 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232. On the southern ghats of North 

 Kdnara, in evergreen forests, common near the Falls of Gairsoppah ; 

 near Nasik, Dalzell. Fl. Fr. C.S. I am doubtful whether there are not 

 two species here. Glands orange-coloured cordate. Capsule red when 

 ripe, size of walnut, Grah. Glands small, orange-coloured, not cordate. 

 Capsule small grey tomentose when ripe in specimens from North Kdnara. 



C. Tiglium, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1004; Fl. Br. L 5.893; Grah. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 181 ; Brandis For. Fl. 440. Purging croton. Jamalgota, jaijya, 

 Vern. Naturalized in the South Konkan. 



C. Lawianus, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 251 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 394 ; 

 Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232. Bababuden Hills, Mysore, probably may 

 be found in the southern parts of North Kdnara, but not yet seen in the 

 Bombay Presidency. Fruit with the calyx enlarged like in Dimorpho- 

 calijx glabdlus, Thw. 



