OivCftla.] 77. EUPHORBIACE^. 165; 



GIVOTIA, Griff. 



A small tree. Leaves alternate, cordate, sinuate toothed, 5-9- 

 nerved at the base. Flowers dicecious, in axillary or terminal 

 cymes. Disc entire or lobed. Sepals 5. Petals 5, connate Sta- 

 mens 13-25 on a woolly receptacle, filaments connate. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled ; styles short, 2-fid ; ovules 1 in each cell. Fruit a subglo- 

 bose, 1-seeded drupe. 



G. rottleriformis, GrifE. inCalc. Jour. Nat. Hist. IV^. 388 ; Fi. Br. I. 

 5. 395 ; Braudis For. Fl. 442 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 228. Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 285. Throughout the dry districts of the Deccan, abundant 

 in the Belgaum district near Gokak in dry, deciduous, open jungles. 

 Fl. H.S. 



BLACHIA, Baill. 



Small trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers 

 monoecious ; males subumbellate ; females solitary or fascicled. 

 Sepals 4-,5, accrescent in the female. Petals 4-5, small, hyaline. 

 Disc of 4-5 scales, alternating with the petals. Stamens 10-20, on 

 a convex torus, filaments free. Petals in the female flower. 

 Ovary 3-4-celled ; styles filiform, 2-partite, recurved ; ovules 1 in 

 each cell. Capsule 3-celled; cells 2-valved. Seeds ecarunculate, 

 smooth, shining. 



B. dentidata, Benth. in =Joar. Linn. Soc. XVIL 226 ; Fl. Br. I. 5 403 ; 

 Croton umbellatum^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231. In the evergreen 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common on the Supa ghats. 

 Fl. Oct., Doc. Fr. Dec, Feb. 



DIMORPHOCALYX, Thw. 



Trees. Leaves entire, coriaceous, alternate. Flowei's in axillary 

 or terminal few flowered spikes or the female subsolitary, dicecious. 

 Calyx cupular, 5-toothed or lobed, much accrescent in fruit. Petals 

 5. Disc of 5 glands, alternating with the petals. Stamens 10-20, 

 on a short torus ; filaments stout, free or the inner connate. Ovary 

 3-celled ; styles erect, S-fid ; ovule 1 in each cell. Fruit a 3-celled 

 capsule, cells 2-valved> 



D. Lawianus, Hook. f. Fl. Br. T. 5. 404; Ttigonostemou Lmaianus, 

 Muell. Arg. : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 273. In the evergreen forests of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, common on the southern ghats; between 

 Nilkund and Gairsoppah. Fl. Sept., Oct. Fr. Nov., Jany. Calyx 

 segments of female flower unequal. 



AGROSTISTACHYS, Dalzell. 



Shrubs. Leaves long, entire or serrate, subsessile. Flowers 



dioecious, in bracteate spikes or racemes, males few within each 



bract; females solitary, long pedicelled. Male fl. Calyx of 2-5- 



valvate lobes. Petals 8, shorter. Disc-glands large, alternating 



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