1S6' 77; EUPHORBiACEiE. [Agrostisfachys, 



with tlie petals. Stamens 8-13 on a convex receptacle ; filaments 

 free ; anthers versatile, cells pendulous from the thickened con- 

 nective. Female fl. 5-6-fid. Petals longer, caducous. Ovary 3- 

 celled ; styles thick, shoi't, spreading, 2-fid. Fruit a S-celled capsule 

 or subtieshy. Seeds globose, albumen fleshy. 



Bracts of male 1-3-flowered ; densely imbricate ... A. indica. 



Flowers many under each bract, bracts remote ... A. longifolia. 



A. indica, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 406 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 205. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara in evergreen 

 forests, on the banks of streams. Fl. R.S. Fr. Feb. 



A. longifolia, Benth. in Gen. PL III. 303 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 407 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 205. Evergreen forests of North Kanara, on the Supa ghats, 

 along streams. Fl. R.S. Fr. ripe Feb., Apl. 



ADENOCHLiENA, BaiU. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, 3 or penninerved. 

 Flowers moncecious, terminal or axillary, in interrupted spikes • 

 males many, females few. Disc 0. Sepals 4-6, valvate. Stamens 

 4-6, filaments free, exserted ; anther-cells adnate to the thick con- 

 nective, ]Darallel. Female fl. Sepals 5-8, narrow, unequal, accres- 

 cent. Ovary 3-celled ; styles long, connate at the base, bifid above, 

 recurved, plumose ; ovule 1 in each cell. Fruit a 3-celled capsule. 

 Seeds albuminous, with a crustaceous testa. 



A. indica, Bedd. MSS. Fl. Br. I. 5. 418 ; Cephalocroton incUmm, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 261. Evergreen forests of North Kdnara, near the Falls of 

 Gairsoppah. Fl. Oct,, Dec. 



TREWIA Linn. 



Trees. Leaves simple, opposite. Flowers small, in axillary 

 racemes, dioecious. Calyx 3-4-partite in the male flowers, valvate in 

 the females, imbricate in bud. Petals and disc 0. Stamens numerous, 

 free, on a central depressed torus. Ovary 3-4-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; 

 styles connate at the base, long, undivided. Fruit a drupe. Seeds 

 albuminous. 



Female flowers solitary. Fruit globose, 1| in T. nudiflora.. 



Female flowers in short racemes. Frnit j in. T. polycarpa. 



T. nudiflora, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 3, Append. 1661 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 423 



Brandis For. Fl. 443 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231. Petari, Vern. 

 Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara in moist forests, often along 

 the banks of rivers and nalas. Fl. Dec, Feb. Fr. R.S. 



T. polycarpa. Benth. in Gen. Plant. III. 319; Fl. Br. I. 5. 424; T, 

 nudiflora, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 281. The Konkan and North Kanara 

 eommon, scarcely differs ivoTo. 1\ nudiiiora, lAnu, Fl. C.S, 



