Homonoia.] 77. EUPHORBiACEiE, 189 



H. retusa, Muell. Arg. In Linnsea XXXIV. 200 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 456 ; 



Brandis For. Fl. 415 ; Adelia retusa, Wight. Oak. & iiihs. Bom. Fl. 231 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 212. Throughout the presidency in river beds, often 

 associated with H. riparia, commou in North Kduara rivers. Fl. Nov., 

 April. 



RICINUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, peltate. Flowers monoecious, 

 apetalous, in terminal subpanicled racemes. Calyx 5-divided, 

 valvate in bud. Petals and disc wanting. Stamens numerous ; fila- 

 ments variously connate on a plano-convex torus. Ovary 3-celled« 

 Capsule dry, 3-coccous. Albumen oily. 



R. communis, Linn. Sp. PI. 1007 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 457 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 445 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 78. Erandi, Vern. ; tirki, Guj. ; 

 haralu, K. Castor oil plant. Cultivated and naturalized near villages, 

 throughout the presidency. Fl. Fr. Feb., March. 



SAPIUM, P. Br. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire or toothed ; petiole 

 2-glandular at top. Flowers in terminal, simple or panicled spikes, 

 moncBcious, apetalous ; males several in each bract ; females in the 

 lower part of the spike. Petals and disc 0. Calyx 2-3-Iobed, 

 toothed or split to the base into 2-3-valvate sepals. Stamens 2-3 ; 

 anther-cells distinct. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles spreading and 

 recurved, connate at the base ; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a tardily 

 dehiscent 8-valved capsule. Seeds with fleshy albumen, usually 

 long-persistent on the columella. 



Columella winged, persistent. Fruit capsular, size of a pea. ... S. sebiferum. 



Columella not persistent. Capsule large, woody S. indkum. 



Fruit drupaceous, obscurely lobed, ^ inch ... ... S. insi(jne. 



S. sebiferum Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 693; Fl. Br. I. 5. 470; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 77; Excoecaria sebifera, Brandis For. Fl. 441. 

 Chinese tallow tree. Plpcdijank, Vern. Cultivated near Bombay. Fl. 

 June. Fr. ripe Oct. 



S. indicum, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. 572 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 471 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 5. 471 ; Grab. Cab. Bomb. PI. 181. Hurna, M. Various parts of the 

 South Konkan, Graham. 



S. insigne, Benth. in Gen. Plant. III. 335 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 471 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 442 ; var. malabarica, Exccecaria insignis, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 214 ; Falconeria malabarica, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 227. Ura 

 dicdla, M. Common near the coast of the Konkan and North Kdnara, 

 on dry rocky soil, usually on laterite, also in moist forests on the S'hats. 

 Fl. C.S. Fr. Mch. 



EXCCECARIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually alternate ; with paired 

 etipules. Flowers small in terminal or axillary, androgynous spikes, 



