152 EUFHORBIACEiE. 



which may be ahnost said to have given a new arm to surgery, and which 

 has become an indispensable article of life ; it exists in Artocarpeae and 

 elsewhere, but is chiefly the produce of species of Euphorbiacese. The 

 other is the preparation called Turnsol, which, although chiefly obtained 

 from Crozophora (Croton) tinctoria, is to be produced equally abundantly 

 from many other plants of the order." (Lindl.) 



A. BuxEiE, Bartl. 

 Sarcococca, Lindl. (B. Reg. 12, t. 1012.) 



1. pruniformis , Lindl. (/. c.) Nepal Bastard- Plum. % Nepal. Fl. small, 

 greenish-yellow, C. S. ; fr. 0. 



a. latifolia. (Pachysandria ? conacea, Hook. exot. Jl. t. 148.) 

 p. angustifolia. ( } Buxus saligna, Don. pr. fl. nep. p. 63 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. 3, p. 847.) 

 Buxus, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 760, No. 3103.) 



1. chinensis, Lk. (Spreng. syst. p. 847.) China Box Tree. 5 China. Fl. 

 small, yellowish-green. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. .'* 



2. balearica. Lam. (Spreng. I. c.) Balearic Box Tree. B Minorca. Fl. 

 small, yellowish-green. Introduced in 1841. Has not fl. 



3. sempervirens, L. (Spreng. syst. I. c.) $ South Europe, North Persia. 

 In H. C. G. 



In some parts of Persia where Box Trees abound, the Camel cannot 

 be employed, because it is found impracticable to prevent that animal 

 from browzing upon the leaves, which invariably prove poisonous to it. 

 (Lindl.) 

 Securinega, Juss. (Spr. syst. 1, No. 1112.) 



I. borbonica. Rich. Bourbon. 

 Fluggea, Willd. (Spreng. syst. I, p. 523. No. 939.) 



1. Leucopyrus, Willd. (Spreng syst. I, p. 825, — Phyllanthus Leucopy- 

 rus, Kon. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 658.) L. B Coromandel. Fl. small, 

 greenish ; and fr. R. S. 



2. retusa, Roxb. (Phyllanthus retusus, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 657.) L. B 

 Bengal, (Serampore,) extending northwards to the banks of the Jum- 

 na. Fl. small, greenish ; and fr. whole year. 



3. virosa, Roxb. (Phyllanthus virosus, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 659 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. 3, p. 22.) L. B Circars, Banks of the Jumna. Fl. small, green- 

 ish. In H. C. G. fl. H. and R. S. ; fr. R. S. (Roxb.) The bark is 

 a strong astringent, and possesses, when thrown into the water, 

 the power of intoxicating fish, whereby they are easily taken. 

 (Roxb.) 



B. PuYLLANTHEiE, Bartl. 



Glochidion, Forst. (Juss. gen. pi. p. 442. Bradleia, Giirtn. ; Lindl. nat. 

 Syst. p. 1 16.) 

 1 . mulliloculare, (Bradleia multilocularis, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. C96 ; — 

 Spreng. syst. 3, p. 19.) 5 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, greenish 

 cream-coloured, H. and 11. S. ; fr, C. S. 



