158 KUPHORBIACEiB. 



y- latifolium ; painted-leaved, (Codiseum pictum, Hooh. B. M. 58, t. 



3051.) 

 §. viride ; long and uniformly green- leaved. 

 Gelonium, Roxb. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 445. No. 1793.) 



1. bifarium, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 830; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 465.) 5 

 Native place uncertain. Fl. small, yellow ; Feb. and March ; fr. R- S. 



2. lanceolatum, Roxb. (/. i?id. 3, p. 831 ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 465.) 5 

 Bengal. (Serampore.) Fl. small, yellow, fragrant, H. S. ; fr. C. S. 



S./asciculatum, Roxb. ( /. ind. 3, p. 832 ;—B. M. 60, t. 3231.— Su- 

 ragada glabra, /2ojr6. MSS.) ?»r«Tt?t^1 Bunnaranga. 5 Circars. Ben- 

 gal. (Serampore.) Fl. small, yellow, fragrant, H. S. ; fr. R. S. 

 RiciNUS, L. (Spreng. syst. S,p. 762, No. 3138.) 



1. communis, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 878 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 689 ; — 

 J. Grah. Cat. B.pLp. 183 ;—B. M. 48, t. 2209.— Ricinus speciosus, 

 Burm. ind. t. 63, /. 2;—Rheed. 2, t. 32 ;—Rumph. 4, ^ 41.) (r«3^1 

 Bherunda. Palma Christi. Castor-oil plant. $ Greece. N. Africa. India. 

 Much cultivated. Seeds used by dyers to mix with colours and ren- 

 der them permanent. (J. Grah.) The oil often used in lamps, especial- 

 ly by the Natives. Leaves a favourite food of some silk worms. 



2. dicoccus, Roxb. (fl. ind. 3, p. 690; — Rumph. 4. t. 64.) 5 Amboyna. 

 Fl. small, greenish-yellow, H. S. ; fr. R. S. 



3. Mappa, L. (Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 690. — Mappa moluccana, Spreng. syst. 

 3, p. 878. — Acalypha Mappa, Willd ; — Rumph. 3, t. 108.) b Moluccas. 

 Fl. small, greenish, R. and C. S. ; fr. 0. 



Janipha, Kth. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 8. No. 2404.) 



1. Yuquilla, Kth. (var. J. Lofiingii, Kth. ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 77.) i S. 

 America. Introduced in 1841. 



2. Manihot, Kth. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 77 i—B. M. 58, /. 3071.— Jatro- 

 pha Manihot, L. ;—Roxb. H. B. p. 69 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 183.) 

 Tapioca. Manioc, or Cassava- Plant. Fl. smallish, reddish. Has never ii. 

 here, nor had it done so in H. C. G. in 1814, though introduced 

 in 1794. — S. America. — The roots yield a flour (Cassava) of immense 

 importance in S. America. This is obtained by crushing them, after 

 the bark has been removed, and then straining off the water ; after 

 which the mass is gradually dried in pans over a fire. Tapioca is a 

 preparation from the same root. (Lindl.) 



Jatropha, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 8, No. 2403.) 



1. panduroifolia, Andr. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 76 ;—B. M. 17, t. 604.) B 

 Cuba. Fl. largish, scarlet ; and fr. the whole year. 



2. Curcas, L. (Spreng. syst. S,p. 77 ■,.—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 686;— J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 183— Castiglionia lobata, Ruiz, and Pav.) ?t5rc^<l<9l 

 Bagh-hharanda. B Cuba, S. America. Domesticated in India. Fl. 

 small, green ; and fr. the whole year. Seeds purgative and occasion- 

 ally emetic. An expressed oil is obtained from them, which is reckon- 

 ed a valuable external application in itch and herpes ; it is also used, a 



