944 BENGAL PLANTS. { Codieum, 
“ea ovules era in each cell ; styles entire, elongate, slender, 
aI 2 a globose capsule of three 2-valved, parchment- 
like cocci. Seeds eel testa shining, crustaceous ; albumen 
fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. 
1880. Cop1izuM VARIEGATUM Bl.; F. B. I. v. 8399. Croton brac- 
tiferus F. I. iii. 680. 
In gardens everywhere 
An evergreen shrub with brightly coloured, variegated 
leaves. ‘ Croton” of English denizens. 
833. Chrozoph ora Neck 
Diffuse, densely hispid or stellately tomentose herbs or under- 
shrubs; leaves alternate, sinuate- <a or lobed, wavy or 
plicate, 2-glandular at the base. Flowers moneecious, in sessile, 
axillary, bracteate racemes; perianth alla males crowded in 
upper part of raceme, females solitary, pedicelled; bracts one 
under each flower. ¢ Sepals connate in a globose or ovoid calyx, 
splitting in 5 bochines segments. Petals 5, short. Disk obscure. 
Stamens 5-15; filaments connate below in a column in 1-3 series; 
anthers ae cells parallel, contiguous. Pistillode 0. ¢ Sepals 
5, narrow. Petals very narrow, sometimes setaceous or obsolete. 
Disk of 5 short, broad glands, alternate with petals. Carpels con- 
nate in a 3-celled ovary ; ovules solitary in oak cell; styles 2-fid, 
erect or spreading. Fruit a capsule of 3 hispid, tomentose or 
lepidote, 2-valved, aa fleshy cocci. Seeds without strophiole ; 
testa shining; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, 
1881. a 0 puicata A. Juss.; F. B. I. . 409; E. D. 
C. 2211. Croton plicatus F. I. iii. 681. 
In most of the provinces. 
A coarse annual weed. Hind. Souballi; Beng. Khudi 
okra; Santal. Pango nari. 
834. Gelonium Roxb. 
Evergreen ee eR: or small trees; branches with 
stipular lines at the nodes; leaves alternate, rarely opposite, 
pellucid- dotted). entire or serrate; stipules connate, 
caducous. Flowers dicecious, small, in sessile or shortly podunciill 
axillary ¢ ; perianth simple. ¢ Sepals 5, orbicular, concave; 
shubidhate. Petals 0. Disk obsolete. Stamens 10-60, crowd 
on & convex receptacle; filaments filiform, free; anthers oblong, 
