Baccaurea] X.CVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E 563 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys from Sikkim eastwards. Assam. Silhet. 

 Bast Bengal. Tippera. Burma, Upper and Lower. Specimens from Martaban (D.B. 

 1880) have sinuately dentate 1. PI. March, Fr. May. 2. B. flaccida, Muell. Arg. 

 Tenasserim. Similar to 1, bracts of <J fl. short, very deciduous. 3. B. parviflora, 

 Muell. Arg. — Tenasserim, Malay Penins. and Arehip. L. thin oblanceolate or 

 obovate, bracts minute, <J racemes very slender, ? sepals linear. Fr. narrow-ellipsoid. 



1. B. courtallensis, Muell. Arg. — Svn. Baccaurea sapida, Bedd. Fl. Svlv. t. 280 : 

 Pierardia macrostachys, Wight Ic i. 1912 <?, t. 1913 ?. Malta Ihuri, Afulta keipti, 

 Mai. "Western (Hiats from North Kanara southwards, common in evergreen forest. 

 A large or middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, elliptic, shortly acuminate, sometimes oppo- 

 site, Made 3-8, pet. .'-U in. Fl. hairy, bracts minute, <J reddish in long narrow 

 racemifomi panicles densely crowded on the trunk, branches of panicles short, 3-o-fld. 

 ? on short pedicels in slender racemes, 8-12 in., sepals J-J in. long. Fr. bright 

 crimson, 1 in. diam., subglobose with 3 ridges, hanging in great profusion all round 

 the trunk, which appears as a mass of crimson. Hooker, in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 371 refers 

 Wight Ic. t. 1913 to H. sapida. 



8. APOROSA, Blume: PL Brit. Ind. v. 345. 



Trees, usually evergreen, 1. alternate. Fl. .small, usualh r diceeious, apetalous, 

 disk 0. (J: in axillary catkin-like often clustered spikes, 1-3 fl. in the axils 

 of large imbricating bracts. Sepals 3-6, usually 4, stamens 1-5, central 

 filaments slender. 9 : in short spikes or racemes, peduncles clothed with 

 numerous imbricating bracts, sepals 3-6, small. Ovary 2- (rarely 1- or 3-) 

 celled, stigmas plumose, spreading or recurved, simple or 2-4-cleft, ovules 2 in 

 each cell. Fr. bursting irregularly from the base upwards. Cotyledons flat 

 broad, in fleshy albumen. Species 30— It), Indo-Malayan region. 



Koilera, Beng. and )'< mein, Burm. are used indiscriminately for several 

 species. 



A. Ovary pubescent or tomentose. 



(a) 9 A- sessile, 1. glabrous beneath. 



a. Fr. ovoid. 



1. A. Roxburghii, I'.aill. Vern. Femein, Burm. Subhimal. tract from Sikkim eastwards 

 in Sal and mixed forest. Orissa. Assam. Khasi hills, Cachar. Comillah. Chittagong — 

 Burma, Qpper and Lower, common in Engdain. A small or middle-sized tree, glabrous 



except inflorescei L. elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or obscurely 



sinuate-toothed, blade 1 6, pet. J-j in. t? spikes clustered, I -I \ in. long, bracts broad, 

 oiliate, sepals jmbesri'iit. Fr. ovoid-oblong. f,-.l in. long. 2. A- oblonga, Muell. Arg. 

 Lmherst, Tenasserim. Glabrous, I. elliptic-oblong, blade 3 5, pet. J— § in. 8. A 



Clellandii, Hook. f. Hangoon. ( i In 1 irons. 1. lai date, thinly coriaceous. Made ii-h", jm- t . 



j-fi in., sec. n. very slender. Fr. i-.t in. long, pericarp very thin, fragile. i. a. 



glabrifolia, Kurz. Nicobars. Branchlets robust, si is tomentose, I. broad-elliptic, 



sparsely hairy beneath, blade 3 : '. pet. '. in., fr. | in. finely pubescent. B. A acuminata, 

 Thwaites. Vi-rn. A '/<• Yinii, Mai. Tinnevelli ana Trayancore ghats 8 3,500 ft. Ceylon. 

 A shrub or small tree, youngest b! ts silky, I. thin, glabrous, lanceolate, caudate- 

 acuminate, blade 8 I. narrowed into pet. {-Jin. 3 catkins j -j in., fr. i( in. long, red, 



hairy, pericarp fleshy. 



ft. Fr. globose or nearly so. 



ii. A. macrophylla, Muell. Arg. Tngyin, Burm. Eng forest oi Qpper and Lower 

 Burma. A small tr leciduous, Kurz), perfectly glabrous, save inflorescence, branch- 

 lets stout, I. coriai as, ovate, base deeplj cordate, Made 9-24, pet. 2 3 in. long. Fr. 



sessile, yellow, velvety, | in. diam. 7. a. viiiosuta, Kurz, Vern. Thitsat, Burm. Anda- 

 maus. Lower Burma \ mall tree, young i hairy, 1. elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 



blade 5 7, pet |--l in. long. Fr. apioulate, \ in. diam. 



(b) J fl. sessile I. toini'iitose beneath. 



8. A. viliosa. Baill. Vern. Tngyin, Burm, Burma, Lower and I pper, in Eng forest. 



Cochin China. \ middle-sized deciduous tree, bark thick, grey, deeplj cracked, 



branchlets, petioles and leaves beneath ry, I., rigidly coria as, broadly 



elliptic-oblong, quit blade 4-9, pel WL in. long. S spikes J-2 In. long, bract 9 



hairy. . spikes few-fid., sessile, of ten on the old wood, ovary densely rusty-villous. 

 Fr. ovoid, densely tawnj tomentose, \ In. long, usually L-seeded. 



. 9 fl. pedicelled. 



