564 XCVIII. EUPH0RBIACE2E [Aporosa 



9. A. Lindleyana, Baill. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 286. — Syn. Scepa Lindleyana, Wight Ic. t. 

 361. Vern. Sulla, Kan.; Vittil, Tarn. Evergreen forests of the Konkan and the 

 Western Ghats, common in places. A small or middle-sized tree, youngest shoots more 

 or less silky. L. glahrous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 5-7, pet. |-| in., stipules 

 large, hairy, caducous. 3 catkins 1-14_ in. long, bracts glabrous, ciliate. $ fl. in 

 short hairy often clustered racemes. Fr. globose, J-J in. diam. 10. A. Bourdilloni, 

 Stapf in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2204. Travancore low country, moist forest. A small tree, 

 branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. along n. shortly pubescent, 1. elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, blade 5-7, pet. J_ in. o* catkins J in. long, bracts ovate puberulous. $ fl. 

 solitary, on bracteate axillary peduncles, J in. long, ovary densely covered with long 

 bristles. 



B. Ovary glabrous, fr. sessile. 



11. A. Wallichii, Hook. f. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Tenasserim. A large 

 tree, glabrous excepting 6* bracts, 1. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, bracts of $ fl. 

 tomentose, fr. ellipsoid h in. long. 12. A. aurea, Hook. f. — Syn. A. microstachya, Muell. 

 Arg. Chittagong. Burma (Kurz). A small tree, entirely glabrous, 1. yellowish-green 

 when dry, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-9, pet. J-l in., bracts of $ fl. glabrous, fr. globose 

 J in. diam. 13. A Planchoniana, Baill. — Syn. A. lanceolate/,, Kurz Fl. ii. 363. Tenasserim. 

 Perak. Entirely glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 2—4, pet. J in. long, sec. n. obscure. $ 

 catkins J-l in., bracts glabrous, fr. ellipsoid, beaked, -J in. long. 



Scortechinia nicobarica, Hook. f. Nicobars. L. elliptic, sinuate-serrate, blade" 6, 

 pet. 14 in. long, sec. n. 8 pair. Fl. minute, dioecious, sepals 4-5, imbricate, petals 0. 

 $ : Stamens 4-5, filaments stout, free, pistillode 3-lobed, hairy. $ : Capsule hoary, 

 crustaceous, 1 in. long, 1-celled, 4-valved. Seed 1, albumen scanty. 



9. ANTIDESMA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 354. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, entire, stipules as a rule not early deciduous. 

 Fl. dioecious, small, numerous, apetalous, in slender often terminal simple or 

 panicied spikes or racemes. Calyx-lobes or -teeth 3-5, rarely 6-8. $ : Disk 

 entire or lobed, stamens 2-5, filaments free, often inserted between the lobes- 

 of the disk, anther-cells globose, didymous, or inserted at the ends of a thick 

 connective, pistillode glabrous or hairy, sometimes minute or none. ? : Disk 

 annular or pulvinate, ovary 1-celled, ovules 2, stigmas 2-4, bifid. Fr. a small 

 drupe, crowned with the persistent stigmas. Species 60-70, tropical Africa,. 

 Asia, Australia and Polynesia. 



A. Ovary tomentose. 



1. A Ghsesembilla, Gsertn. — Svn. A. paniculatum, Koxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 820 ; A.pubescens r 

 Koxb. Cor. PI. t. 167, Wight Ic. t. 821. Vern. Umtoa, Hind.; Ban masfi >■ i, Oudh: 

 Khudi jamb, Beng. ; Matasura, Kol ; Jondhri, Mar. ; Pullam-Purasi, Kan. ; Pollai, Tel. \ 

 Kinbalin, Pyisin, Bnrm. Subhimalayan tract from the Sarda eastwards. In the 

 Oudh forests common. Assam. Bengal. Both peninsulas. In Burma in tidal, 

 Savannah and Eng forests. A small deciduous tree, branchlets, petioles, young 

 leaves and inflorescence usually soft-tomentose, rarely glabrous. L. broad-elliptic,, 

 sometimes obovate, mostly obtuse, blade 2-4, pet. J— § in., stipules early deciduous. Fl. 

 sessile in slender panicied spikes, stamens 4-7, anthers horse-shoe shaped, disk 5-lobed,. 

 pubescent. Ovary piubescent, fr. red to black, J-J in. diam. edible. 2. A Roxburghii, 

 Wall. (Stilago tomentosa, Koxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 767, 768.) Assam. Silhet. Branches, L 

 and inflorescence densely rusty-villous, 1. acuminate, 4-8 in., pet. short, stipules per- 

 sistent, spikes simple, stout, erect, 4-6 in. long. 3. A velutinosum, Blume. Tenasserim. 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. A small tree, branchlets, petioles and 1. beneath along 

 midrib and nerves softly tomentose, 1. 5-8 in., pet. short, spikes stout, solitary. 4. A. 

 Helferi, Hook. f. Tenasserim (or Andamans). Branches and 1. glabrous, 1. coriaceous,, 

 spike terminal, stout. 



B. Ovary glabrous. 



(a) £ fl". sessile, calyx not deeply lobed. 



5. A Bunius, Spreng. ; Wight Ic. t. 819 ; Bedd. Man. t. 24. Vern. Amati, Mar. p 

 Naihuti, Kan ; Avepit, Tel. ; Kyu-e pyisin, Burm. Subhimalayan tract from Nepal 

 eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Khasi Hills. Manipur. Chutia Nagpur. 

 Western G-hats. Upper Burma. Arakan Toma 3-4,000 ft. Ceylon. China. Malay 

 Archip. A small evergreen tree, youngest shoots hairy, 1. glabrous, elongate-elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Fl. spikes pubescent, ? simple, 3 often compound, 

 calyx of o* usually hairy, sometimes glabrous, ciliate on margin. Anthers 3. S fl. 



