Antidesma] XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E 565 



shortly pedicelled, fr. $ in. diam., very juicy, red, turning black wh m i-i]>w. G. A. 

 zeylanicum, Lam.; Triinen Handb. Ceylon iv. 11. — Syn. .1. .[/criteria, Linn, (comprises 

 5 and 6). Western Penins. in the south. Ceylon. A small much branched tree, 

 young shoots glabrous. L. glabrous, shining, blade 1-3, pet. J in. Fr. ovoid J in. 

 long. 



b. <$ fl. sessile, calyx deeply 4-lobed. 



7. A. velutinum, Tulasne. Burma. Upper and Lower. A small evergreen tree, 

 branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic. 

 acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. Jin. long. -' Sepals 3-4, orbicular, villous, stamens 3—4. 

 8. A. fruticulosum, Kurz. Tidal forests of Pegu. A small shrub, 1 1-2 J in. long, 

 harshly tomentose. 9. A. cuspidatum, Muell. Arg. Shan hills, o.niin ft. Malay 

 Peninsula. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence finely pubescent,!. elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade 5-8, pet. J-J in., sec. n. 8--10 pair, arching, prominent beneath. 

 <J spikes panicled, bracts larger than fl., 9 disk villous. 10. A. nigricans, Tulasne. 

 Assam. Silhet. Branches, pet, and -pikes densely tomentose, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 1-7, pet. J-J in., sec. n, 6-10 pair, arching, joined by intramargiual veins. $ cal. 

 t-parl it", stamens 1. 

 <• i <J fl. pedicelled. 



11. A. diandrum, Both. — Syn. SUlai/o rliamlra. Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 166. Vern. Atnli. 

 Iinti. Amrrri. Hind.: Daklii, Oudh ; Malta, Beng. : .Sunn Kulipa, Kan. ; Manchi pulleri, 

 Tel.: Kinbalin, Burin. Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, common in 

 Sal forests. Behar. Chutia Nagpux. Central Provinces. Western Peninsula. Assam. 

 Khasi hills Maui pur. Bengal. Burma, L'pper and Iiower. — Ceylon. A large shrub 

 or small tree, dee id nous, glabrous or branchlets rusty-pubescent. L. thin, lanceolate or 



elliptic-lam late, base acute, blade 11-5, pet. i in., stipules deciduous. Racemes lax, 



slender, often simple, quite glabrous, fl. all pedicelled, calyx Hobed. Stamens 2, 

 rarely 3. at tin- base of the small glabrous disk. Fr. J in. diam., purplish-red, edible. 

 The leaves turn brick-red before falling, leaves acid mad'' into pivserve. 12. A. 

 Khasianum, H""k. f. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. Young shoots and inflorescence 

 hairy, otherwise glabrous, 1. from elliptic-lanceolate to Linear-lanceolate, blade 2-7, 

 pet. ,\ in. 6 racemes hairy, lax. [-['. in. long, calyx glabrous, cupular, shortly 3-4- 

 Lobed, stamens 2-4. Fr. ', in. long, tipped by the 2-3 rigid basss of the stigmas. 13, 

 A. acuminatum, Wa 1 1.: Wight Ds. t. L991. Sikkim, foot of hills, ascending to 3,000 ft. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Chutia Nagpux. A targe shrub, branchlets, petioles, stipules 

 and midrib of I. tomentose, I. shining above, elliptic-lam late, blade 1-12. pet. },-}, in- 

 long, s racemes 2-6 in. long, mostly panicled, rachis and bracts densely hairy, 

 pe licels longer than bracts, calyx "f 1 broadly ovate sepals, glabrous or hairy, stamens 

 8-4. $ fl. sometimes with short stamens. Fr. ,'. in. long, acuminate. 1 1. A. Moritzii, 

 Muell. Arg. Tenassarim. — Malay Penins. and Archip. A small tree, branchlets, 

 (K'tiolcs, sti]nili's, midrib and racemes finely tomentose, I. elongate-elliptic 5-10 in. 

 long, i racemes slender 2 '■'• in., paniculate, fl. minute, stamens I 5. Fr. sub-globose, 

 acute, J-J in. diam. !•">. A. martabanicum, Presl. Tenasserim. Similar to 14, stipules 

 Large, calyx 8- L-partite, stamens 3 I Fr. ellipsoid or sub-- i,,i ...--• j ,\ in. long. 



16. A. Menasu, Miquel. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, near streams 

 and in evergreen forest. Common uear.i I loor. A small or middle-sized tree, branch- 

 lets, petioles, stipules and inflorescence velvety, 1. glabrous, underside shining, elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, blade I 7, pet. i 1 in. 6* fl. pedicellate, calyx 8 L-partite, stamens 

 :'. I. inserted between the lobes of the disk. Fr. ovoid, acute, J-J in. long. 



Sarcococca pruniformia, Limit. ; Collet! Simla Fl. 148, Fig. 116.— Syn. S. saligna, 

 Muell. Arg. S. Irinervia, Wighl [c. 1. 1877. Vern. Shangal, Sutlej ; Tiliari, Jaunsar j 

 < liilihat, Nop. ; Kice-i-pok, Burm. Afghanistan. Himalaya 5,9000 ft., often gregarious 

 in shodj places. Blhasi hills and MTanipur. Upper Burma. Western Gnats from 

 Si .mi li Kanaia southwards. -Ceylon. Ind. Archip. China. A glabrous evergreen 



shrub, bark green, I. coria ins, alternate, lam late op elliptic- lanceolate, triplinerved 



or penninerved, the lowest pair extending below the mi. Ml'' of ].. blade 2 -5, pet. j 

 Fl. yellowish-white, monoecious, in short compact axillary spikes, sepals I, biseri 

 supported by decussate bracts similar to sepals, more numerous in the female fl., which 

 generally are ot the base of the spikes. ': Stamens 4, free, opposite to sepals, , : 

 Ovary 2 8-celled, styles as many as ..-lis. at length recurved, ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Berries purple, ovoid | J In. long, Very variable, var. Sooktriana lias uarrower, 

 usuallv penninerved I., fr, globose. 



10. DAPHNIPHYLLUM, Blame; PL Brit. [nd. v. 853. 



Glabrous evergreen trees, I. alternate, long petioled, quite entire, usually 

 glaucous beneath, approximate near the ends of branches. PI. in axillary 



