Sawropus) XCVIII. EUPHORBIACEiE 569 



ovate-lanceolate, blade 2^, pet. i in. Fl. reddish-green, fr. globose, J in. diam., fleshy, 

 white, tinged with rose, on a nodding pedicel J-l in. long, supported by tin- reddish- 

 brown calyx. 2. S. trinervius, Muell. Arg. Teesta valley, Sikkim. Assam. Khasi 

 hills. Cachar. L. 3-5 in. long, triplinerved, fr. 1 in. diam. 



B. Ceratogynum. L. .1-1 in., distichous on branchlets which are often 

 deciduous and have the appearauce of pinnate leaves, at the base of these 

 branchlets 3 stipnliform bracts. Ovary broad, depressed, styles 3 on the edge 

 of its broad concave top. 



3. S. quadrangnlaris, Muell. Arg.— Syn. Ceratogynum rhamnoides, Wight If. t. 1900. 

 Vern. Chikli, Mar. Behar, Chutia Nagpur. Western Peninsula on the west side, 

 from Yingorla southwards. Anamalai hills. A low shrub, branchlets angled, the - 

 lateral stipnliform bracts lanceolate, 1. elliptic acute. Fl. Jin. diam. i : on filiform 

 pedicels J- J in., calyx-segments lanceolate acute, curved upwards, basal appendices 

 blunt, vaulting over the minute staminal-column. 4. S. compressus, Muell. Arg.; 

 (probably also >'. tptadrangularis, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 350. Vern. Taung lama, Lower, 

 Iluiniisi. Upper Burma. Sikkim, Bhutan, foot of hills, ascending to 2,000 ft. Burma, 

 often in Engdaing. Fl. H. S. A shrub or small tree, often an undershrub if kept 

 down by the action of the annual jungle fires. Branchlets angled and compressed, 1. 

 elliptic, often broad, nearly orbicular, \-l in. long, on a short slender petiole, the 2 

 lateral stipnliform bracts broad, ovate or triangular, often oblique. Fl. & minute, 

 dark crimson, pedicels J in., calyx-segments 5-6, obovate, emarginate, base slightly 

 concave. 



L6. FLUGGEA, Willd.; Fl. Brit. Lid. v. 328. 



I., small, alternate, quite entire. Fl. minute, dioecious, apetalous, on short 

 slender pedicels, sepals 5, imbricate iu bud. $ in deuse clusters, stamens 5, 

 alternating with small round disk glands, filaments free, exsorted, pistillode 

 large trifid. 9 : ln ' a x fascicles, ovary usually 3-celled, disk annular, 

 toothed, styles connate at base, bitid or notched, sometimes entire. Fr. dry 

 or fleshy, supported by the persistent calyx, seeds triquetrous, the ventral edge 

 concave, embryo curved, in scanty albumen. Species <i, tropics of the Old 

 World. 



1. F. microcarpa, Blume.— Syn, Securiiirgtt i/hm-nla, Muell. Arg.: Brandis F. Fl. t. 54 

 (tlie ,' ami ,f braiicbi's on the right); Cicca obovata, Kurz. vern. Halepan, Salepan, 

 Merwara; Rithoul, Dehra Dun; Kodarri, Mar.: Konehinga, Burm. Thoughout India 

 and Burma, ascending in the outer Himalaya to 5,000 ft. — Tropieal Africa. Malay 



Penins. and Archip. Australia. China. A large unarmed shrub or small tree, 

 wholly glabrous, branches angular, 1. elliptic or obovate, blade l-l. pet. ,', -.{ in. Fr. 

 generally large, white, fleshy .', in. diam. In Dehra Dun most fr. remain small and 

 drj Kanjilal). '_'. F. Leucopjrus, Willd.; Wight [c.t. 1875.— Syn. Securinega Leucopgrue, 

 Muell. Arg.; Brand is F. Fl. t. 64 (partly, see 1). Vern. K amo, Sind ; Salepan, Rajput. ; 

 Ptnhtri, .Mar.: TeUa pulu kudu, Tel. Sind. Salt ranee. Southern Punjab. Rajpu- 

 iitni (common). The Deccan and the Coromandel coast. A rigid thorny shrub, tic 

 I. and tl. bearing branches terminating in sharp spines. I. obovate A— 1 A ill. long. Fr. 

 fleshy, white, globose, | in. diam, Somewhat resembles Flacouriia tepiaria, Roxb. 

 (crenate I.'. 



IT. PHYLLANTHUS, I. inn. : Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 'JS.5. 



Serbs, trees or shrubs, usually deciduous. 1. alternate, distichous, quite 

 entire, often on deciduous branchlets, petioles very short. Fl. small, uni- 

 sexual, usually lnoiiiecioiis. apetalmis. Sepals 4-6, in two series, imbricate in 

 bud. disk of i list it mm glands, alternating with sepals, sometimes wanting, <$ ; 



Stamens central, "_'-.">. lilaments frt ■ connate. Ovary 3- l.">-collcd, styles 



fr r connate, usually 2-fid, ovules 'J in each cell. Fruit usually .'(-celled. 



and supported by the persistent sometimes enlarged sepals, seeds trigonous, 2 

 in each cell, testa CTUStaceouS, albumen fleshy. Species 360 I'*', in all 

 tropical and subtropical countries. 



I. Pericarp succulent. 



A. Stamens 5—6, sepals 4-6. 



