Oroton] XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E 577 



celled. Capsule (i-valvel or of 3 deciduous 2-valved c^cci. Species 5-600, in 

 all hot countries. 



A. Ovary lepidote or tomentose. 



(a) Inflorescence lepidote. 



a. L. densely lepidote beneath. 



1 ' L. crenate. 



1. C. scabiosus, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 283. Vera. Chilla, Tel. Hills of Karnul and 

 Caddepah. A small tree, branchlets, leaves on both surfaces and inflorescence clothed 

 with minute orbicular scales, 1. ovate, base cordate, blade 2-4, pet. 1-2 in., 3-5 basal 

 nerves. Raceme erect, 1—1 in. long, stamens 10-12, glabrous. Capsule nearly globose, 

 A in. long. 



(2) L. entire. 



2. C. reticulatus, Heyne; Bedd. Ic. t. 233. Western Ghats from the Konkan south- 

 wards, common and gregarious in places. — Ceylon. A shrub, underside of 1. and 

 inflorescence densely clothed with white silvery scales. L. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 3-7, pet. A-l in. Eacemes erect, lax, 2-3 in., pedicels of 3 longer than fl. Capsule 

 h in. long, broadly oblong. 3. C. malabaricus, Bedd. Ic. t. 181. Ghats of Malabar, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft. A small tree, branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence 

 densely clothed with white silvery scales. L. ovate, acuminate, blade 2-6, pet. 1-2 in. 

 Eacemes solitary or clustered 1-2 in. long. 4. C. argyratus, Blume. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). Andamans. Nicobars. Malay Penins. and Archip. A small 

 evergreen tree, wood with scanty but very wide vessels, branchlets, petioles, underside 

 of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with silvery or rufous scales. L. ovate- or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. 1-2 in. Eacemes 4-8 in. long, capsule globose, 

 \ in. diain. 



fi. L. glabrous when full grown. 



">. C. oblongifolius, Eoxb. Vein. Akh, Nep.; Guntntr, Mar.; Bhutan Kii^nm. 'I'd.; 

 Thityingyi, Burin. Gonda district Oudh, in belts through miles of forest. Sikkiin, 

 ascending to 2,000 ft. Silhet. Bengal. Cbutia Nagpur. Central Provinces. Western 

 Peninsula. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Ceylon. A middle-sized tree, shoots and 

 branchlets, inflorescence, calyx and ovary densely clothed with minute orbicular 

 silvery scales. Leaves pale green, glabrous when full grown, oblong-lanceolate, penni- 



ncrved, more or less serrate, blade 5-10, pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. pale yellowish-gteen, 

 on -hurt pedicels, solitary or fascicled, in the axils of minute bracts, on long civet 

 often fascicled racemes. Petals villous inside, stamens 12, filaments sparingly 

 pubescent, ovary lepidote. Capsule globose, indistinctly 3-lobed, J-J in. diam. 6. C. 

 Joufra, I'oxb. Assam. Khasi hills, Burma, Upper and Lower. Similar to 5, petioles 

 shorter, I, often entire, fr. ovoid 1—1 J in. long. 7. C. robustus, Kurz. Pegu and Tenas- 



serim. \m eon hi ry. A -ii Kill evergreen t ree, branchlets robust, rusty -scaly. I. coriaci -, 



entire, glabrous, a few minute scales on tlie underside, lanceolate, obtuse, blade I 8, 

 pet. ! i in. 



/' Inflorescence stellately tomentose or glabrous, 

 a. Basal n. 3-5, 1. pubescent on both surfaces. 



8. C. caudatus, Qeisel ; A"» Vhantur i Beng. Sikkim, ascending to 1,000ft. Assam, 

 Kli.isi hills. Bengal, Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. A large shrub, more or less scandent, stem often attaining 1-1J ft. 

 girth, branchlets, petioles, young Land inflorescence rough with stellate flairs, L. 



ite, acuminate, base cordate, irregularly toothed, basal n. :!-."■. Made -j 7. |»'t. 1 2 in., 



stipules laoiniate, glandulose. Race - slender, 4—10 in. <*• ; Petals as lone as sepals, 



woolly, -Milieus is 80, filaments silky below. , : sepals oblong, petals minute, ovary 

 densely woolly, styles bifid, arms long slender. Capsule j— 1 in. long, hairy. 9. c. 

 aromaticus, Linn. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. An erect shrub or small tree, closelj 



allied to 8, with which Bedd identifies it. Petioles j U in. long, styles short, fr, 



nearly globose J J in. diam. in. c. calococcus, Kurz. Rangoon. A shrub, branchlets, 



Laud infloresc ;e denselj clothed with stiff stellate hairs. L. entire or denticulate, 



elliptic, blade 2 ;'.. pet. | | in. long, basal n. extending beyond the middle. Capsule 

 deeply 8-lobed and stellately hispid. 11. c. birmanicus, MueU. Arg. Burma. Im- 

 I ..-i f.i- 1 1 \ known, I. ovate-cordate, finely gland-toothed, 



12. c. tomentosus, Muell. Are. Pegu. An undershrub with a woody rhizome, thickly 

 clothed with stellate tomentum, I. ovate-oblong, entire or denticulate, blade 2 B, pet. 

 1 in., basal n. not extending bey I the middle of blade. 



y8. Basal q. '■'< ■">, 1. glabrous when full grown. 



18, C. Tiglium, Linn. Vein, .lai/i'i"' 1 "- Hind.. Veppalam, Tel.; Kanakho, Burin. 

 Cultivated and naturalized throughout tropical India and Buriiia. A native of the 



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