578 XCVIII. EUPH0RBIACE2E [Croton 



Malay Archip. A small evergreen tree, the youngest shoots sparsely stellately hairy. 

 L. membranous, glabrous, ovate-acuminate, more or less serrate, 3-5 basal nerves, 

 blade 2-4, pet. 1-2 in. Racemes 2-3 in., rachis glabrous. <?: sepals and pedicels 

 nearly glabrous, petals woolly, stamens 15-25, glabrous. °- : pedicels and ovary 

 stellately hispid, petals 0. Capsule f-1 in. long, white, obovoid, obtusely trigonous. 

 14. C. flocculosus, Kurz. Irawaddi valley. A small tree, young shoots with deciduous 

 stellate tomentum, 1. broad-ovate, crenate, base rounded or cordate, blade 3-4, pet. § in. 

 Capsule -J in. diam., densely stellate-tomentose. 



•y. L. penninerved. 



(1) Inflorescence tomentose. 



15. C. WaUichii, Muell. Arg. Pegu. Tenasserim. A middle-sized deciduous tree,, 

 youngest shoots and inflorescence stellately tomentose, 1. nearly glabrous, more or less 

 serrate, elongate-elliptic or oblanceolate. blade 6-8, narrowed into pet. JrlJ i n -> sec. n. 

 slender. Eacemes fascicled, slender, 4-8 in. long. 16. C. sublyratus, Kurz. Tenasserim. 

 Andamans. A deciduous shrub, young shoots rusty scurfy, 1. from a narrow cordate 

 base gradually widening upwards, blade S-'S, pet. i in. 17. C. rhodostachyus, Muell: 

 Arg. Upper Burma, imperfectly known. 



(2) Inflorescence glabrous. 



• 18. C. Klotzschianus, Wight. Ic. 1. 1914 ( Tiglium). Hills of the Deccan. Nilgiris. Travan- 

 core. A shrub or small tree, young shoots stellately pubescent, and on young 1. a few 

 tufts of stellate hairs. L. membranous, elliptic-oblong, blade 2-3, pet. slender 

 ^-f in. Eacemes slender, 1-3 in. long. 19. C. Gibsonianus, Nimmo. Ghats of theKon- 

 kan and North Kanara. A tall shrub, nearly glabrous, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, base rounded, blade 5-7, pet. 1 in., at the base of blade usually 2 minute 

 stipitate glands. Eacemes slender, 5-10 in. long, capsule 3-lobed, stellately hairy, J 

 in. diam. 20. C. lsevifolius, Blume. Khasi hills. — Java, Sumatra. A small tree, young 

 shoots with scattered scales or dense tufts of stellate hairs. L. membranous, glabrous, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 2-5, pet. J-l^ in. Eacemes 2—4 in., capsule shining, J in. diam. 



B. Ovary glabrous, sepals much enlarged in fr. 



21. C. Lawianus, Nimmo. Bababudan hills, Mysore. A small tree, branchlets and 

 young 1. softly stellate-tomentose, 1. quite entire, ovate, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. J in., 

 basal n. 3, sometimes 5. 3 A- large, in few-fid. pedunculate racemes, pedicels longer 

 than fl. Capsule § in. diam., glabrous, rugose, shorter than the enlarged leafy sepals. 

 22. C. chlorocalyx, Wall. Silhet. Quite glabrous, 1. lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 penninerved, slightly serrulate, blade 6-9, narrowed into pet. J-f in. long. 



21. GALEARIA, Zollinger & Moritzi ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 377. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. alternate, quite entire, penninerved, sec. n. joined 

 by distinct intra-marginal nerves, veins prominently reticulate, pet. short. 

 1T1. minute, dioecious, in long slender terminal racemes, bracts minute or 0. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, or -partite, petals 5, concave, induplicate-valvate, keeled 

 down the middle within. Fl. <? fascicled, stamens 10, filaments very short, 

 anthers didymous. 9 styles short, slender, 2-partite. Fr. small, broad, endo- 

 carp hard, 1-2-celled. Species 12-15, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. G. Helferi, Hook. f. — Syn. G. Wallicliii, Kurz. Tenasserim. Branchlets, petioles 

 and racemes minutely pubescent, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, 8-12 in. long, 6* 

 racemes as long as 1. 2. G. Wallicmi, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. Quite 

 glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-7 in. long, racemes 

 longer than 1. 



22. GIVOTIA, Griff. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 395. ' 



G. rottleriformis, Griff, (the only species); Wight Ic. t. 1889; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 285. Vern. Polki, Mar. ; Puliki, Tel. ; Vendule, Tarn. 



A middle-sized tree, wood white, very light and soft, but even-grained, 

 branchlets, petioles, underside of leaves and sepals densely clothed with white 

 stellate tomentum. L. alternate, cordate, sinuate-toothed, blade 5-10, pet. 

 4-6 in. long. Fl. dioecious, in axillary panicled cymes 4-8 in. long, near the 

 ends of branches, bracts narrow-linear. Sepals 5, imbricate, petals 5, 

 longer than sepals, more or less cohering. S : Disk of 5 orbicular glands. 



