580 XCVIII. EUPHORBIACEjE [Trigonostemon 



Stamens 3, anthers sessile or on a cylindrical column, pistillode 0. Ovary 3- 

 celled, styles bifid or twice bifid. 



A. Anthers sessile on a subglobose receptacle. 



1. T. nemoralis, Thwaites; Bedd. Ic. Plant, t. 182. Tinnevelli hills, 2-3,000 ft. 

 Ceylon. Young shoots strigose, 1. crowded at the ends of hranehlets, thin-coriaceous, 

 irregularly and shallowly crenate-serrate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, hlade 4-8, 

 narrowed into thick channelled pet. J in. long. F). red, in terminal erect stiff spiciform 

 racemes 2-6 in. long, £ on short slender pedicels, clustered, J solitary on stout pedicels. 

 Capsule \ in. diam., 3-lohed, roughly pubescent. 



B. Anthers at the end of a cylindric column. 



2. T. heteranthus, Wight Ic. t. 1890. Tenasserim. Young shoots tawny pubescent, 

 1. glabrous, membranous, sometimes serrate, blade 8-12, pet. 1-4 in. long. El. $ and 9 

 together, in a lax axillary racemiform panicle; or thyrsus 6-8 in. long, consisting of 

 numerous 3-7-fld. cymes along a long slender rachis, pedicels filiform. c5 fl. \ in. 

 across, sepals entire ciliate, petals twice the length of sepals, anthers 3 on a staminal- 

 column with 6 branches at the top, each branch having one anther-cell. 9 : sepals- 

 glandular dentate, as long as petals, ovary glabrous. 3. T. laetus, Baillon. Tenasserim. 

 L. thick-chartaceous, broadly lanceolate, blade 4—6, pet. 1-2 in. long, 9 sepals entire, 

 minutely ciliate, ovary greyish, silky pubescent. 4. T. longifolius, Baillon. Tenas- 

 serim. Malay Penins. Shoots and young 1. clothed with long brown silky hairs, 1. 

 membranous, oblanceolate, blade 9-15 in. long, gradually narrowed into a short 

 marginate petiole. Fl. clustered on the long narrow pubescent racemes, rachis angled, 

 bracts subulate. Capsule \ in. diam., densely clothed with short stiff hairs. 5. T. 

 semperfiorens, Muell. Arg. Assam. Khasi hills. Silhet. Cachar. Branchlets hispid, 



1. often spuriously whorled at the ends of branches, 4-10 in. long, sessile or nearly so, 

 from a narrow cordate base gradually widening, acuminate. Bacemes very short, 

 pedicels short stout, ovary hispid. Capsule 3-lobed, \-\ in. diam. 



24. OSTODES, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 400. 



Trees, 1. alternate, penniveined. Fl. dioecious or monoecious, fascicled on 

 long racemes, usually arranged in terminal or axillary panicles. Sepals 3-6, 

 imbricate, petals usually 5. $ : stamens 8-35, filaments short, inserted on a 

 receptacle, hairy at base, which often lengthens out into a column, anther-cells 

 parallel, connective broad. ? : ovary 3-celled, stj'les short, 2-cleft. Species 

 6-8, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. L. coriaceous. 



1. 0. zeylanica, Muell. Arg. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 274. Western Ghats, common in 

 evergreen forest from the Wainad southwards. — Ceylon. A large evergreen tree, 

 bark smooth, purple, branchlets angular, young shoots and inflorescence clothed with 

 minute stellate hairs. L. elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, blade 8-18, pet. 2-3 in. Bracts 

 lanceolate, deciduous. Fl. scented, £ : petals white, J-J in. long, more or less cohering 

 in a tube, stamens 8-15, filaments glabrous, receptacle elongating into a long column. 

 9 : petals free, ovary densely clothed with long hairs. Capsule 6-ribbed, 1£ in. diam. 



2. 0. Helferi, Muell. Arg. Tenasserim. Blade 10-12, pet. J in. long. 



B. L. membranous or chartaceous. 



3. O. paniculata, Blume. Sikkim 2-6,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Ruby Mines 

 district, U. Burma, 6-7,000 ft. in evergreen forest ( Yebadon gale). Hills east of Toungoo, 

 2-3,000 ft. L. ovate, acuminate, serrate, blade 8-12, pet. 2-10 in. Inflorescence clothed 

 with simple hairs. £ : Sepals 3, petals 4-5, free. Stamens 20-35, filaments free,, 

 minutely hairy at base, on a hemispherical receptacle. 



Codiaeum variegatum, Blume. Native of the Moluccas, often cultivated in gardens- 

 on account of its leaves, which are variable in shape, mottled and variegated with red, 

 yellow and green. Fl. in unisexual racemes, ovary 3-celled, styles long, slender, re- 

 curved, entire. 



25. BLACHIA, Bail! ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 402. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees, 1. entire, eglandular, penninerved. FL 

 usually monoecious, $ in terminal pedunculate racemes or corymbs, peduncles 

 and pedicels slender, sepals 4-5, concave, membranous, imbricate, petals 



