

Baliospei-mum\ XCVIII. EUPHORBIACEJE 583 



29. BALIOSPERMUM, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 461. 



Shrubs, 1. alternate toothed or lobed. Fl. small, usually dkecious, apetalous. 

 S : Sepals t-6 concave, imbricate, disk lobed, stamens 10-30 central, filaments 

 mostly free, anther-cells diverging, adnate to the broad connective, which is 

 continuous with the filament, pistillode 0. $: Sepals 5-6, lanceolate, disk 

 nearly entire, ovary 3-celled, styles stout 2-fid, stigmatic surfaces smooth (not 

 fimbriate . Capsule of 3 two-valved erustaceous cocci, separating from the 

 persistent axis. Seeds ovoid, glabrous. Species 6, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. Usually monoecious. Lower different from the upper 1. 



1. B. axillare, Blume. — Syn. B. polyandrum] Wight Ic. t. 1885; B. montanum, Muell. 

 Arg.: Kurz F. Fl. ii. 410. Vern. Danti, Hahan, Beng. ; Xalcho, Burm. Subhimalavan 

 tract from Kashmir eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper and Lower 

 Burma (00111111011 as underwood in forests on low ground). Chutia Nagpur. Western 

 Peninsula. Malay Penins. and Arch. A shrub with herbaceous branches, young shoots 

 and often underside of L hairy. Leaves sinuate toothed, upper small, lanceolate, peiini- 

 nerved, lower large, ovate, often palmately 3-5-lobed, basal nerves 3-5, blade of larger 1. 

 6-12, pet. 2-6 in., stipules of two glands. Fl. monoecious, in contracted panicles, green, 

 styles dull ivd. Calyx of c5 glabrous, of 9 hairy, as well as the ovary. Fruiting 

 calyx not accrescent, capsule J-.l in.,3-lobed, pedicel recurved, J— J in. long. A remark- 

 able variety with strongly marked parallel tert. n. and dioecious fl. in Singbhum 



Il;iines). 



B. Dioecious. L. uniform. 



2. B. corymbiferum, Tiook. f. Eastern Nepal and Sikkim. -1-5.1.11 hi ft. Stem slender, 

 naked or sparingly branched, branches finely pubescent. S panicles much longer 

 than L, on long slender peduncles, ii. B. calycinum, Muell. Arg. Mislnni hills, 

 Upper Assam. Pubescent, <J panicles ample, much longer than 1., on long peduncles. 



, sepals 1 in. long. -1. B. sinuatum, Muell. Arg. Mishmi and Patkoi hills. Almost 

 entirely glabrous. L. from obovate-oblong to linear, often above the middle with 3 or 

 5 large triangular acuminate lobes, blade 6-8, pet. 1-li in. long, i fl. in long narrow 

 racemes, ovary glabrous, fruiting calyx accrescent. 



Cnesmone javanica, Blume. Assam. Khasi hills. Caehar. East Bengal. Lower 

 Burma. A large evergreen twinim.' shrub, all parts densely clothed with soft 

 (omentum of long stinging hairs. L-. ovate-oblong, base deeply cordate, acuminate, 



senate, blade 1-ti, pet. 1-2 in., basal u. S or 5, stipules ovate, persistent. Fl. in 

 androgynous bracteate racemes, a few 9 fl. at the base, i : calyx-lobes 3 broad 



valvate, anthers 3, com live produ I into a long linear reflexed appendix. Capsule 



{-jj in. diain. of 3 hispid cocci, supported by the enlarged velvety calyx-lobes. 



Plukenetia corniculata, Smith. Sikkim 'i.iKmft. Assam. Mergui. Mala\ Penins. 

 and Archip. A twining shrub, nearly glabrous. 1. membranous, gradually tapering 

 from a broad cordate base, acuminate, dentate, blade 4-6, pet. 1—2 in. Capsule on 

 pedicels 1-2 in. long, consisting of I stellately spreading granulate cocci, each produced 

 i Hi-- a linear obtuse wing, + in. long. 1- keeled, pale, with irregular brown patches. 



30. DALECHAMPIA, Linn.; PI: Brit. Ind. v. 467. 



Twining shrubs or nndershrubs, 1. alternate, deeply lnl,,-l or trifoliolate, 

 petioles long. Fl. in androgynous involucrate heads, often mixed with sterile 

 deformed il.. involucre of 2 large 3-lobed serrulate bracts, with a whorl of 



smaller ones outside. <J:sepals 4-6, valvate, Btamens 20-30, tomes 



receptacle, anther-cells contiguous, parallel. 9 : sepals 6-12, pinnatifid, 

 hirsute. Species 60, tropical, chiefly American. 



I. D. indica, Wight to. 1. 1882 East side of the Western Peninsula.— Ceylon. I. 8- 

 foliolate, involucral bracts yellow, segments of . sepals subulate, tips glandular. 2. 

 D. veiutina, Wight [o. t. 1881. Nilgiris. L. deeply 3-lobea, beneath, seg- 



ments ol . sepals hirsute, eglandular. 



8. D. Kurzil, Hook, f. Syn. D. icandetu, Run, P. PI. ii. 100. Southern parts of 



Pegu Von. a. 1.. deeply 8 lobed, lobes lanceolate, blade 2 6, pet. I in. long, segments 



of 9 sepals linear, ,'„ in. long. 



