586 XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E [Excaecaria- 



blade 2-6 in. narrowed into pet. J-J in. Spikes often at the ends of branches, 6 2-fr 

 in. long, slender, bracts 1-fld., broadly ovate, acute, erose, a pair of round glands at the- 

 base, bracteoles obliquely lanceolate, sepals lanceolate, toothed. 9 few- often only 

 1-fld., sepals broadly ovate, erose. Capsule A-§ in. diam., deeply 3-lobed. 6. E. robusta,. 

 Hoot. f. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. Branchlets robust, £ spikes 

 axillary, rachis stout, bracts 1-fld., broadly ovate, biglandular at base, bracteoles- 

 broadly falcate, serrate, sepals unequal, the 2 lateral falcate, the third broad, lobed and 

 serrate. 7. E. oppositifolia, Griffith. Silhet. L. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, entire 

 or serrulate, blade 8-12, pet. f in., sec. n. 15-20 pair, prominent beneath. & spikes- 

 terminal, very slender, bracts entire 1-fld., bracteoles 0, sepals toothed. 



33. ADENOCHL^NA, .Baill. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 417. 



Trees or shrubs. Fl. monoecious, in spiciform racemes, $ clustered, $ few 

 at the base of spike, disk 0. $ : Buds globose, sepals 4-6, valvate, stamens- 

 4-6, filaments free exserted round a columnar pistillode, anthers dorsifixed r 

 versatile, cells parallel, adnate to thick connective. 9 : Sepals 5-8, narro\v r 

 unequal, ovary 3-celled, styles long, connate below, spreading, bifid with 

 recurved plumose multifid arms. Capsule of 3 two-valved cocci. 



1. A. indica, Bedd. — Syn. Cephalocroton indicum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 261. North 

 Kanara, Coorg, Anamalais and Travancore in evergreen forest, 1,500-4,000 ft. A 

 shrub or moderate-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence puberulous, 1. elliptic, 

 blade 3-7, pet. \-A in., thickened at the top, sec. n. 4-8 pair prominent beneath. 

 Spikes interrupted, 2-6 in., ovary and style tomentose. Capsule scabrous, J in. diam. 

 2. A. silhetiana, Benth. Khasi hills. Branchlets, petioles and rachis of racemes finely 

 stellate tomentose, 1. crowded at the ends of branches, thinly coriaceous, sessile or 

 nearly so, lanceolate gradually narrowed into a cordate base. 



Coelodepas calyeimim, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 320. Vern. Katpira, Tarn. Foot of the 

 Tinnevelli hills. A small tree, wood very hard, young shoots with deciduous stellate 

 hairs. L. alternate, thinly coriaceous, crenate-serrate, elongate-elliptic, acuminate, 

 blade 3-7 in., pet. very short, stipules subulate, lacerate. S spikes 4-5 in. long, 

 slender, sep. 4, stamens 4-5, filaments thick flat, adnate to the pistillode, anther-cells 

 2, divaricate. ? racemes short few-fld., sepals 5, concave, tomentose, ovary hairy. 

 Capsule 3-lobed, J in. diam., stellately hairy, sepals in fr. enlarged, broadly ovate. 



34. CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 410. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, 1. alternate usually long-petioled. Fl. small 

 or minute, usually dioecious, in axillary or lateral spikes or racemes, buds 

 globose, sepals valvate. $ : Stamens few or many, inserted on or around a 

 central receptacle, often intermixed with glands or long linear ciliate scales, 

 filaments free, anthers erect, cells distinct, connate at the base only. Ovary 

 3-celled, styles short entire, densely plumose. Testa crustaceous, cotyledons 

 broad flat in fleshy albumen. 



A. 9 fl. without hypogynous scales. 



1. C. indicum, Hassk. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A shrub 

 or small tree, branchlets pubescent, 1. elliptic, blade 6-10, pet. 2-5 in. i racemes 

 4-6 in. long, fl. minute, clustered, pedicels very short, filaments mixed with filiform 

 scales. ? racemes shorter, pedicels longer. Capsule tomentose J in. diam., cocci 

 keeled. This is possibly C. longifolium, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 396. 2. C. Khasianum, Hook. f. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. Similar to 1, filaments mixed with minute scales ■, fr. of 

 1-3 globose membranous hoary carpels. 3. C. anomalum, Hook. f. Courtallum. Branch- 

 lets glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. 1-2 in., anthers sessile, imbricating around 

 the edge of a flat naked receptacle. 



B. $? fl. with 3 oblong hypogynous scales, alternating with the carpels. 



Three little known shrubs of the Travancore and Tinnevelli hills : 4. C. Wightii, 

 Hook, f., sparsely softly hispid, 1. lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. J-l in., racemes very slender, 

 anthers 6-9 nearly sessile, capsule hispid 1 in. diam. 5. C. Beddomei, Hook. f. Similar 

 to 4, anthers 15-20, nearly sessile, capsule glabrous, J in. diam. 6. C. hirsutum, Hook, f . 

 Softly tawny-tomentose, stamens 8, filaments longer than anthers. 



