AiUidesma.] CXVII. EUPHOEBIACEJ]. I433 



3. A. Bunius (from Bune, the Malay name), Sprem/. ; Mziell. Anj. in DC. 

 -Z-Vorf. XV. ii. 262 ; Benth. Fl.'Austr.\i.9G. " Moi-kin," Tully River, " Chunka '' 

 Bloomfield Eiver, Roth. A tree, usually quite glabrous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 acute or shortly acuminate, 4 to Sin. long or sometimes more, somewhat 

 coriaceous and shining, on petioles of 3 or 4 lines. Male spikes slender, inter-^ 

 rupted, 4 to 6in. long. Stamens usually 3 or 4. Female racemes much shorter, 

 with the flowers nearly sessile. Fruits about 3 lines long, on pedicels of 1 to 1^ 

 line long.— Wight. Ic. t. 819. - " 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallacliy. The species extends over the Indian Archipelago to the 

 PhiUppineg and South China. 



Fruit useful for jam making. 



Fruit eaten by aboriginals. — Roth. 



Wood of a light-brown colour, dark towards the centre, soft ; useful for cabinet work ^ 

 Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 367. 



4. A. parvifolium (leaves small), F. v. M. Frar/m'. iv. 86; Benth. FL 

 Auatr. vi. 86. A bushy shrub of about 4ft., the young shoots and inflorescence- 

 very slightly pubescent, the adult foliage glabrous. Leaves ovate obovate or- 

 orbicular, very obtuse, not exceeding lin. and mostly smaller, on very short 

 petioles. Male spikes axillary, interrupted, slender, i to lin. long. Perianth 

 divided to the middle into 4 broad membranous glabrous lobes. Stamens 2 to 4. 

 Glands and rudimentary ovary thick and glahrous. Female racemes usually 

 shorter than the males, the flowers very shortly pedicellate. Perianth smaller- 

 than in the males, the lobes ovate, glabrous as well as the glands and ovary.. 

 Fruit red, not above 2 lines long. 



Hab.: Port Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy ; Barron Eiver. 

 Fruit useful for jam making. 



5. A. erostre (gnawed), F. v. M. Herb. ; Benth. FL Austi: vi. 87. A 

 shrub, perfectly glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, often acumi- 

 nate, 2 to 4in. long, on a short petiole. Male flowers unknown. Fruiting 

 racemes axillary, slender, 1 to IJin. long, quite glabrous. Pedicels about 1 line- 

 long. Perianth shortly 4-lobed. Fruit small, black, glabrous. Styles very 

 short. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Cairns. 

 Fruit used for jam making. 



6. A. sinuatum (sinuate), Benth. FL Amtr. vi. 87. A tree of about 30ft.,. 

 glabrous or the young shoots slightly pubescent. Leaves oblong or elliptical,, 

 entire or deeply sinuate, 2 to 4in. long, on petioles of 3 to 6 lines. Male flowers 

 unknown. Female fruiting racemes solitary, 1 to Sin. long. Pedicels 1 to- 

 nearly 2 lines. Perianth glabrous or nearly so, broadly ureeolate, shortly lobed. 

 Fruits compressed, 3 to 4 lines long. Styles very short. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy. 

 Fruit used for jam making. 



25. *JATROPHA, Linn. 



(From iatros, physician, and trophe, food ;• medicinal qualities). 



Flowers in terminal cymes, monoecious, the central in the cyme or its fork- 

 usually female, often petaliferous. Male flower : Sepals 5, imbricate, often 

 petaloid. Petals 5, contorted, free or connate. Disk entire or of 5 glands.. 

 Stamens many, filaments of all or of the interior ones only, connate, anthers erect. 

 Pistillode none. Female flower : Perianth of the male. Ovary 2 to 4-celled ; 

 styles connate below, 2-fid, lobes entire or 2-lobed ; ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Capsule of 2 to 4 2-valved cocci, endocarp crustaCeous or bony. Seeds ovoid or- 



