N. 0. EUPHORBIACEJE. 1157 



l-2in. long, very variable, J-2Jin., rather slender. Racemes 

 often fascicled, elongate erect; pedicels long or short. Stamens 

 10-12, woolly below, glabrous above. Sepals of male broadly 

 oblong ; petals as long as sepals, woolly ; disk glands 5, rounded. 

 Sepals of female oblong ; petals small, linear ciliate ; disk de- 

 pressed. Ovary oblong, 3-gonous, styles 2-partite. Capsule 

 globose, |-in. diam., lepidote, 3-lobed ; top depressed. 



Uses :— The seeds and fruits are purgative. 



" The Goanese and inhabitants of Southern Concan admi- 

 nister the bark in chronic enlargements of the liver and 

 in remittent fever. Tn the former disease, it is both taken 

 internally and applied locally. As an application to sprains, 

 bruises, rheumatic swellings, etc., it is in great request." 

 (Dymock.) In the Southern Concan, it has a reputation as a re- 

 medy in snake -bites (Pharmacogr. Ind. Ill 287). 



The Santals use the bark and root as a purgative and as an 

 alterative in dysentery. (Campbell.) 



1148. C. caudatus, Geisel., h.f.b.l, v. 388. 



Syn. :— C. drupaceum, Roxb. 688. 



Vern. '—Nan bhantiir (Beng.) ; Takchabrik (Lepcha) ; Wnsta 

 (Uriya). 



Habitat: — Eastern Himalaya ; Sikkim and Bhotan. Assam, 

 Bengal and Sylhet to the Deccan. 



A large straggling shrub, more or less scandant. Stem 

 often attaining 1-1 |ft. Girth, branchlets, petioles, young leaves 

 and inflorescence rough with stellate hair. Bark thin, grey. 

 Wood white or yellowish-white, hard, close-grained. Leaves 

 very variable, smaller l-3in., ovate-cordate; larger 4-7in., or- 

 bicular-cordate ; margin denticulate or rather coarsely toothed, 

 often with a gland at the sinus or the teeth glandular, upper 

 surface smooth or scaberulous, lower scabrid or tomentose ; 

 nerves 2-3 pair above the basal, pubescent above ; glands minute. 

 Petiole l-2in., scabrid ; stipules lacinate, glandulose. Racemes 

 very long, slender, 4-10in. solitary, terminal. Bracts subulate 

 or 0. Pedicels long or short. Male flowers tomentose ; sepals and 

 petals of equal length. Disk-glands minute ; receptacle villous 

 with white hairs. Stamens 18-30, often far exserted ; filaments 



