LIST OF THE PLANTS OF BARKUDA. 303 



' A bushy shrub or small tree.' 



Distrib. — From Concan and Circars southwards. 



52. Walsura Roxb. 



69. W. piscida Roxb. F.B.T. i, 564; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 389. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1329, 1339 and 1451. 



"A small tree in mixed thickets. In flower in October, fruit ripe in April." 

 Distrib. — Deccan and the Punjab. Beddome found it common in the hilly 

 forests of the Northern Division of the Madras Presidency. 



XXIV. EUPHORBIACEAE. 

 53- Phyllanthus Linn. 



70. P. Niruri lyinn. F.B.I, v, 298; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 936; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii, 659. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1235. 



" Very abundant, growing among stones. Flowers in August, disappears in 

 winter and begins to appear again in April." 



Distrib. — ^Throughout the hotter parts of India and the tropics generally except 

 Australia. 



71. Phyllanthus sp., aff. P. ? debilis Ham. F.B.I, v, 299. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1291. 



"Growing among rocks at edge of lake. Flowers in September." 

 Distrib. — Throughout Upper India and Deccan to Tropical Africa. 



54. Jatropha Linn. 



72. J. gossypifolia Linn. F.B.I, v, 383 ; Prain. Beng. PI. ii, 941. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No 1256. 



"Common both in the jungle and in the open." 



Distrib. — ^A native of Brazil, also in tropical America and Africa. In India 

 extensively naturalized. 



55. Euphorbia Linn. 



73- E hirta L. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 472. 



E. piliilifera Jacq. (non Linn.) Fl. Br. Ind. v, 250; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 925. 



Loc. — Barkuda. 



"On bare stony ground near the house in April : a single plant." 



Distrib.- — ^Throughout India and Ceylon. Also in all tropical and sub-tropical 

 countries. Largely collected in Orissa for export to America where they make 

 it into medicine. 



74. E. thymifolia Burm. F.B.I, v, 252; Prain, Beng. PI. h, 925; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii, 473. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1241. 



" Growing profusely on sand in open dry stony places at all seasons." 



Distrib. — Throughout India and Ceylon ; also in all hot countries except Australia. 



