Bischofia] XCYIII. EUPHORBIACEiE 55^) 



A large glabrous deciduous tree, 1. alternate trifoliolate, common petiole 

 3-8 in., leaflets ellipticj crenate, acuminate, 3-8 in. long. Fl. greenish-yellow, 

 dioecious, apetalous, disk 0, racemose, bracts lanceolate, early caducous, iB 

 ample pedunculate panicles, axillary or above scars of fallen L (^ : sepals o, 

 obtuse, concave, concealing tbe anthers, stamens 5 opposite to sepals, filaments 

 short, round an obtuse pistillode. $ : Sepals ovate caducous, ovary 3-4-celled, 

 styles linear, entire. Fr. globose, fleshy, |- J in. diam., seeds 3 or 4 smooth, 

 shining. 



Subliimalayan forests and outer Inlls, from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 

 4,000 ft. Cliiitia Nagpur. "Western Peninsula. Assam. Chittagong. Burma, 

 Upi)er and Lower. Chiefly in shady ravines and on the banks of streams. Fl. March, 

 April, foliage tiirns red before falling. In Burma the ^ panicles are often pubescent. 

 A beautiful wood, does not warp, deserves attention. — Malay Penins. and Archip. 

 Polynesia. 



3. BUXUS, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. v. 267. 



Species 20, Northern Hemisphere. 



B. sempervirens, Linn. Box, Vern. Shamshad^ Saiisadtij Chikrlj 

 Papri^ Poppar, N. W. Him. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, wood yellowish- white, hard, very close- 

 and even-grained, consisting chiefly of thick-walled wood-fibi'es ; med. rays 

 1, rarely 2 or 3 cells wide. Vessels small, uniformly distributed, wood 

 parenchyma scanty. Branchlets and young 1. pubescent, 1. coriaceous, oppo- 

 site, varying from lanceolate to ovate, quite entire, 1-3 in. long, narrowed 

 into a short petiole. 'FL yellowish, monoecious, smell unpleasant, in dense 

 short axillary spikes, the terminal fl. being usually female. cJ : Sepals 4 

 biseriate, imbricate, stamens 4 free, opposite to sepals, inserted round a 4- 

 sided rudimentary ovary. ? : Sepals 6, in two circles of 3 each, ovary 3-celled, 

 3-cornered, top flat, the corners terminating in thick short styles. Capsule 

 coriaceous, 3-valved, each valve ending in 2 horns, being the halves of two 

 styles, dissepiments attached to the valves. Seeds black. 



Suliman range, trans-Indus. Salt range. Here and there, chiefly in shady ravines, 

 forming small nearly pure woods, in the N. W. Himalaya 4-8,000 ft. Not in Sikkini, 

 but in Bhutan. PL March-May. Canary Islands. North Africa, Southern and 

 Western Europe, Western Asia, China and Japan. Formosa. 



Miscliodon zeylanicus, Thwaites •, Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 290. Tinnevelli hills.— Ceylon. 

 A large evergreen tree, branchlets angular, minutely hairy. L. whorled, rigidly 

 coriaceous, oblong, blade 6-14, pet. ■|~2 in., the young foliage of a fine rich lake colour. 

 S fl. nnmerous, in short axillary bracteate pubescent panicles, sepals 5-8, often un- 

 equal, stamens opposite the sepals, filaments free, hairy, exserted, pistillode 3-lobea. 

 Capsules i in. diam., on long panicled pedicels, trigonous, of 8 two-valved cocci. 



4. BRIDELIA, Willd. ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 267. 



Trees, shrubs or climbers, 1. alternate, short petiolate, generally distichou^s, 

 sec. n. prominent, parallel. Fl. small, moncecious or dioecious, sessile or nearly 

 so, in axilfary or spicate clusters, bracteoles numerous between the flowers. 

 Calyx-tube short and flat, segments 5, valvate in bud, petals 5 smaller than 

 calyx-segments. Disk broad, <? lining the calyx-tube, ? conical or tubular, 

 often enclosing the ovary. 6 : Stamens 5, inserted in a whorl on a central 

 tube, enclosing the rudimentary ovary, anther-cells parallel. $ : Ovary glab- 

 rous 2- rarely 3-celled, the base enclosed in the calyx-tube, styles 2, bifid, 

 in jB. minutiflora 1 only. Drupe with 1 or 2, l-seeded pyrenes. Cotyledons 

 thin in fleshy albumen or fleshy with membranous albumen. Species 30, 

 tropical Africa, Madagascar, Indo-Malayan region, South China, tropical 

 Australia, New Caledonia. 



A. Sec. n. numerous, usually 12-30 pair, 



