564 XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACBJE [Aporosa 



9. A. Lindleyana, BailL ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 286. — Syn. F^cepa Lindleijana, Wight Ic. t. 

 361. Verii. SuUa, Kan.; Vtitil^ Tain. Evergieen forests of the Konkan and the 

 Western Ghats, common in places. A small or middle-sized tree, youngest shoots moie 

 or less silky. L. glabrous, elliptic-ohlong, acuminate, blade 5-7, pet. \-% in., stipules 

 large, hairy, cadu.cous. S catkins 1-1], in. long, bracts glabrous, ciliate ? ii. in 

 short hairy often clustered racemes. Fr. globose, J-J in. diam. 10. A. BourdiUoni, 

 Stapf in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2204. Travancore low country, moist forest. A small tree, 

 branch lets, petioles and underside of 1. along n. shortly pubescent, 1 elliptic-oblong^ 

 acuminate, blade 5-7, pet. I ii^* S catkins j in. long, bracts ovate puberulous. ^ H. 

 solitary, on bracteate axillary peduncles, ^ in. long, ovary densely covered with long 

 bristles. 



B. Ovary glabrous, fr. sessile. 



11. A. WallicMx, Hook, f . Assam. Khasi hills. Ohittagong. Tenasserim. A large 

 tree, glabrous excepting S bracts, 1. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, bracts of $ ±1. 

 tomentose, fr ellipsoid J in. long. 12. A. atirea, Hook, f.— Syn. A. microstachya^ Muell. 

 Arg. Ohittagong. Burma (Kurz). A small tree, entirely glabrous, 1. yellowish-green 

 when dry, e'lliptic-oblong, blade 6-9, pet. ^-1 in., bracts of $ fl. glabrous, fr. globose 

 I m. diam. 18. A. Planclioniana, BailL — Syn. A. lanceolata^ Kurz Fl. ii. 363. Tenasserim. 

 Perak. Entirely glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 2-4, pet. J in. long, sec. n. obscure. $ 

 catkins \-~X in., bracts glabrous, fr. ellipsoid, beaked, \ in. long. 



ScortecMnia nioobarica, Hook. f. Nicobars. L. elliptic, sinuate-serrate, blade 6, 

 pet. 1^ in. long, sec. n. 8 ]pair. Fl. minute, dioecious, sepals 4-5, imbricate, petals 0. 

 $ : Stamens 4-5, filaments stout, free, pistillode 3-lobed, hairy. $ : Capsule hoary ^ 

 crustacoous, 1 in. long, 1-eelled, 4-valved. Seed 1, albumen scanty. 



9. ANTIDESMA, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. y. 354. 



Trees or slirubSj 1. alternate, entire, stipules as a rule not early deciduous. 

 n. dioecious, small, numerous, apetalous, in slender often terminal simple or 

 panicled spikes or racemes. Calyx-lobes or -teeth 3-5, rarely 6-8. cj : Disk 

 entire or lobed, stamens 2-5, filaments free, often inserted between the lobes 

 of the disk, anther-cells globose, didymous, or inserted at the ends of a thick 

 connective, pistillode glabrous or hairy, sometimes minute or none. ? : Disk 

 annular or pulvinate, ovary 1-celled, ovules 2, stigmas 2-4, bifid. Fr. a small 

 drupe, crowned with the persistent stigmas. Species 60-70, tropical Africa^ 

 Asia, Australia and Polynesia. 



A. Ovary tomentose. 



1. A. Glisesemtoilla, Gsertn.— Syn. ^4. J^«mc^/?^f?^m, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t, 820 ; A. puhescens^ 

 Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 167, Wight Ic. t. 821. Vern. Umtoa, Hind. ; Ban masm-i^ Oudh ; 

 Klmdi jamh^'B&n.g.^ Matasura, Kol] JondhrijM.B.r.; FuUam-PiiTasi^li.^n. \ Pollai^ Tel. :^ 

 Kinbalm, Fi/isifi, Burm. Subhimalayan tract from the Sarda eastwards. In the 

 Oudh forests common. Assam. Bengal. Both peninsulas. In Burma in tidal, 

 Savannah and Eng forests. A small deciduous tree, branch lets, yjetioles, young 

 leaves and inflorescence usually soft-tomentose, rarely glabrous. L. broad-elliptic, 

 sometimes obovate, mostly obtuse, blade 2-4, pet. ^-| in., stipules early deciduous. PL 

 sessile in slender panicled spikes, stamens 4-7, anthers horse-shoe shaped, disk 5-lobed,. 

 pubescent. Ovary pubescent, fr. red to black, J-J in. diam. edible. 2. A. EoxMrgliii, 

 Wall. (Stilago tomentosa^ Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 767, 768.) Assam. Silhet. Branches, h 

 and inflorescence densely rusty-villous, 1. acuminate, 4-8 in., pet. short, stipules per- 

 sistent, spikes simple, stout, erect, 4-6 in. long. 3. A. velutinosum, Blume. Tenasserim. 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. A small tree, branchlets, petioles and 1. beneath along 

 midrib and nerves softly tomentose, 1. 5-8 in., pet. short, spikes stout, solitary. 4, A. 

 Helferi, Hook. f. Tenasserim (or Andamans). Branches and 1. glabrous, 1. coriaceous,, 

 spike terminal, stout. 



B. Ovary glabrous. 



(a) S fl' sessile, calyx not deeply lobed. 



5. A. BuBius, Spreng. ; Wight Ic. t. 819 ; Bedd. Man. t. 24. Vern. Amati, Mar. ; 

 Naikut% Kan 5 Anepu^ Tel. ; Kywe pyisin, Burm. Subhimalayan tract from Nepal 

 eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Khasi Hills. Manipiir. Chutia Nagpur. 

 Western Ghats. Upper Burma. Arakan Yoma 3-4,000 ft. Ceylon. China. Malay 

 Archip. A small evergreen tree, youngest shoots hairy, 1. glabrous, elongate-elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. Fl. spikes pubescent, ? simple, S often compound^ 

 calyx of <J usually hairy, sometimes glabrous, ciliate on margin. Anthers 3. S fl- 



