Antldesma] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACEiE 565 



shortly pedicelled, fr. J in. diam., very juicy, red, turning black wlien ripe. 6. A. 

 zeylanicTim, Lam ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon iv. 44.~Syn. A. Alexiteria, Linn, (comprises 

 5 and 6). Western Penins. in the south. Ceylon. A small much branched tree, 

 young shoots glabrous. L, glabrous, shining, blade 1-3, pet. J in. Fr. ovoid J in. 

 lonij, 



h. c? fl. sessile, calyx deeply 44obed. 



7. A. velutinum, Tulasne. Burma, Upper and Lower. A small evergreen tree, 

 branchlets, jDetioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. |; in. long. S sepals 3-4, orbicular, villous, stamens 3-4. 

 8. A. fruticulosnm, Kurz. Tidal forestb of Pegu. A small shrub, 1 1-2^ in. long, 

 harshly tomentose. 9. A. cuspidatum, Muell. Arg. Shan hills, 5,000 ft. Malay 

 Peninsula. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence finely pubescent, 1. elongate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade 5-8, pet. ^-1 in., sec. n. 8-10 pair, arching, prominent beneath. 

 ^ spikes panicled, bracts larger than fl., ? disk villous. 10. A. nigricans, Tulasne. 

 Assam. Silhet. Branches, x^et. and spikes densely tomentose, J. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7, pet. ^-J in., sec. n. 6-10 pair, arching, joined by intramarginal veins. $ cal. 

 4-partite, stamens 4. 



[€) c? fl. pedicelled. 



11. A. diandrum, Eoth. — Syn. Stilago diavdra, Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 166. Yern. Amli, 

 Jm/i, J. wi a rj. Hind. 5 Z><2/tV/^, Oudh ; J/wZ^a, Beng. ; Sana Kulijm, Ksm, ; Mmichi puller i, 

 Tel. ; Kinhalin^ Burm. Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, common in 

 Sal forests. Behar. Chutia Nagpur. CentraL Provinces. Western Peninsula. Assam. 

 Khasi hills Manipur. Bengal. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Ceylon. A large shrub 

 or small tree, deciduous, glabrous or branchlets rusty-pubescent. L. thin, lanceolate or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, blade 1^-5, pet. I in., stipules deciduous. Racemes lax, 

 slender, often simple, quite glabious, fl. all pedicelled, calyx 4-lobed. Stamens 2, 

 rarely 3, at the base of the small glabrous disk. Pr. •J in. diam , purplish-red, edible. 

 The leaves turn brick-red before falling, leaves acid made into preserve. 12. A. 

 Khasianum, Hook. f. Assam. Khasi hills, Cachar. Young shoots and inflorescence 

 hairy, otherwise glabrous, 1. from elliptic-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, blade 2-7, 

 pet. I in. cJ racemes hairy, lax, 1-1^ in. long, calyx glabrous, cu.pular, shortly 3-4- 

 lobecl, stamens 2-4. Pr. J in. long, tipped by the 2-3 rigid bases of the stigmas. 13. 

 A. acuminatum, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1991. Sikkim, foot of hills, ascending to 3,000 ft. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Chutia Nagpur. A large shrub, branchlets, petioles, stipules 

 and midrib of 1. tomentose, 1. shining above, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-12, pet. J- J in. 

 long. 6 racemes 2-6 in. long, mostly panicled, rachis and bracts densely hairy, 

 pedicels longer than bracts, calyx of 4 broadly ovate sepals, glabrous or hairy, stamens 

 3-4. $ fl. sometimes with short stamens. Fr. \ in. long, acuminate. 14. A. Moritzii, 

 Muell. Arg. Tena&ssrim. — Malay Penins. and Archip. A '^mall tree, branchlets, 

 petioles, stipules, midrib and racemes finely tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic 5-10 in. 

 long, 6 racemes slender 2-3 in , paniculate, fl. minute, stamens 4-5. Fr. sub-globose, 

 acute, J-J in. diam. 15. A martabanicum, Presl. Tenasserim. Similar to 14, stipules 

 large, calyx 3-4-partite, stamens 3-4. Pr. ellipsoid or subglobose J-| in. long. 



1 6. A Menasu, Miquel. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, near streams 

 and in evergreen forest. Common neariCoonoor. A small or middle-sized tree, branch- 

 lets, petioles, stipules and inflorescence velvety, 1. glabrous, underside shining, elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, blade 4-7, pet. J-J in. <? fl. pedicellate, calyx 3-4-partite, stamens 

 3-4, inserted between the lobes of the disk. Pr. ovoid, acute, J-J in. long. 



Sarcococca pruniformis, Lindl. ; Collett Simla Fl. 448, Pig. 146. — Syn. S. saligna, 

 Muell. Arg. 8. frinervia, Wight Ic. 1. 1877. Yern. Bhangal^ Sutlej ] Tdiari, Jaunsar ; 

 Chilikatj Nep. 5 Kwe-i-poJc^ Burm. Afghanistan. Himalaya 5,9000 ft., often gregarious 

 in shady places. Khasi hills and Manipur. Upper Burma. Western Ghats from 

 South Kanara southwards. — Ceylon. Ind. Archip. China. A glabrous evergreen 

 shrub, bark green, 1. coriaceous, alternate, lanceolate or elliptic- lanceolate, triplinerved 

 or penninerved, the lowest pair extending below the middle of 1., blade 2-5, pet. J-J in. 

 PI. yellowish-white, monoecious, in short compact axillary spikes, sepals 4, biseriate, 

 supported by decussate bracts similar to sepals, more numerous in the female fl., which 

 generally are at the base of the spikes. 6 : Stamens 4, free, opposite to sepals. ? : 

 Ovary 2-3-celled, styles as many as cells, at length recurved, ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Berries purple, ovoid J-J in. long. Yery variable, var. Hookeriana has narrower, 

 usually penninerved 1., fr, globose. 



10. DAPHNIPHYLLUM, Blume; PI Brit. Ind. v. 353. 



Glabrous evergreen trees, 1. alternate, long petioled, c[nite entire, usually 

 glaucous beneath, approximate near the ends of branches, PL in axillary 



