5G8 XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACE.E [Cyclostemon 



II. Stenogynium. Stamens G-8. Ovary 2-celled5 styles as a rule 2, slender 

 stigma peltate. Fl. axillary. 



9. C. Griifitliii, Hook. f. Vern. Thiierjijht, Burm. Mi&limi liills, Assam. Upper 

 Burma, evergreen liill forests 3-7,000 ft. A large tree, wood hard, light brown. L, 

 membranous or thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 

 4-7, pet. \~\ in. 'Ft. ellipsoid, clothed when young with deciduous velvet, 1 in. lono- 

 yellow when ripe, crowned with the remains of the styles, pedicel slender up to 2 in. lono* 

 10. 0. lancifolius, Hook. f. Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft. Khasi hills. A tree witli 

 long slender branches. Young shoots glabrous, 1. lanceolate, margins thickened, blade 

 4 6, XDet. \-\ in. long, large glabrous lanceolate buds ^-^ in. long in the leaf-axils. 

 El. $ and ? in pubescent axillary racemes. Fr. 2-celled, 1 m. pedice] 1 in. loner 

 thickened at apex. 11. C. indicus, Mtiell. Arg. Khasi hills. L. glabrous, obliquely 

 ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. I in. long. $ fl. minute, solitary 

 or 2-3 together, pedicels capillary up to |r in. long. 12. C. subsessilis, Kurz. Arakan. 

 Thaukyeghat forest, frequent (Kurz). A small tree, 1. glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, 

 blade 6-9, pet. \~-\ in. Fl. $ minute nearly sessile; clusters axillary or above the 

 scars of fallen 1. Fr. orange coloured, minutely velvety, ^-| in., pedicels ^(, in. long. 



14. BREYNIA, Eorst.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 329. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. small, alternate, quite entire. Fl. small, monoecious, 

 petals and disk 0. $ : Calyx turbinate or hemisplieric, rim of tube thickened, 

 lobes 6, small, sometimes with an inner series, opj)osite to the outer segments. 

 Anthers 3, linear, aclnate for their entire length to the central column, cells 

 parallel. $ : Calyx coriaceous, hemispheric or rotate, persistent and often 

 enlarged in fruit, lobes 6, broad. Ovary 3-celled, styles 3, bifid, or 3 minute 

 stigmas in the cavity at the top of the ovary. Fr. more or less succulent, 

 globose or depressed, indehiscent or 6-valved, cocci 3-6 triquetrous. Species 

 J 5, tropical Asia, Australia and Pacific islands. 



1. B. patens, Benth. — Syn. Melanthe&opsh patens, Muell. Arg. : M. ohiiqua, Wight Ic. 

 1. 1898; M. trimeafa, Wight Ic, t. 1897. Yern. Ka7igU, Mar. Subhinialayan tract, 

 ascending to 3,000 ft., from Kepal eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills, Manipur. Oachar. 

 Chittagong, Burma, Upper and Lower. W^estern Peninsula. Fl. March-May. — 

 'Ceylon. A deciduous entirely glabrous shrub, branchlets quadrangular, 1. elliptic, 

 ^usually obtuse, turning black in drying, ^-1 in., pet. very short. Fl, greenish-yellow, 

 6 on short filiform pedicels, staminal-column produced beyond anthers, acute. ^ : 

 Style stout with B forked arms. Fr. seated on the greatly enlarged coloured calyx, 

 depressed, J~| in. diam., orange-red, fleshy but dehiscent. 2. B. angustifolia, Hook. f. 

 Pegu. Tenasserim. Malay j?enins, Branchlets terete, 1. oblong or linear-oblong 

 |-1 in. long, fr. J in. diam. 8. B. rliamnoides, Muell. Arg. — Syn. Melanthesa rhamnoides, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1898. Yern. Yellari, Tel. Oudh Forests. Gangetic plain. Bengal. 

 Western Peninsula. Andamans. Arakan, chiefly near the sea (Kurz). — Ceylon, 

 common in the moist region. Malay Peninsula and Archijjelago, China. A large 

 shrub or small tree, wholly glabrous. L. ovate, or elliptic 1-1| long, pet, very short. 

 Fl. solitary on short pedicels. S : Staniinal-column truncate." Fr. purple, globose, 

 J in. diam., calyx hardly enlarged. 



15. SAUROPUS, Blume; M. Brit. Ind. v. 332. 



ShruTbs or undershznibs, 1. alternate, distichous, membranous, quite entire. 

 El. naonoecions, apetalous. S : calyx G-lobed, lobes thickened at base, and 

 often concaye with an appendix vaulting over stamens. Stamens united into 

 a short fleshy truncate 8-armed column, the anthers attached to the ends of 

 the arms and opening downwards, cells parallel. $ : calyx 6-cleft, persistent, 

 accrescent, ovary 3-celled, styles bifid. Species 20, Indo-Malayan region. A 

 few only of the more common species can here be noticed. 



A. Eusauropiis, L. 1|~4 in, long, styles on the apex of an ovoid ovary. 



1. S. allJicans, Blume. — Syn. S. indicus, Wight ; S. zeylanicus, Wight Ic. t. 1952 : H, 

 GardmrianuSi Wight Ic. t. 1951. Sikkim and Bhutan, foot of Himalaya and outer 

 liills, ascending to 5,000 ft. Khasi hills. Cachar. Burma. Anamalai hills. Travaii- 

 core.— Ceylon, moist region. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A small shrub with 

 a simple stem and numerous elongated branches, qiiite glabrous, 1. ovate-oblong or 



