Bauropus] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACEiE 569 



ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-4, laet. J in. Fl. reddisli-green, fr. globose, J in. diam., flesliy, 

 white, tinged witli rose, on a nodding pedicel ^-1 in. long, supported by tlie reddish- 

 brown calyx. 2. S. trinerviiis, Muell. Arg. Teesta valley, Sikkim. Assam. IChasi 

 hills. Cachar. L. 3-5 in. long, triplinerved, fr. 1 in. diam. 



B. Ceratogynum. L. i-1 in., disticlious on branchlets whicli are often 

 deciduous and have the appearance of pinnate leaves, at the base of these 

 branchlets 3 stipuliform bracts. Ovary broad, depressed^ styles 3 on the edge 

 of its broad concave top. 



3. S. quadrangularis, Maell. Arg.— Syn. Ceratogtjnum rkamnoides, Wight Ic. t. 1900. 

 Vern. ChiJdi^ Mar. Behar, Chutia Nagpiir. Western Peninsula on the west side, 

 from Yingorla southwards. Anamalai hills. A low shrub, branchlets angled, the 2 

 lateral stipuliform bracts lanceolate, 1. elliptic acute. Fl. J in. diam. $ : on filiform 

 pedicels l-l in., calyx-segments lanceolate acute, curved upwards, basal aiDpendices 

 blunt, vaulting over the minute staminal-column. 4. S. compressus, Muell. Arg. ; 

 (probably also S. quad ran gularis\ Kurz F. Fl. ii. 350. Yern. Tmmg fama, Lower, 

 Hina7isi, Upper Burma. Sikkim, Bhutan, foot of hills, ascending to 2,000 ft. Burma, 

 often in Engdaing. Fl. H. S. A shrub or small tree, often an undershrub if kept 

 •down by the action of the annual jungle fires. Branchlets angled and compressed, 1. 

 elliptic, often broad, nearly orbicular, ^-1 in. long, on a short slender petiole, the 2 

 lateral stipuliform bracts broad, ovate or triangular, often oblique. Fl. 5 minute, 

 dark crimson, pedicels ^ in., calyx-segments 5-6, obovate, emarginate, base slightly 

 ■concave. 



16. FLUGGEA, Willd.; FL Brit. Ind. v. 328. 



L. small, alternate, quite entire. Fl. minute, dioecious, apetalous, on short 

 slender pedicels, sepals 5, imbricate in bud. cJ in dense clusters, stamens 6, 

 ?tlternating with small round disk glands, filaments free, exserted, pistillode 

 large trifid. $ : in lax fascicles, ovary usually 3-celled, disk annular, 

 toothed, styles connate at base, bifid or notched, sometimes entire. Fr. dry 

 or fleshy, supported by the persistent calyx, seeds triquetrou.s, the ventral edge 

 concave, embryo curved, in scanty albumen. Species 6, tropics of the Old 

 World. 



1. F. microcarpa, Blume. — Syn. Semrmega ohovata, Muell. Arg. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 54 

 (the $ and S branches on the right); Cicca oho vat a ^ Kurz. Vern. HaJepan, Salepan, 

 Merwara; Bitho^d, Dehra Diin ; Kodarsi, Mar. ; Konchinya^ Burm. Thoughout India 

 and Burma, ascending in the outer Himalaya to 5,000 ft. — Tropical Africa. Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. Australia. China. A large unarmed shrub or small tree, 

 wholly glabrous, branches angular, 1. elliptic or obovate, blade 1-4, pet. -J-J in. Fr. 

 generally^ large, white, fleshy \ in. diam. In Dehra Dun most fr. remain small and 

 dry (Kanjilal). 2. F. Leucopyrus, Willd.; Wight Ic. 1. 1875. — Syn. Securmega LeucopyruSj 

 MuelL Arg. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 54 (partly, see J.). Vern. Kamo, Sind ; ^alepmi, Baji^ut. ; 

 Posheri, Mar. ; Telia pulu Jcudu, Tel. Sind, Salt i-ange. Southei"n Punjab. Bajpu- 

 tana (common). The Deccan and the Coromandel coast. A rigid thorny shrub, the 

 1. and fl. bearing branches terminating in sharp spines, 1. obovate J-IJ in. long. Fr. 

 fleshy, white, globose, J in. diam. Somewhat resembles Flacounia sepiaria, Roxb, 

 (crenate 1.). 



17. PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. y. 285. 



Herbs, trees or shrubs, usually deciduous, 1. alternate, distichous, quite 

 entire, often on deciduous branchlets, petioles very short. Fl. small, uni- 

 sexual, usually monoecious, apetalous. Sepals 4-6, in two series, imbricate in 

 bud, disk of distinct glands, alternating with sepals, sometimes wanting, i : 

 Stamens central, 2-5, filaments free or connate. Ovary 3~15-celled, styles 

 free or connate, usually 2-fid, ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit usually 3-celled, 

 and supported by the persistent sometimes enlarged sepals, seeds trigonous, 2 

 in each cell, testa crustaceous, albumen fleshy. Species 350-400, in all 

 tropical and subtropical countries. 



I. Pericarp succulent. 



A. Stamens 5-6, sepals 4-6. 



