Croton] XCVIIL EUPHOEBIACEJE 577 



celled. Capsule 6-valved or of 3 deciduous 2-valved cocci. Species 5-600, in 

 all liot countries. 



A. Ovary lepidote or tomentose. 



{a) Inflorescence lepidote. 



a. L. densely lepidote beneath. 



(1) L. crenate. 



1. 0. scaMosus, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 283. Vern. ChUla, Tel. Hills of Karnul and 

 Oaddepali. A small tree, branclilets, leaves on both surfaces and inflorescence clothed 

 with minute orbicular scales, 1. ovate, base cordate, blade 2-4, pet. 1-2 in., 3-5 basal 

 nerves. Kaceme erect, 1^ in. long, stamens 10-12, glabrous. Capsule nearly globose y 

 J in. long, 



(2) L. entire. 



2. 0. reticulatus, Heyne ; Bedd. Ic. t, 233. Western Ghats from the Konkan south- 

 wards, common and gregarious in places. — Ceylon. A slirub, underside of 1. and 

 inflorescence densely clothed with white silvery scales. L. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 3-7, pet. .;^-l in. Eacemes erect, lax, 2-3 in., pedicels of $ longer than fl. Capsule 

 -J in. long, broadly oblong. 8. C. malal)aricus, Bedd. Ic. t. 181. Ghats of Malabar, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft. A small tree, branchlets, underside of 1, and inflorescence 

 densely clothed with white silvery scales. L. ovate, acuminate, blade 2-6, pet. 1-2 in. 

 Racemes solitary or clustered 1-2 in, long. 4. C. arg3nratus, Blume. Martaban and 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). Andamans. Nicobars. Malay Penins. and Arohip. A small 

 evergreen tree, wood with scanty but very wide vessels, branchlets, petioles, underside 

 of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with silvery or rufous scales. L. ovate- or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. 1-2 in. Eacemes 4-8 in. long, capsule globose, 

 ^ in. diani, 



/?. L. glabrous when full grown. 



5. C. oblongifolius, Eoxb. Vern. Akh^ Nep, ; Gunsur^ Mar.; Bhutan Kusam^ Tel.; 

 Thiti/ifigyi, Burm. Gonda district Oudh, in belts through miles of forest. Sikkim, 

 ascending to 2,000 ft. Silhet. Bengal. Chutia Nagpur. Central Provinces. Western 

 Peninsula, Burma, Upper and Lower.— Ceylon. A middle-sized tree, shoots and 

 branchlets, inflorescence, calyx and ovary densely clothed with minute orbicular 

 silvery scales. Leaves pale gi^een, glabrous when full grown, oblong-lanceolate, penni- 

 nerved, more or less sen-ate, blade 5-10, pet. 1-2 in. long. PI. pale yellowish-green, 

 on short pedicels, solitary or fascicled, in the axils of minute bracts, on long erect 

 often fascicled racemes. Petals villous inside, stamens 12, filaments sparingly 

 pubescent, ovary lepidote. Capsule globose, indistinctly 3-lobed, J-| in. diam. 6, C, 

 Joufra, Eoxb, Assam. lOiasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. Similar to 5, petioles 

 shorter, 1. often entire, f r. ovoid 1-1 J in. long, 7, 0. robustus, Kurz. Pegu and Tenas- 

 serim, low country. A small evergreen tree, branchlets robust, rusty-scaly, 1. coriaceous, 

 entire, glabrous, a few minute scales on the underside, lanceolate, obtuse, blade 4-8, 

 pet. J-| in. 



{Jj) Inflorescence stellately tomentose or glabrous. 



a. Basal n, S-B^ 1. pubescent on both surfaces. 



8. C. caudatus, Geisel ; Nan llimihir^ Beng. Sikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft. Assam. 

 Khasi hills. Bengal. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. A large shiaib, more or less scandent, stem often attaining 1-lJ ft. 

 girth, branchlets, petioles, young 1. and inflorescence rough with stellate hairs. L. 

 ovate, acuminate, base cordate, irregularly toothed, basal n. 3-5, blade 2-7, pet. 1-2 in., 

 stipules laciniate, glandulose. Eacemes slender, 4-10 in. S : Petals as long as sepals, 

 woolly, stamens 18-30, filaments silky below. $ : sepals oblong, petals minute, ovary 

 densely woolly, styles bifid, arms long slender. Capsule |-1 in. long, hairy. 9. 0. 

 aromaticus, Linn. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. An erect shrub or small tree, closely 

 allied to 8, with which Beddome identifies it. Petioles ^~1J in. long, styles short, fr. 

 nearly globose J-J in. diam. 10. C. ealococciis» Eurz, Eangoon. A shrub, branchlets, 

 3. and inflorescence densely clothed with stiff stellate hairs. L. entire or denticulate, 

 elliptic, blade 2-3, pet. i-| in. long, basal n. extending beyond the middle. Capsule 

 deeply 3-lobed and stellately hispid. 11. C. biannanicus, Muell. Arg. Burma. Im- . 

 perfectly known, 1. ovate-cordate, finely gland-toothed. 



12. C. tomentosTis, Muell. Arg. Pegu. An undershrub with a woody rhizome, thickly 

 clothed with stellate tomentum, 1. ovate-oblong, entire or denticulate, blade 2-3, pet. 

 1 in., basal n. not extending beyond the middle of blade. 



j8. Basal n. 3-5, 1. glabrous when full grown. 



13. C. TigHtun, Linn. Yern. Jayapala, Hind.; Neppalamj Teh; Kanaklio^ Burm. 

 Cultivated and naturalized throughout tropical India and Burma. A native of the 



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