578 XCVIII. EUPHORBIACEiE [Croton 



Malay Arcliip. A small e-vergreen tree, the youngest shoots sparsely stellately hairy. 

 L. membranous J glabrous, ovate-acuminate, moi-e or less serrate, 3-5 basal nerves, 

 blade 2-4, pet, 1-2 in. Racemes 2-3 in., rachis glabrous. $\ sepals and pedicels 

 nearly glabrous, petals woolly, stamens 15-25, glabrous. ? : pedicels and ovaiy 

 stellately hispid, petals 0. Capsule |-1 in. long, white, obovoid, obtusely trigonous. 

 14. C. flocculosus, Kurz. Irawaddi valley. A small tree, young shoots with deciduous 

 stellate tomentum, 1. broad-ovate, crenate, base rounded or cordate, blade S~4, pet. 2 in. 

 Capsule \ in. diam., densely stellate-tomentose. 



y. L. penninervod. 



(1) Inflorescence tomentose. 



15. C. WaUichii, Muell. Arg. Pegu. Tenasserim. A middle-sized deciduous tree, 

 youngest shoots and inflorescence stellately tomentose, 1. nearly glabrous, more or less 

 serrate, elongate-elliptic or oblanceolate, blade 6-8, narrowed into pet. J-IJ in., sec. n. 

 slender. Bacemes fascicled, slender, 4-8 in. long. 16. C. sublyratus, Kurz. Tenasserim. 

 Andamans. A deciduous shrub, young shoots rusty scurfy, 1. from a narrow cordate 

 base gradually widening upwards, blade 3-8, pet. ^ in. 17. C. rhodostacliyiis, Muell. 

 Arg. Upper Burma, imperfectly known. 



(2) Inflorescence glabrous. 



18. C.Klotzschianus, Wight. Ic. 1. 1914 ( Tiglium). Hills of the Deccan. Nilgiris. Tra van- 

 core. A shrub or small tree, young shoots stellately pubescent, and on young 1. a few 

 tufts of stellate hairs. L. membranous, elliptic-obloug, blade 2-3, pet. slender 

 4-| in. Racemes slender, 1-3 in. long. 19. C. Gilssoniamas, Nimmo. Ghats of the Kon- 

 kan and ISTorth Kanara. A tall shrub, nearly glabrous, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminate, base rounded, blade 5-7, pet. 1 in., at the base of blade usually 2 minute 

 stipitate glands. Racemes slender, 5-10 in. long, capsule 8-lobed, stellately hairy, \ 

 in. diam. 20. C. laevifolius, Blume. Khasi hills. — Java, Sumatra. A small tree, young 

 shoots with scattered scales or dense tufts of stellate hairs. L. membranous, glabrous, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 2-5, pet. ■I-IJ in. Racemes 2-4 in., capsule shining, J in. diam. 



B. Ovary glabrous, sepals much enlarged in fr. 



21. C. Lawianus, ISTimmo. Bababudan hills, Mysore. A small tree, branclilets and 

 young 1. softly stellate-tomentose, 1. quite entire, ovate, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. ■^ in., 

 basal n. 3, sometimes 5. $ fl. large, in few-fld. pedunculate racemes, pedicels longer 

 than fl. Capsule | in. diam., glabrous, rugose, shorter than the enlarged leafy sepals. 

 22. C. chlorocalyx, Wall. Silhet. Quite glabrous, 1. lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 penninerved, slightly serrulate, blade 6-9, narrowed into pet. ^-| in. long. 



21. GALE ARIA, Zollinger & Moritzi ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 877. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. alternate, quite entire, penninerved, sec. n. joined 

 by distinct intra-marginal nerves, veins prominently reticulate, pet. short, 

 ri. minute, dioecious, in long slender terminal racemes, bracts minute or 0. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, or -partite, petals 5, concave, induplicate-valvate, keeled 

 down the middle within. Fl. $ fascicled, stamens 10, filaments very short, 

 anthers didymous, P styles short, slender, 2-partite. Fr. small, broad, endo- 

 carp hard, 1-2-celled. Species 12-15, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. Cr. Helferi, Hook, f.— Syn. Q-, WaUichii, Kurz. Tenasserim. Branchlets, petioles 

 and racemes minutely pubescent, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, 8-12 in. long, S 

 racemes as long as 1. 2. G. WallicMi, Hook. f. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. Quite 

 glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-7 in. long, racemes 

 longer than 1. 



22. GIVOTIA, Griff. ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 395. 



G. rottleriformis, Griff, (the only species); Wight Ic. t. 1889; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 285. Vern. PolM, Mar. ; Puliki, Tel. ; Veiidule, Tarn. 



A middle-sized tree, wood white, very light and soft, but even-grained, 

 branchlets, petioles, underside of leaves and sepals densely clothed with wbite 

 stellate tomentum. L. alternate, cox-date, sinuate- toothed, blade 5-10, pet. 

 4-6 in. long. Fl. dicBcious, in axillary panicled cymes ^8 in. long, near the 

 ends of branches, bracts narrow-linear. Sepals 5, imbricate, petals 5, 

 longer than sepals, more or less cohering, i : Bisk of 5 orbicular glands. 



