580 XCVIII, EUPHOEBIACEiE [Trigonostemon 



Stamens 3, anthers sessile or on a cylindrical column, pistillode 0. Ovary 3- 

 celled, styles Mfid or twice bifid. 



A. Anthers sessile on a siibglobose receptacle. 



1. T. Eemoralis, Thwaites; Bedd. Ic. Plant, t. 182. Tinnevelli hills, 2-3,000 ft. 

 Ceylon. Young shoots strigose, 1. crowded at the ends of hranchlets, thin-coriaceoiis, 

 irregularly and shallowly crenate-serrate, lanceolate or ohlanceolate, blade 4-8, 

 narrowed into thick channelled pet, I in. long. Fl. red, in terminal erect stiff spiciform 

 racemes 2-6 in. long, 6 on short slender pedicels, clustered, ? solitary on stout pedicels. 

 Capsule J in. diam., 8-lobed, roughly pubescent. 



B. Anthers at the end of a cylindric colnmn. 



2. T, lieterautlius, Wight Ic. t. 1890. Tenasserim. Young shoots tawny pubescent, 

 1. glabrous, membranous, sometimes serrate, blade 8-12, pet. 1-4 in. long. PI. s and ? 

 together, in a lax axillary racemiform paniclegor thyrsus 6-8 in. long, consisting of 

 numerous 8-7-fld. cymes along a long slender rachis, pedicels filiform. c5 fi. J in. 

 across, sepals entire ciliate, petals twice the length of sepals, anthers 3 on a staminal- 

 column with 6 branches at the top, each branch having one anther-cell. 9 : sepals 

 glandular dentate, as long as petals, ovary glabrous. 3. T. Isetus, Baillon. Tenasserim. 

 L. thick-chartaceous, broadly lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. 1-2 in. long, 9 sepals entire, 

 minutely ciliate, ovaiy greyish, silky pubescent. 4. T. longifolius, Baillon. Tenas- 

 serim. Malay Penins. Shoots and young 1. clothed with long brown silky hairs, h 

 membranous, ohlanceolate, blade 9-15 in. long, gradually narrowed into a short 

 marginate petiole. PI. clustered on the long narrow pubescent racemes, rachis angled, 

 bracts subulate. Capsule J in. diam., densely clothed with short stiff hairs. 5. T. 

 semperflorens, MuelL Arg. Assam. Khasi hills. Silhet. Cachar. Branohlets hispid, 



1. often spuriously whorled at the ends of branches, 4-10 in. long, sessile or nearly so, 

 from a narrow cordate base gradually widening, acuminate. Racemes very shorty 

 pedicels short stout, ovary hispid. Capsule 3-lobed, J-J in. diam. 



24. OSTODES, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 400. 



Trees, 1. altei^nate, penniveined. El. dioecious or monoecious, fascicled on 

 long racemes, usually arranged in terminal or axillary panicles. Sepals 3-6, 

 imbricate, petals usually 5. $ : stamens 8--35, filaments short, inserted on a 

 receptacle, hairy at base, which often lengthens out into a column, anther-cells 

 parallel, connective broad. ? : ovary 3-celled, styles short, 2-cleft. Species 

 6-8, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. L. coriaceous. 



1. 0. zeylanica, MuelL Arg. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 274. Western Ghats, common in 

 evergreen forest from the Wainad southwards.' — ■Ceylon. A large evergreen tree, 

 bark smooth, purple, branchlets angular, young shoots and inflorescence clothed with 

 minute stellate hairs. L. elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, blade 8-18, pet. 2-3 in. Bracts, 

 lanceolate, deciduous. Fl. scented, $ : petals white, J-| in. long, more or less cohering 

 in a tube, stamens 8-15, filaments glabrous, receptacle elongating into a long column. 

 ? : petals free, ovary densely clothed with long hairs. Capsule 6~ribbed, IJ in. diam. 



2. 0. Helferi, MuelL Arg, Tenasserim. Blade 10-12, pet. J in. long. 



B. L. membranous or chartaceous. 



8. 0. paniculata, Blume. Sikkim 2-6,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Buby Mines 

 district, U. Burma, 6-7,000 ft. in evergreen forest ( Yebadon gale). Hills east of Toungoo^ 

 2-3,000 ft. li, ovate,' acuminate, serrate, blade 8-12, pet. 2-10 in. Inflorescence clothed 

 with simple hairs, i : Sepals 3, petals 4-5, free. Stamens 20-35, filaments free, 

 minutely hairy at base, on a hemispherical receptacle. 



CodisBum variegatmn, Blume. Native of the Moluccas, often cultivated in gardens 

 on account of its leaves, which are variable in shape, mottled and variegated with red, 

 yellow and green. FL in unisexual racemes, ovary 3-celled, styles long, slendei*, re- 

 curved, entire. 



25. BLACHIA, Baill. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 402. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees, 1. entire^ eglandular, penninerved. EL 

 usually monoecious, S in terminal pedunculate racemes or corymbs,, peduncles 

 and pedicels slender, sepals 4-5, concave, membranous, imbricate^ petals 



