Blachia] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACE^ 581 



alternating with sepals, small, round, hyaline. Stamens 10-24, on a convex 

 receptacle, anther-cells on the edges of the connective, ultimately confluent 

 at the apex, disk consisting of scales, alternating with petals. ? fl. solitary 

 or fascicled, pedicels thickened above, sepals 4-6, more or less enlarged, in 1 

 sp. deciduous in fr., petals 0. Ovary 3~4-celled, styles 3-4, filiform, 2-partite, 

 recurved or revolute. Cotyledons broad, flat in a fleshy albumen. Species 

 6 or 6, one in China. 



1. B. calycina, Benth.— Syn. Croton umhellatum, Wight lo. t. 1874; Codimum tim- 

 hellaUim, Bedd. Man. t. 23. Western Ghats from Coorg southwards, in evergreen 

 forests. A slirub or small tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. -J in. <? fi. 

 corymbose, peduncles 2-3 in., sepals ^ in., petals ^ in. diam., anthers 20-24. limiting 

 sepals l-l in. long. 2. B. umTaellata, Bail]. Oeylon ; also repoi'ted from Travanoore, is 

 very near to 1 and possibly not specifically distinct. $ fl. umbellate, fruiting sepals 

 smaller. 3. B. reflexa, Benth. Nilgiris. Travancore. A shrub. 6 fl. umbellate, 

 sepals in f r. slightly enlarged, spreading or reilexed. 4. B. denudata, Benth. Evergreen 

 forests of the Western Ghats, from the Konkan to the Bababudan hills. A large shrub 

 or small tree, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-7, pet. J in. long, 6 fl. racemose, calyx deciduous in 

 fr. 5. B. andamanica, Hook. f. — Syn. Codioeum andamanicum, Kurz. Andamans. 

 Narcondam. Coco island. A large evergreen shrub, 1. elongate-elliptic, blade 4-6, 

 pet. ^-| in. Ovary hirsute. 



26. DIMORPHOCALYX, Thw. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 403. 



Glabrous trees, 1. alternate quite entire, penninerved. Tl. large, racemose 

 usually dioecious, the 9 often solitary. (J : Calyx cup-shaped 5-lobed, petals 5, 

 longer than calyx, stamens 10-20, filaments stout, free or the inner connate 

 inside a fleshy 54obed disk. Pistillode 0. ? : Sepals 5, imbricate, greatly 

 enlarged in fr., petals 5. Ovary 3-celled, styles 2-fid., ovule 1 in each cell. 

 Capsule of 3 two-valved crustaceous cocci. Cotyledons flat broad, in fleshy 

 albumen. Species 3-4, Indo-Malayan. 



1. B. Lawianus, Hook. f. — Syn. Trigonostemon LawimmSy Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t.273. Yern. 

 Yenega, Nara gonji, Tel. (Yeligondas). Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, 

 in evergreen forest. Anamalais. Yeligonda hills (D. B. Dec. 1881). A small or 

 middle-sized tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. |-f in., stam. 15, ovary tomentose, 

 segments of fruiting perianth |-1 in. long, capsule J in, diam. Closely allied : 2. B. 

 glabellus, Thwaites ; Trimen Handbook Ceylon t. 84. Western Ghats from Matheran 

 southwards. — Ceylon very common in the dry region. Differs by smaller leaves, shorter 

 petioles, 10 stamens and a smaller fruiting perianth. 



27. AGROSTISTACHYS, Dalz. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 405. 



Grlabrous shrubs or small trees, 1. alternate, coriaceous, pet. short. Fl. 

 dicBcious, in bracteate short compact or elongate racemes. <J : caL globose, 

 splitting into 2-5 valvate lobes. Petals usually 5, glands of the disk alter- 

 nating with petals. Stamens 8-13, on a convex receptacle, anther-cells 

 pendulous from a thick connective, pistillode or 2-3-fid. ? : sepals 2-4, 

 petals usually 5, larger than sepals, caducous, ovary 3-celled, styles short, 

 thick, spreading, entire or bifid. Capsule tricoccous, cotyledons broad in fleshy 

 albumen. 



1. A. indica, Dalz. ; Bedd. lo. t. 241. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards 

 in evergreen forests on the banks of streams. L. lanceolate, serrate, teeth sharp, in- 

 curved, blade 6-11, narrowed into pet. J-l| in. long. Fl. in short axillary and supra- 

 axillary densely bracteate flat racemes, bracts imbricating, fl. solitary in the bract 

 axils. 2. A Gaudicliaudi, Muell. Arg. {A. longifoUa, Kurz). Tenasserim (or Andamans), 

 Penang. L. oblanceolate, obtusely sinuate-dentate, blade 12-16 in. long, narrowed 

 into pet. 4--1J long., fl. in short densely bracteate racemes, 8. A longifolla, Benth. 

 —Syn. Sarcoclinium longifolium, Wight Ic. t, 1887-8 ; Bedd. Man. t. 28. Yern Man- 

 chare% Tarn.; Mulimpalei, Mai. Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards. 

 Branches stout, marked with the scars of petioles and stipules, young shoots very 



