Baliospermum\ XGVIII. EUPHOEBIACEiE 583 



29. BALIOSPERMUM, Blume ; M. Erit. Ind. v. 461. 



Shrubs, 1. alternate toothed or lobed. Fl. small, usually dicBcious, apetalous. 

 $ : Sepals 4-6 concave, imbricate, disk lobed, stamens 10-30 central, filaments 

 mostly free, antlier-cells diverging, adnate to the broad connective, which is 

 continuous with the filament, pistillode 0. J : Sepals 5-6, lanceolate, disk 

 nearly entire, ovary 3-celled, styles stout 2-fid, stigmatic surfaces smooth (not 

 fimbriate). Capsule of 3 two-valved crustaceous cocci, separating from the 

 persistent axis. Seeds ovoid, glabrous. Species 6, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. Usually monoecious. Lower diffex-ent from the upper 1. 



1. B. axillare, Blume.— Syn. B. polyandrum, Wight Ic. t. 1885 ; JB. monta^ium, Mnell. 

 Arg. ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 410. Vern. Danti^ JEakiin^ Beng. ; Natcho^ Burm. Subhimalayan 

 tract from Kashmir eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper and Lower 

 Burma (common as underwood in forests on low ground). Chutia Nagpur. Western 

 Peninsula. Malay Penins. and Arch. A shrub with herbaceous branches, young shoots 

 and often underside of 1. hairy. Leaves sinuate toothed, upper small, lanceolate, penni- 

 nerved, lower large, ovate, often palmately 3-5-lobed, basal nerves 3-5, blade of larger 1. 

 6-12, pet. 2-6 in., stipules of two glands. Fl. monoecious, in contracted panicles, green, 

 styles dull red. Calyx of 6 glabrous, of ? hairy, as well as the ovary. Fruiting 

 calyx not accrescent, capsule J- J in., 3-lobed, pedicel recurved, J- J in, long. A remark- 

 able variety with strongly marked parallel tert. n. and dioecious fl. in Singbhum 

 (Haines). 



B. Dioecious. L. uniform. 



2. B. corymMferum, Hook. f. Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, 4-5,000 ft. Stem slender, 

 naked or sparingly branched, branches finely pubescent. 6 panicles much longer 

 than I, on long slender peduncles. 3. B. calycinum, Muell. Arg. Mishmi hills, 

 Upper Assam. Pubescent, 6 panicles ample, much longer than 1., on long peduncles. 



? sepals J in. long. 4. B. sinuatum, Muell. Arg. Mishmi and Patkoi hills. Almost 

 entirely glabrous. L. from obovate-oblong to linear, often above the middle with 3 or 

 5 large triangular acuminate lobes, blade QS^ pet, J-IJ in. long. 6 fi. in long narrow 

 racemes, ovary glabrous, fruiting calyx accrescent. 



Cnesmone javanica, Blume. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. East Bengal. Lower 

 Burma. A large evergreen twining shrub, all parts densely clothed with soft 

 tomentum of long stinging hairs. L. ovate-oblong, base deeply cordate, acuminate, 

 serrate, blade 4-6, pet. 1-2 in., basal n. 3 or 5, stipules ovate, persistent. Fl. in 

 androgynous bracteate racemes, a few $ fl. at the base. $ : calyx-lobes 3 broad 

 valvate, anthers 3, connective produced into a long linear reflexed appendix. Capsule 

 ^-| in. diam. of 3 hispid cocci, supported by the enlarged velvety calyx-lobes. 



Plukenetia corniculata, Smith. Sikkim 2,000 ft, Assam. Mergui. Malay Penins. 

 and Archip. A twining shrub, nearly glabrous, 1. membranous, gradually tapering 

 from a broad cordate base, acuminate, dentate, blade 4-6, pet. 1-2 in. Capsule on 

 pedicels 1-2 in. long, consisting of 4 stellately spreading granulate cocci, each produced 

 into a linear obtuse wing, J in. long, seeds keeled, pale, with irregular brown patches. 



30. DALECHAMPIA, Linn.; TL Brit. Ind. v. 467. 



Twining shrubs or undershrubs, 1. alternate, deeply lobed or trifoliolate, 

 petioles long. 'Fl. in androgynous involucrate heads, often mixed with sterile 

 deformed fl., involucre of 2 large 3-lobed serrulate bracts, with a whorl of 

 smaller ones outside. ^ : sepals 4-6, valvate, stamens 20-30, on a convex 

 receptacle, anther-cells contiguous, parallel. $ : sepals 5-12, pinnatifid, 

 hirsute. Species 60, tropical, chiefly American. 



1. D. indica, "Wight lo. 1. 1882. East side of the "Western Peninsula. — Ceylon. L. 3- 

 foliolate, involuoral bracts yellow, segments of 9 sepals subulate, tips glandular. 2. 

 D. velutina, "Wight Ic. 1. 1881. Nilgiris. L. deeply 34obed, tomentose beneath, seg- 

 ments of 9 sepals hirsute, eglandular. 



3. J>. Kurzii, Hook. f. — Syn. D. scandens, Kurz, "F. Fl. ii. 400. Southern parts of 

 Pegu Yoma. L. deeply 3-lobed, lobes lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. 1 in. long, segments 

 of § sepals linear, j\ in. long. 



