58G XCVIII. EUPHORBIAOEiE [Excmcaria 



blade 2-6 in. narrowed into pet. J-J in. Spikes often at tlie ends of "branches, 6 2-t> 

 m. long, slender, bracts 1-fld., broadly ovate, acute, erose, a pair of round glands at the 

 base, bracteoles obliquely lanceolate, sepals lanceolate, toothed. ? few- often only 

 1-fld., sepals broadly ovate, erose. Capsule 1-% in. diam., deeply 34obed. 6. E. robusta. 

 Hook, f . "Western Gliats from the Konkan southwards. Branchlets robust, 6 spikes 

 axillary, rachis stout, bracts 1-fld., broadly ovate, biglandular at base, bracteoles 

 broadly'- falcate, serrate, sepals unequal, the 2 lateral falcate, the third broad, lobed and 

 serrate. 7. E, oppositifolia, Griffith. Silhet. L. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, entire 

 or serrulate, blade 8-12, pet. | in., sec. n. 15-20 pair, prominent beneath. 6 spikes 

 terminal, very slender, bracts entire 1-fld., bracteoles 0, sepals toothed. 



3B. ADENOCHL^NA, Baill. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 417. 



Trees or shrubs. PL monoecious, iu spiciform racemes, $ clustered, $ few 

 at the base of spike, disk 0. $ : Buds globose, sepals 4-6, valvate, stamens- 

 4-6, filaments free exsei^ted round a columnar pistillode, anthers dorsifixed, 

 versatile, cells parallel, adnate to thick connective. J : Sepals 5-8, narrow,, 

 unequal, ovary 3-celled, styles long, connate below, spreading, bifid with 

 recurved plumose multifid arms. Capsule of 3 two-valved cocci. 



1. A. indica, Bedd. — Syn. Cephalocroton indicum^ Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 261. ISTorth 

 Kanara, Coorg, Anamalais and Travancore in evergreen forest, 1,500-4,000 ft. A 

 shrub or moderate-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence puberulous, 1. elliptic, 

 blade 3-7, pet. •J-4 in., thickened at the top, sec. n. 4-8 pair prominent beneath. 

 Spikes interrupted, 2-6 in., ovary and style tomentose. Capsule scabrous, I in. diam. 

 2. A. sillietiana, Benth. Khasi hills. Branchlets, petioles and rachis of racemes finely 

 stellate tomentose, 1. crowded at the ends of branches, thinly coriaceous, sessile or 

 nearly so, lanceolate gradually narrowed into a cordate base. 



Ccelodepas calycinum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 320. Yei-n. Katpira, Tarn. Foot of the 

 Tmnevelli hills. A small tree, wood very hard, young shoots with deciduous stellate 

 hairs. L. alternate, thinly coriaceous, crenate-serrate, elongate-elliptic, acuminate^ 

 blade 3-7 in., pet. very short, stipules subulate, lacerate. 6 spikes 4-5 in. long, 

 slender, sep. 4, stamens 4-5, filaments thick fiat, adnate to the pistillode, anther-cells. 

 2, divaricate. 9 racemes short few-fld., sepals 5, concave, tomentose, ovary hairy 

 Capsule 3-lobed, J in. diam., stellately hairy, sepals in fr. enlarged, broadly ovate. 



34. CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. : M. Brit. Ind. v. 410. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, 1. alternate usually long-petioled. Fl. small 

 or minute, usually dioecious, in axillary or latei^al spikes or racemes, buds 

 globose, sepals valvate. $ : Stamens few or many, inserted on or around a 

 central receptacle, often intermixed with glands or long linear ciliate scales^ 

 filaments free, anthers erect, cells distinct, connate at the base onty. Ovary 

 3-celled, styles short entire, densely plumose. Testa cinistaceous, cotyledons 

 broad fiat in fleshy albumen. 



A. 9 fl. without hypogynous scales. 



1. C. indicum, Hassk. Tenaaserim. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A shrub 

 or small ti-ee, branchlets pubescent, 1. elliptic, blade 6-10, pet. 2-5 in. S racemes 

 4-6 in. long, fl. minute, clustered, pedicels very short, filaments mixed with filiform 

 scales. ? i^acemes shox^ter, pedicels longer. Capsule tomentose J in. diam., cocci 

 keeled. This is possibly C, longifoUum^ Kurz F. Fl. ii. 396. 2. 0. Khasianum, Hook. f. 

 Assam. Khafei hills. Cachar. Similar to 1, fila;ments mixed with minute scales ; fi*. of 

 1-3 globose membranous hoary carpels. S. C. anomalum, Hook, f. Courtallum. Branch- 

 leth glabrous, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. 1-2 in,, anthers sessile, imbiicating around 

 the edge of a fiat naked receptacle. 



B. ? fl. with 3 oblong hypogynous scales, alternating with the carpels. 



Three little known bhrubs of the Travancore and Tinnevelli hills: 4, C. WigMii, 

 Hook. 1, sparsely softly' hispid, L lanceolate, blade 2-8, pet. J-l in., racemes very slender, 

 anthers 6-9 nearly sessile, capsule hispid J in. diam. 5. C. Beddomei, Hook. f. vSlmilar 

 to 4, anthers 15-20, nearly sessile, capsule glabrous, | in. diam. 6. C. IdrsutTtm, Hook, f , 

 Hoftl3^ tawny-tomentose, stamens 8, filaments longer than anthers. 



