Cleistanthiis^ 



80. EUPHORBlACEiE. 



299 



of tlie male flat, o£ the female conical. Stamens 5, united in a column 

 in the centre of the disk. Ovary 3-4-eelled, usually clothed with 

 long" hairs; styles 3, free, bifid ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit a 3-celled, 

 6-valved capsule. Seeds exarillate, albuminous; cotyledons thin or 

 fleshy^ often folded. 



C. malabarieus, Muell. Arg. in DO. Prod. XV. II. 508 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 



276 ; Bodd M. Sylv. 203. Hole hutige, K. 



In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, usually 

 near streams and rivers. In the forests near the falls of Gairsoppah, 

 comnion near the river banks above the great (Rajah) fall. Fl. Nov.- 

 Dec. Fr. Jany.-Feb, A large slirub or small tree with densely rufous 

 villous branchlets. Fruit fulvo-pilose, 3-4i-celled. Seeds rugose, 

 3-angled. 



4. ACTEPHILA, Blume. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, large. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters, petals present or 0. Male fl. Sepals 5-6, imbricate. Petals 

 as many inserted under the 5-lobed disk or 0. Stamens 5, on the disk. 

 Pistillode 3-cleft. Female fl. Ovary sessile on the 5-lobed disk ; 

 styles bifid. Capsule long peduncled 3-lobed, loculicidally dehiscent. 

 Seeds solitary in the cocci, large, 3-angled, testa thin brittle ; eotyle- 

 dons fleshy, folded or crumpled together. 



A. excelsa, Muell. Arg. in Linnsea XXXII. 78 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 282 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 189. Anomosjpermum excelsum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 233. 



Upper Assam ; Silhet ; Khasia ; Western Peninsula from the Konkan 

 to Travancore, ascending to 5,500 ft, Ceylon ; Konkan (Phoonda) Ghats. 

 Dalzell. A shrub or small tree. 



5. PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves entire, stipulate, usually distichous. 

 Petiole short. Flowers in axillary clusters, monoicous or dioieous. 

 Calyx segments usually 5-6, imbricate, in 2 series. Stamens 3-5, free 

 or connate. Disk of distinct glands, alternating with the calyx-seg- 

 ments. Female fl. Sepals of the male. Ovary 3 or more celled ; styles 

 free or connate, usually 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit dehiscent, 

 sometimes fleshy. Seeds without arillus or strophiole. 



Shrubs. 



Scandent shrub. Leaves about 1 in. long. Fruit a 



small black, 4-8 -celled berry 1. P. reticulatus. 



Erect bushy, gregarious shrub. Leaves about ^ in, 

 long. Fruit a small 3-celled, crustaceous capsule, cells 

 2-valved, 2. P. Laivii, 



Trees, 



Leaves g-i in. Fruit large, fleshy, globose with 3 bony 

 2-cclled cocci 3. P, JEmhlitsa* 



Leaves 2-3 in. Fruit fleshy, globose with a 3-4-celled 



bony endocarp 4. P. disticMs* 



Leaves 3-6 by 1-3 in. Fruit dry, globose, bursting irregu- 

 larly ; ^ in, 5, P. indicus. 



