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80. EUPHORBIACEiE. 



[Gloc/iitUon, 



2. a. tomentosum, Dalz. in Hook. Jonr. Bot. III. (1853), 38; Fl. 

 Br. T. 5. 309 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 192. Niru cUlle, K. 



^ Along ndlas and water-courses, in ISTorth K^cara in deciduous forests. 

 Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. June-July. There is a small tree found near the falls 

 of Gairsoppah with the style stout conical in fruit which is var. G. tom- 

 entosum proper. Fl. ISrov.-Dec. Fr. Jany. Yar. Q. Talhoti ; is found 

 near Yellapore, North Kanara, the leaves are larger and more tomeutose 

 than in 0. tomentosum proper, A small tree. 



G. zeylanioum, A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 107, t. 3 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 



310 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 192. 0. nitidum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 235. 

 G. canarum^ Bedd. Fl. Syly. 192. Savre gidda, K. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Assam, Silhet and the 

 Malay peninsula, Ceylon. Common on the Konkan and North Kanara 

 ghats, along streams and water-courges, both in evergreen and in deci- 

 duous forests. Fl. and Fr. at different times thi'oughout the year, usually 

 Dec. -June. 



A small tree, stems 1 ft. in diameter, with flexuous glabrous or pubes- 

 cent branchlets. Bark thin, grey, corky, with numerous, narrow fissures; 

 inner bark reddish with thread like fibres. Wood dull red, smooth, 

 moderately hard, even-grained. Annual rings visible. Pores small, 

 equally distributed. Med. rays moderately broad. Weighs 42 lbs. to the 

 cub. ft. Sir Joseph Hooker includes both G. nitidumf Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 235, and G, canarum^ Bedd. For. Man. 192 ; in G. zeylanioumf 

 A. Juss. 



4 G. Hohenackeri, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 193 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 314 Nir- 



clialU, K. 



On the Konka^n and North Kanara ghats, in evergreen forests^ common 

 in the forests near the Nilkund and Gairsoppah ghats. Fl. Jany.-Mch. 

 Fr. Apl.-May. A small tree. 



5. G. Ralphii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 5. 314 Sullai on the Ram ghat 

 Konkan and North Kanara ghats, common in the evergreen forests 



near the falls of Gairsoppah, along water -courses. Fl. Feb.- June. Fr. 

 June-Nov. A small tree closely allied to G. Holienackeri. Stigmas 

 flatter than in G. RoJienacheri ; yellow, with 2 distinct shallow furrows 

 at right angles to each other. 



6. G. Johnstonei, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 5. 314. 



Western peninsula, Cochin, common on the Supa ghats of North Ka- 

 nara near Anmode, also on the Arbail ghat. A small tree, stems 30-40 

 ft. high and 8 in. to 1"5 ft. in diameter. Bark dark coloured, rough, 

 fissured ; inner reddish, fibrous, "20 in. thick. Wood reddish grey, soft, 

 annual rings visible. Pores small, equally distributed. Medullary rays 

 moderately broad. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Stigmas deeply 

 3-divided. Fruit small; much depressed, crowned by the 3-lobed stigma, 

 usually fascicled along leafless branches , peduncles short, stout. Fl. Feb. 

 Fr. Apl, 



