Gloc/iidion.] 



80. EUPIlORBlACEiE. 



303 



7. G. malabaricum, Bedel. Fl. Sylv. 104 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 319. 



Western ghats from the Konkan to the Nilghiris. On the Konkan and 

 North Kanara ghats. A small tree. 



8. G. ellipticum, Wight Ic. t. 1906 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 321; Bedd. Fl. 

 Syly. 193 ; var. Wiglitiana* G. diver sifolium, Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 193. 



Malabar. South Konkan, also in the forests near the Ainshi ghit of 

 North Kanara; a small tree. Fl. Dec.-Feb. Fr. Feb.-Mch. Flowers 

 in dense fascicles. Capsule very small. A small tree. 



9. G. velutinum, Wight. Ic. t. 1907-2 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 322; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 195. Fhyllanthus nepalensis, Braiidia For. FL 453. Faritza, showra, 

 M. ; Parivi, H. ; Salai mara^ K. 



Hot valleys of the Himalayas from Kashmir eastwards to Burma, 

 western peninsula from the Konkan to the Nilghiris. 



Throughout the deciduous forests of the Konkan and North Kanara 

 ghats. Common in the Supa taluka dry forests. Fl. Dec.-Mch. Fr. 

 Mcb.-June. A very distinct species. Capsule depressed, lobed. 



Wood reddish-grey or red soft. Annual rings distinct. Pores small, 

 distributed in short radial lines. Medullary rays broad or moderately 

 broad short. Weighs about 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for fuel. 



7. BREYNIA, Fcrst. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves small^ stipulate, entire, often disticbous. 

 Flowers small, monoicous, axillary. Petals and disk 0. Male fl. 

 Calyx turbinate, truncate, rim thickened and lobulate. Stamens cen- 

 tral, 3 j filaments united into a column ; anthers adnate to the whole 

 length of the column, slender ; cells linear, parallel. Fem. fl. Calyx 

 coriaceous, hemispheric, turbinate, campanulate or rotate, broadly 

 6-lobed, fruiting, often enlarged and disciform. Staminodes 0. Ovary- 

 globose, fleshy above, S-celJed. Disk 0. Styles 3, bifid or obscure ; 

 ovules 2-in. each cell. Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds albumi- 

 nous or 0, testa membranous, cotyledons broad, radicle long. 



Calyx of female much enlarged in fruit ... ... 1. B, patens. 



Calyx of female not or little enlarged in fruit ... 2. B, rliamnoides. 



- I- B. patens, Benth. in Gen. Plant. III. 277. ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 329. 

 Melantheo2>sis patens, Muell. Arg. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 196; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 455. M. turbinata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 234. P. turhinatus, Roxb.; 

 Grab. Cat. Bomb. PL 180. Kangli, M. 



Tropical Himalaya, from Nepal to Mishmi and Assam, Western penin- 

 sula from the Konkan southwards to Ceylon. Throughout the Konkan 

 and North Kanara ghat forests. Fl. Apl.-June. Fr. Aug. -Sept. A 

 shrub with spreading branches. Leaves membranous, distichous. S FL; 

 1-3, fascicled; pedicels slender ; calyx turbinate, yellow. ? FL; Calyx 

 6-lobed. Style trifid. Seeds with an arillu:-^. Fruit red-coloured. 



2. B. rhamnoides, Muell. Arg.; Fl. Fr. I. 5. 330 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 455 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 1961 (by error named Melantheopsis patens). 



