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80. EUPHORBIACEiE. 



\_Antide8ma, 



1. A. Gheesembilla, Gsertn. Fruct. 1. 189. t. 39 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 357 ; 



Brandis For. FL 446. A. puhescens^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 236. A, 

 'paniculatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 237. Jondh-i, M. 



Tropical Himalaya from Simla to Bhotan and southwards to Ceylon 

 and Singapore, Malay Peninsula, and China. Throttghont the presidency, 

 in North Kanara forests. Fl. Apl.-June. Fr. Sept.-Oct. A small 

 deciduous tree. Bark grey, scaly. Wood red with a darker coloured 

 heartwood, smooth, hard, close and even-grained. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 sometimes slightly cordate at the base. Spikes panicled. Fruit and 

 leaves are eaten. 



2. A. Bunius, Spreng Syst. Veg. 1. 826 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 358 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 200. A. Alexiteria^ Willd. Grab. Cat. Bom. PI. 186. Amati, M. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India from Nepal to Assam and south- 

 wards to Singapore and from Behar to Ceylon. Throughout the western 

 ghdts ; Konkan and North Kanara in moist forests, not mentioned by 

 Dalzell; rare on the Khandala ghat. Fl. May- June. Fr. Aug.-Sept. 

 A small evergreen tree. Wood reddish, hard. Fruit bright red, turn- 

 ing bJack. 



3. A. diandnim, Roth. Nov. Sp. 369 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 361 ; Brandis For. 

 I. 447 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 237 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 201. A. lanoeolatum, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 201. 



Tropical Himalaya from Garwal, eastwards and southwards to Tra van- 

 core, Ceylon, Throughout the presidency, common in the Konkan and 

 North Kanara in moist forests from the coast inland. Fl. May-July. 

 Fr. Aug.-Sept. A small tree or large shrub. Wood pinkish-grey, hard, 

 close-grained. Annual rings distinct. Pores very small, few, equally 

 distributed. Medullary rays fine and very fine, distinct. Weighs about 

 50 lbs. to the cub. ft. Leaves and fruit are eaten. 



4. A. Menasu, Miq. PI. Exsicc. Bohen. No. 104 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 364. 



A. lanceolatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 237. Western Peninsula from 

 the Konkan and Circars southwards, Burma and the Andamans. In the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ; also along ndlas in 

 deciduous moist forests. Fl. Mar.-May. Fr. Sept.-Oct. Leaves some- 

 times 10 in. long ; var. linearifoUa, is very common in the Siddapur 

 taluka of North Kdnara. A small tree. Wood dark-red, similar to that 

 of A. OhcesemhiUay but the pores are smaller and the medullary rays finer. 

 Gamble. 



16. BACCAUREA, Lour. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate^ entire. Flowers dioecious or 

 rarely monoicous, often from the trunk or branches, in racemes or 

 spikes, apetalous ; males usually very minute, hoary or tomentose. 

 Disk or of obscure glands in the male flower. Male fl. Calyx 

 4(-5-cleft. Petals 0. Disk or present. Stamens 4-10, free. Pistil- 

 lode pubescent; orbicular, sessile or stipitate. Fern. fl. Sepals 4-6, 



