80. EUPIIORBIACE^. 



319 



2-3- celled ; styles spreading and recurved, connate at tlie base ; cells 

 l ovuled. Fruit a tardily dehiscent 3-valved capsule. Seeds with 

 fleshy albumen, usually long-persistent on the columella ; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. 



Columella winged, persistent* Fruit capsular, size 



of a pea ... ... ... ... 1. S. seltfertiin* 



Columella not persistent. Capsule large, woody ... 2. S, indicum. 

 Fruit drupaceous, obscurely lobed, ^ inch ... 3. S, insigne, 



1. S. sehiferum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ITI. 693; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 470; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 77. Exccecaria sehifera, Brandis For. Fl. 441. 

 Chinese Tallow Tree. Pipalyank, Vern. 



A native of China, Cultivated near Bombay. Fl. June. Fr. ripe Oct. 



2. S. indicum, Willd. Sp. PI. IV. 672 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 471 ; FL Br. I. 



5. 471 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 181. Hurna, M. 



Bay of Bengal, from the Sunderbuns to Tenasserim. Various parts of 

 the South Konkan, Graham. I do not think this tree is found in the 

 Bombay Presidency. 



Wood soft and white, with a small brown heartwood* 



3. S. insigne, Benth. in Gen. Plant. III. 835 ; FL Br. I. 5. 471 • 

 var. malaharica Exccecaria insignis, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 214; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 442, Falconerict malaharica^ Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 227. U'm, hure^ 

 dudla, M. ; Kurda, nanaha, K. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Common near the 

 coast of the Konkan and North Kanara, on dry rocky soil, usually on 

 laterite, also in moist forests on the ghats. FL 0. S. Fr. Mch. 



A small or large deciduous tree with much acrid milk. Bark deeply 

 fissured, corky. Wood greyish-white, very soft, and spongy ; used for the 

 cylinders of native drums. 



31. EX C (EC ARIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs with milky sap. I- eaves simple, usually alter- 

 nate, with paired stipules. Flowers minute in terminal or axillary, 

 androgynous spikes, usually monoecious. Males 1-3 in each bract 

 2-bracteolate ; female at the base of the raceme or on separate racemes ; 

 rachis with large glands beneath or at the sides of the bracts. Male 

 fl. Calyx 2-3 divided. Petals and disk 0. Stamens 2-3, free or 

 connate. Fem. fl. Calyx 3-fid or partite. Ovary 2-4-celled ; cells 

 1-ovuled; styles 2-4, simple, connate at the base. Fruit a 3-celled 

 capsule ; cocci separating from the columella. Seeds globose ; albu- 

 men fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. The genera Exccecaria and 

 Sapium should be united. 



Leaves alternate. Sepals minute, unequal ... 1, E. Affallochat 



Leaves opposite. Sepals orbicular, irregularly 

 toothed ... ... ... ... 2. K robusta. 



