N. 0. EUPHORBIAOEjE. 
1157 
l-2in. long, very variable, J-2£in., rather slender. Racemes 
often fascicled, elongate erect; pedicels long or short. Stamens 
10-12, woolly below, glabrous above. Sepals of male broadly 
oblong ; petals as long as sepals, woolly ; disk glands 5, rounded. 
Sepals of female oblong ; petals small, linear ciliate ; disk de- 
pressed. Ovary oblong, 3-gonous, styles 2-partite. Capsule 
globose, jin. diam., lepidote, 3-lobed ; top depressed. 
Uses : — The seeds and fruits are purgative. 
“ The Goanese and inhabitants of Southern Concan admi- 
nister the bark in chronic enlargements of the liver and 
in remittent fever. In the former disease, it is both taken 
internally and applied locally. As an application to sprains, 
bruises, rheumatic swellings, etc., it is in great request.” 
(Dymock.) In the Southern Concan, it has a reputation as a re- 
medy in snake-bites (Pharmacogr. Ind. FIT 287). 
The Santals use the bark and root as a purgative and as an 
alterative in dysentery. (Campbell.) 
1148 . C. caudatus, Geisel., h.f.b.i., v. 388 . 
Syn. C. drupaceum, Rox'k 688. 
Vern. Nan bhantur (Beng.) ; Takchabrik (Lepcha) ; Wusta 
(Uriya). 
Habitat : — Eastern Himalaya ; Sikkim and Bhotan. Assam, 
Bengal and Sylhet to the Deccan. 
A large straggling shrub, more or less scandant. Stem 
often attaining 1-1 §ft. Girth, branchlets, petioles, young leaves 
and inflorescence rough with stellate hair. Bark thin, grey. 
Wood white or yellowish-white, hard, close-grained. Leaves 
very variable, smaller l-3in., ovate-cordate; larger 4-7 in., or- 
bicular-cordate; margin denticulate or rather coarsely toothed, 
often with a gland at the sinus or the teeth glandular, upper 
surface smooth or scaberulous, lower scabrid or tomentose ; 
nerves 2-3 pair above the basal, pubescent above ; glands minute. 
Petiole l-2in., scabrid ; stipules lacinate, glandulose. Racemes 
very long, slender, 4-10in. solitary, terminal. Bracts subulate 
or 0. Pedicels long or short. Male flowers tomentose ; sepals and 
petals of equal length. Disk-glands minute; receptacle villous 
with white hairs. Stamens 18-30, often far exserted ; filaments 
