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cxxvni. EUPHORBTACEiE. [Jatropha. 
(1) J. curcas Linn. Sp. Pl. 1006; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 383. 
Shrub about 6 to 8 ft. tall, branched, bark grey, glabrous 
except the shoots. Leaves membranous orbicular cordate, entire 
or 3- to 5-lobed, base retuse, 4 to 6 in. long and wide; petioles 
2 ’5 to 5 in. long. Cymes pubescent or glabrous, 4 in. wide, on 
peduncles 2-5 in. long. Flowers *25 in. wide. Petals light yellow, 
connate. Disc-glands 5, two larger than the others. Fruit oblong, 
1 to 1-5 in. long, yellow. Seeds oblong black. Hob. Cultivated 
ground, used as a hedge plant. Native name: Jarak B'landa. 
Distrib, Tropics. 
(2) J. gossypifolia Linn. Sp. PL 1006; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 
383; Bot. Reg. t. 746. 
Shrubby plant 2 or 3 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 3- to 5-lobed 
purple, lobes glandular serrate, 4 in. long and wide; petioles 3-5 in. 
long, glandular hairy. Cymes 2 in. long on peduncles 4 in. long. 
Bracts glandular hairy. Flowers -5 in. wide. Petals free, ovate 
red. Disc lobed. Fruit oblong, 2-lobed with flat top, -5 in. long, 
*3 in. through, brown. Hab. Waste ground; a garden escape; 
Singapore, Jurong. Distrib. A native of Brazil, now established 
in Burma, and many other countries. 
28 . GALE ARIA, Zoll. and Mor. 
Shrubs or treelets. Leaves alternate, entire, base often un¬ 
equal-sided. Flowers small or minute in long slender terminal 
racemes. Male racemes fascicled. Female racemes solitary. 
Male flowers; calyx 5-toothed or lobed. Petals 5, short concave 
and tips indexed induplicate-valvate, keeled inside. Stamens 10; 
filaments very short. Pistillode usually hairy. Female flower, 
perianth as in male. Ovary 2- to 3-celled; ovules 1 in a cell. 
Styles short, slender bifid. Fruit pulpy transversely oblong or 
broadly obcuneate or reniform (rarely large globose). Seeds testa 
membranous. Species 12 to 15, Malayan, Tenasserim, Siam. 
Racemes stout; buds oblong; petals boat-shaped ; 
fruit large globose 
Racemes slender; buds sub-globose; fruit small 
flattened laterally. 
Petals hood-shaped; stamens glabrous. 
Petals hairy; pedicels short .... 
Petals glabrous; pedicels long . . 
Petals glabrous; flowers sub-sessile. 
Petals oblong boat-shaped; anthers glabrous. 
Branchlets glabrous. 
Female flowers solitary in bract 
Female flowers several in a bract 
Branchlets red-pubescent. 
Leaves 4-5 in. long, ovate-oblong . 
Leaves 6 in. long, lanceolate-elliptic 
Leaves 7 in. long, oblong 
Petals orbicular concave ; anthers hairy. 
Pedicels short; bracts subulate . 
Petals elliptic concave. 
Pedicels long slender; bracts subulate 
Pedicels very short; bracts subulate . 
(1) G. Maingayi 
{2) G. Lindleyana 
(3) G. affinis 
{4) G. phlebocarpa 
(5) G. Ridleyi 
(6) G. Wallichii 
(7) G. minor 
(9) G. Finlaysonii 
(9) G. fusca 
(10) G. fulva 
(n) G. pedicellata 
(12) G. subulata 
