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EUPHORBIACE^E, 
AGROSTISTACHYS INDICA. (Dalz.) A small tree up to 15 feet high, leaves subcoriaceous or coriaceous, 5-15 
inches long by 1-6 inches broad, from narrow lanceolate elliptic to very broadly ovate, very coarsely serrated with the serratures in¬ 
curved, or sometimes quite entire, margin much thickened, glabrous on both sides, primary veins very prominent and thick very vari¬ 
able in number, transverse veinlets also very prominent, petioles up to 2| inches long, stipules ovato-lanceolate subulate acuminate 
striated soon deciduous, bracts broadly triangulari-ovate acute concave sericeous, petals obovate, connective obtuse produced beyond 
the anther-cells. Ovary hairy. Dais. 1. c. 
Very common in our dense Ghat forests from Canara down to South Tinnevelly, 3-5000 feet elevation, also on the Bombay 
ghats, and in Ceylon 1-2000 feet elevation, and in Birmah aud the Andamans. 
PLATE No. CCXLI. 
BIXINE2E. 
ASTERIASTIGMA MACROCARPA. (Bedd.) A large tree, dicecious, young shoots minutely aureo-pubescent, leaves exactly 
oblong with a short sudden point at the apex, quite entire, above glabrous or the costa very minutely pubescent towards the base, beneath 
glabrous except the costa aud primary veins (which are minutely strigose) and furnished with very minute white dots (under the lens) 
10-12 inches long by 3| broad, venation very prominent beneath, the primary veins much raised about 7 on each side alternate, vein- 
lets parallel prominent with the venules prominent and beautifally reticulated, petioles 9-10 lines long pubescent, female flowers 
whitish about 1 inch across in few-flowered 1-1|- inches long fascicles on the older branches, pedicels 4-5 lines long thick, calyx segments 
rounded minutely puberulous or subglabrous, petals 12 shorter than the calyx ciliate oblong, stamens about 60 in 2 rows, anthers oblong 
small opening longitudinally along the outer edge, ovary sessile, placentas 6-7. Male jloivers in short axillary many-flowered racemes 
petals 16, stamens about 70 in 3 rows rudiment of ovary 8-lobed. Bedd. Flora Sylvatica page ccxxxvi and Analytical Plate 28 male 
flowers only ; tab. cclxvi. the female tree. 
Travancore ghats, 2-3000 feet elevation, 
PLATE No. CCXLII, 
LEGUMINOSiE. 
SMITHIA SETULGSA. (Dalzell.) 3-4 feet high, stems hispid with long deflexed hairs, leaves 4-5 inches long, leaflets 5-10 
pair linear-oblong ending in a bristle glabrous oubotk sides, the margins long ciliate about 1-1^ inches long by 3-5 lines broad, the common 
petiole hispid, stipules adnate setaceo-acuminate scariose glabrous, flowers in a large terminal panicle, calyx striated strigose and ciliate, 
the segments entire very unequal the upper large suborbicular or obovate the lower boat-shaped acute, bracts small ovate nearly half 
as long as the calyx, flowers bright yellow, legume 10-12 seeded reticulated. Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Hot, iii. p. 208. 
Common in the Wynaad and elsewhere on our Western Ghats and in the Bombay Presidency ; the specimen figured was 
gathered at the head of the Carcoor ghat at nearly 3000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCXLIII. 
SMITHIA CAP1TATA. (Dalz.) Stems glabrous 1-2 feet, leaves 1^-2| inches long, leaflets 9-15 pair linear oblong obtuse 
ending in a bristle ciliate at the margins and on the costa beneath with long hairs, 4-6 lines long by l|-2 lines broad, the common 
petiole hispid, stipules adnate terminating in a bristle, flowers numerous in spherical solitary terminal heads, bracts obovate equalling 
the calyx and similar to its segments, calyx segments glabrous undivided but very coarsely toothed the teeth ending in very long 
bristles, legume 5-7 seeded glabrous smooth. Dalz. 1. c. 
The Anamallays, Bolampatty hills and elsewhere on our Western Ghats and on the Bombay Ghats ; the specimen figured was 
gathered on the Bolampatty hills near Coimbatore. 
PLATE No. CCXLIV. 
ACANTHACEiE. 
EBEPvMAIERA LIGULATA (Bedd.) Shrubby erect 2-3 feet, stems terete glanduloso-pubescent, leaves membranaceous l-3 ( 
inches long by |-f inch broad spathulate and gradually dean-rent down the petiole entire or obscurely creuate, glanduloso-pubescent 
