428 123. EUPHORBIACEE. 
Bacca coccinea (Playfair), 11-2 lineas diametro. — Breynia 
patens, Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 359, non Melanthesopss 
patens, Muell. Arg. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 483, 484, 485! Watters, 41!) 
Apes’ Hill ( Playfair!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
“The tree called Shau-ch'i-chin. The leaves and root are used 
to make a wash, which is said to be effectual in removing blisters 
caused by paint and varnish.” — Watters. 
3. Breynia rhamnoides, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2 
p. 440, excl. varietates a et y, fide Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 
p. 330. 
Melanthesa rhamnoides, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1898. 
Phyllanthus rhamnoides, Retz.; Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 270. 
Cuexiane: Ningpo mountains (Faber, 98!) : Huren : Ichang, 
Patung, and other localities (.4. Henry, 1531, 1589, 1633, 3578, 
4258, 7304!) ; Lucnu AncurPELAGO (Beechey! Wright!) Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in tropical Asia. 
1. Bischofia javanica, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1168; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. p. 316; Maxim. in Engl. Jahrb. vi. p. 59; Muell. Arg. 
in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 478; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 849. 
Bischofia trifoliata, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 844. 
Stylodiscus trifoliatus, Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 133, t. 29. 
Bischofia oblongifolia, Decne. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 154. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 496!), Apes’ Hill (Playfair !) ; 
Hvrzn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 1558, 
1558 A, 3097!); Kwanarune: without locality (Ford, 351!) ; 
Honekone (Harland! Wright! Wilford!) ; Hatnan (A. Henry, 
8127!) ; Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright! Döderlein ex Maximo- 
vicz). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
India, Malaya, and Polynesia. 
“ A very large deciduous tree; the Wu yang.” —A. Henry. 
1. Aporosa lanceolata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1879, p. 14, vix 
Thwaitesit. 
KwaworUNG: in woods above the monastery, Tingushan 
(Sampson !), along the West river (Lamont, hb. Hance, 7810 )). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Only the female is known, and we greatly doubt its being the 
same as the Ceylon plant. 
