123. EUPHORBIACER. 431 
Racemi fl. 9 tum axillares, simplices, quam folia brevi iores, tum 
terminales, eum ramulis secundariis, quam folia longiores, pedicellis 
crassiusculis vix lineam longis bracteolas superantibus. Perian- 
thium 9 minutum, pubescens, brevissime 5-lobum. Fructus com- 
pressus, valde rugosus, parce hispidulus, 21-3 lineas longus. 
KwaservNaG: Lofaushan, at 800 feet (Ford, 57, coll. 1883 !), 
without locality (Ford, 163, coll. 1887 !). Herb. Kew. 
4. Antidesma Ghaesembilla, Gertn. Fruct. i. p. 189, t. 39; 
Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 251; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. v. p. 357. 
Antidesma paniculatum, Rozb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 770; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 318. 
Kwaneruna: Pakhoi (Playfair!) ; Honaxone (Champion!) ; 
Harnan: without locality (4. Henry, 8099, 8100, 8371, 8488 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
India, Malaya, tropical Australia, and Africa. 
” 5. Antidesma gracile, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Species ad A. japonicum accedit, sed foliis pallidis, drupa 
anguste ovoidea, etc. amuli graciles, glabri vel citissimo gla- 
brescentes, cortice cinereo. Folia breviter petiolata, membra- 
nacea, oblongo-lanceolata, 2-4 poll. longa, acuminata simul 
apiculata, basi obtusa vel rotundata, rarius subcuneata, glabra, 
venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 arcuatis subtus 
leviter elevatis; petiolus 2-3 lineas longus, pilis paucissimis 
primum instructus; stipule lineares, acute, petiolum sub- 
equantes, cito decidue. Racemi fl. 9 graciles, axillares, solitarii, 
vel terminales et interdum aggregati, folia æquantes vel 
breviores, pedicellis gracilibus 1-1} lineam longis; bracteole 
minutissime. Perianthium fl. 2 glabrum, tenue, 4-lobum, lobis 
rotundatis.  Drupa pulverulenta, ovoidea, circiter 2j lineas 
longa. 
KwawarUNG: without locality (Ford, 258, coll. 1887 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
A very similar species was collected by Faber on mount Omei, 
Szechuen (56 and 68), but the material is insufficient. 
4 6. Antidesma Henryi, Hemsl. 
Frutex l2-pedalis (fide B. C. Henry), ramulis floriferis pu- 
bescentibus. Folia brevissime petiolata, subeoriacea, oblongo- 
lanceolata, 3-7 poll. longa, maxima circiter 2 poll. lata, abrupte 
acuteque acuminata, basi cuneata, utrinque primum secus costam 
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