122 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
syn. Sphæroearya Wallichiana, Wight et Arnott.—Shan hills at 
4000 feet. 
South India and Ceylon. 
This genus was previously known from Malacca and Cochin- 
china, but not this species. 
Phacellaria compressa, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 235.— 
Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet; parasitic on Viscum monoicum, 
Roxb. 
Tenasserim. 
Phacellaria caulescens, Coll. et Hemsl.,n. sp. (Plate XVII.) 
Frutex parasiticus, aphyilus, caulescens, supra ramosus, pedalis, 
undique glaber, fere niger, ramulis teretibus ultimis floriferis 
graciliusculis. Flores minuti (9 tantum visi) vix semilineam 
diametro, in foveolis ramulorum sessiles ; perianthium subcar- 
nosum, 5-merum, lobis deltoideis vix acutis valvatis. Fructus 
anguste ovoideus, subcarnosus, 24-3 lineas longus, semen unicum 
(imperfectum ?), examinatum album, 5-lobatum. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet; parasitic on a Loranthus. 
The size and habit characterize this species, which in these 
respects is nearest to the hoary P. Wattii, Hook. f. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVII. 
A plant of Phacellaria caulescens, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. J, portion of a flower-bearing branch; 2, 9 flower; 3, section of the 
same; 4, cross section of fruit; 5, vertical section of fruit; 6, seed. 
All enlarged. 
EUPHORBIACER. 
Euphorbia prolifera, Ham.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 264.—Shan 
hills plateau at 5000 feet. 
Kashmir and the Punjab eastward, and in Yunnan. 
Bridelia montana, Willd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 269.—Meiktila. 
North India from the Punjab to Khasia, and also in Southern 
India. 
Bridelia stipularis, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 270; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 369.—Shan hills at 4000 feet ; also collected by 
Mr. Aplin. 
Tropical India, Malaya, Ceylon, Philippines, and tropical 
Africa. 
