FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 123 
Sauropus concinnus, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XVIII.) 
Frutex nanus (specimina nostra infra pedalia), erectus, undique 
glaber, striete ramosus, caulibus ramulisque gracilibus angulatis, 
internodiis folia æquantibus vel brevioribus. Folia brevissime 
petiolata, crassa, erecta, ramulis appressa, orbiculari-cordata» 
maxima semipollicaria, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis latera- 
libus utrinque 3-4 conspicuis inter se anastomosantibus ; stipule 
minute, acute, persistentes. Flores axillares, vix 2 lineas dia- 
metro, breviter pedicellati. Flores d sæpius geminati; calyx 
subcarnosus, latus, 6-lobatus, appendicibus magnis truncatis ; 
andrecium latum, triangulare, depressum, triandrum, antheris 
sessilibus fere horizontalibus. Flores 9 solitarii; calyx 6-par- 
titus, segmentis distincte biseriatis fere orbicularibus undulatis 
inappendiculatis deorsum attenuatis; gynecium latum, stylis 
brevibus bifidis, ramulis fere horizontalibus incurvis. Fructus 
ignotus. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVIII. 
A branch of Sauropus concinnus, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. 1, male flower in an early stage; 2, male flower fully developed ; 3, female 
flower. All enlarged. 
Phyllanthus Emblica, Zinn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 289.—Shan 
States, Aplin. 
Throughout tropical India, Ceylon, and Malaya, and extending 
to South China. 
Phyllanthus, pomiferus, Hook. f.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 289; 
syn. Cieca macrocarpa, Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 352.— 
Meiktila, and Shan hills at 5000 feet. 
Pegu and Prome districts of Burma. 
Phyllanthus ($ Euphyllanthus) Prainianus, Coll. et Hemsl., 
n. sp. 
Frutex ramis crassiusculis albidis glabris, ramulis lateralibus 
foliiferis floriferisque crebris brevibus gracilibus pubescentibus 
angulo acuto adscendentibus (deciduis ?), internodiis quam folia 
multo brevioribus. Folia disticha, ramulis appressa, brevissime 
petiolata, crassiuscula, oblongo-elliptica vel interdum fere orbi- 
cularia, usque ad semipollicaria, utrinque rotundata vel apice 
