292 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Phyllanthus. 
A deciduous tree, 20-25 ft.; branchlets long, slender, terete. Leaves thin, dull 
brown when dry, glaucous and puberulous beneath and rarely above, base rondets 
nerves 5-7 pairs, slender; petiole j!; in.; stipules minute. Racemes (leafless tipi D 
branches) 6-8 in., erect; male fl. + in. diam. on capillary pedicels, with sprea ng 
sepals and minute disk-glands; fem. larger, shortly stoutly pedicelled, with short Lom 
erect sepals, and an urceolate disk. Staminal column far exserted ; anther-cells "eo x 
separate, closely adnate to the top of the column, surrounding a minute 3-lobed pistil- 
lode. Ovary glabrous. Capsule } in. diam., depressed, black. 
17. P. frondosus, Wall. Cat. 7932; shrubby, glabrous or branchlets 
puberulous, leaves 14-2 in. subsessile oblong or ovate-oblong acute or acu- 
minate, flowers in minute axillary clusters very shortly pedicelled glabrous, 
anthers erect acute free terminating a very short column, styles free en e 
2-partite segments linear. Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxi. 17. Giochi j^ 
frondosus, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 637. ? P. oxyphyllus, Mique hs 
Ind. Bat. Suppl. 448; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. i. 356. P. acutus, 
Wall. Cat. 7931, 7945. 
PENANG, Wallich, Curtis. PERAK, King’s Collector. —DISTRIB. ? Sumatra. L 
A shrub, 4-6 ft. in Perak; branches woody, with pale bark; branchlets ames 
slender, erect, tips angular. Leaves membranous, variable in size, dark brown a a ? 
when dry, paler beneath, base cuneate rounded or subcordate; nerves 5-9 pairs; 
stipules minute. Flowers } in. diam. ; pedicel not longer than the perianth. Sepa 
of both sexes broadly oblong. Connectives produced, acute. Disk of male of nin 
glands. Ovary globose, glabrous, styles reflexed on its crown. Fruit not seen.— "his. 
absence of flowering specimens of P. oryphyllus, Miq., I hesitate to unite it with ald 
The leaves of ozyphyllus are larger, 2-3 in. long, with more nerves, but this alone wo 
not separate it specifically. 
18. P. Kunstleri, Hook. f.; branchlets very slender angular pubem 
lous, leaves 2-23 in. subsessile ovate-lanceolate acuminate, flowers sessile m 
minute axillary clusters glabrous, anthers erect subsessile, ovary tomentose, 
styles 3 cleft to the middle arms diverging. 
PENANG ; alt. 800-1000 ft., King’s Collector (Kunstler). irs very 
A bushy tree, 20 ft. Leaves membranous, base rounded, nerves 8-10 pairs Con- 
faint; stipules minute. Flowers in. diam. Sepals of both sexes oblong. 
nectives not produced. Disk-glands of male 2-lobed. Styles erect and spreading. 
19. P. coriaceus, Wall. Cat. 7946; quite glabrous, leaves 3 in. sub- 
sessile elliptic-oblong acute coriaceous, male flowers minute in a arms 
clusters glabrous, anthers erect subsessile, stylar column elongate, 
reflexed. P. pachyphyllus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 353. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich. nts 
Shrubby. Leaves unequal-sided with broadly rounded often decurved DM 
contracted and very narrowly cordate, dark brown when dry and opaque, D lowers 
pairs, slender, cross-nervules indistinct ; petiole 1, in. Sepals ovate, obtuse. filaments 
lin. diam.; outer sepals oblong, inner more ovate. Stamens lanceolate, +The 
very short. Disk-glands of male 2, crenate. Ovary globose ; style columnar. 
specimens are very insufficient. 
, ** Herbs. 
: us, 
20. P. maderaspatensis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 982 ; quite gao ho 
leaves scattered i-1 in. subsessile narrowly or broadly cunea “af very 
vate glaucous beneath, stipules peltate, flowers axillary ma th white 
minute subsessile fem. very shortly pedicelled, sepals broad green w1 Muell. 
margins, styles free minute 2 lobed, seeds striated in rough lines. Inds 5 
Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 19, andin DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 362; Rosb. Ft. 
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