Phyllanthus.? CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 301 
SILHET, Roxburgh, Wallick. 
Branches slender, terete, rusty-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, green when 
dry above, pale beneath, base rounded or cuneate ; nerves 7-10 pair, very faint; 
petiole J. in. ; stipules subulate, caducous. Flowers very numerous in the clusters, 
red, males 51, in. diam., with pedicels } in., females towards the ends of thejbranchlets, 
1g in. diam., pedicels stouter. Disk-glands of male reniform, of fem. larger 2-lobed. 
Fruit 1 in. diam., depressed, deeply 3-lobed, cocci thinly crustaceous. 
42. P. acutus, Wall. Cat. 7931; shrubby, quite glabrous, leaves 
1}-2 in. obliquely ovate acute unequal-sided, male fl. from short bracteate 
peduncles solitary axillary, fem. in terminal racemes, sepals of male 4 of 
fem. 6 of both ovate obtuse entire, disk of both sexes orbicular deeply lobed, 
493 Y glabrous. Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 75, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 
PENANG ? Finlayson. . 
Branches smooth, terete; branchlets very slender, long, ascending. eaves thinly 
coriaceous when dry, dark greenish-brown above, pale brown beneath ; nerves 6-8 
patr, very faint; petiole and stipules minute. Male fl. 3 in. diam.; pedicel capillary, 
iin, bracteate, peduncle 44 in.; sepals membranous, fruiting about 3 in. long. 
Fem. fi, and fruit not seen.— Wallich's solitary specimen is in a very imperfect, 
state. Mueller gives Penang as the locality, but Wallich’s ticket gives only * Herb. 
Finlayson.” 
43. P. macrocalyx, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 48, and in DC. 
Prodr, xv. ii, 493 ; shrubby, quite glabrous, leaves 15-3 in. elliptic or oblong 
acute, flowers very large axillary solitary, sepals entire of fem. greatly 
enlarged in fruit, ovary glabrous. P Reidia latifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1904, £. 2 
J error 3, see text), 
Drocan PENINSULA ; Shevagherry Hills, Wight; Bababoodan Hills, Law. 
, Much branched, branches terete. Leaves spreading, thinly coriaceous, more or 
8s glaucous beneath, base rounded; nerves 6-8 pair, very slender; petiole yy in.; 
stipules lanceolate, caducous. Male fl. in the lower axils, } in. diam. ; pedicels } in., 
slender ; sepals broadly oblong; disk greatly dilated, 4-lobed, fleshy, tuberculate. 
Fem, f. 4 in. diam., pedicels 3 in., thickened upwards; sepals orbicular-oblong ; 
disk broadly saucer-shaped, fleshy, granular; styles reflexed, 2.fid to the middle. 
ruiting sepals $by Lin. Fruit not seen ripe. The disk is of the same character 
"SP. Baillonianus. — 
41. P. &omphocarpus, Hook. f: ; shrubby, branchlets and petioles 
Scurfily rusty-pubescent, leaves 1-4 in. obliquely ovate or ovate lanceolate 
acuminate base acute or cuneate sides very unequal, male fl. minute panic e 
Pedicels short capillary sepals ovate fimbriate, fem. large solitary very long 
E j in. l subglobose 3-lobed lobes 
inflated” » Sepals denticulate, capsule 1 iv. long subg 
A shrub, 6 ft.; branchlets long, slender. Leaves membranous, quite glabrous ; 
Fons 6-8 pair, very slender ; petiolo jy in. Male fl. 5 -4 in. diam. ; pedicel js in. 
th Ste in. diam. ; pedicel 14-2 in.; stigmas minute. Seeds small for the size of 
a Pule, 1 in, long, curved, trigonous; testa pale brown, transversely rugose 
d: Re llied to the Sumatran P. gracilipes, Muell., but the leaves, pedicels and ovary 
glabrous, 
** Leaves 1-13 in., pinnately arranged. 
;, $ Ovary and fruit glabrous, smooth. Sepals toothed or laciniate, except 
ae. longiflorus. 
4. P. pulcher, Wall. Cat. 7908; leafing branches pubescent on one 
