312 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker)  [Glochidion. 
clustered all pedicelled ovate, style twice as long as the sepals rather slender 
clavate tip 5-6-lobed, glabrous base narrower than the globose 5-celled g 3 
brous ovary, capsule small globose terete. G. subscandens, Kurz For. FI. 
ii. 344 (not of Zollinger). Phyllanthus Helferi, Muell. Arg. in Flora xvm. 
372, and in DC. Prodr. xv. 11. 286. 
TENASSERIM, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4874, 4879). n 
Branchlets black when dry, obscurely angled. Leaves brown when dry, rat er 
thin; nerves 6-10 pair, raised beneath, cross-nervules distinct, often reticulate ; 
petiole rather long, -4 in. ; stipules triangular, cuspidate. Male pedicels à M 
perianth 4 in. diam.; connectives short, acute. Fem. pedicels $ in.; sepals oyato- 
lanceolate, acute, erect. Capsule } in. diam., obscurely ribbed, style minute. See 
ovoidly trigonous. 
14. G. brunneum, Hook. f.; glabrous, branchlets stout angular, 
leaves (for the genus) long-petioled 4-6 in. thinly coriaceous oblong an 
cuspidate or oblong-lanceolate and acuminate, nerves slender, flowers d: 
crowded on the bracteolate ends of a stout peduncle, males shortly p d 
celled, sepals unequal thick oblong obtuse, anthers 5-6, fem. subsessi 
style stout cylindric-clavate glabrous 5-toothed twice as long as the ova A 
oblong sepals base narrower than the villous 4-6-celled ovary, ari 
globose or slightly depressed obscurely 4—6-lobed tipped with stiff cylindric 
style. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1358). SINGAPORE, T. Anderson (Herb. 
Hort. Bot. Calc ). b- 
Branchlets rigid. Leaves of a fine light red-brown when dry, base obtuse or sub 
acute; nerves 6-10 pair, very slender, but raised beneath, cross-nervules distan” 
faint; petiole }-}in.; stipules triangular, coriaceous. Peduncles in. stif; 
bracteoles minute; pedicels 3 in. Male perianth 35 in. diam. ; connectives pri 
obtuse. Fem. perianth petaloid, about as large; pedicel lengthening in frui . 
Capsule }—} in. diam., pericarp thick, valves 2-partite.— Habit of G. zeylamicum, 
from which the longer petioles distinguish it. 
15. G. oblatum, Hook. f.; branches finely tomentose, leaves oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or acute glaucous and glabrous or sparsely 
pubescent beneath, male pubescent, sepals obovate or subspathulate, anthers 
4-6, fem. fl. subsessile minute, sepals short tomentose on both surfaces, 
style short stout conic and 4-5-celled ovary densely tomentose, capsu'e 
shortly pedicelled orbicular very depressed obscurely-lobed pubescent crow? 
not intruded tipped by the minute style. H 
Sikkim HIMALAYA, Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4853). TeRat, J. D. #. 
CACHAR, Keenan. b- 
A low leafy tree; branches long, slender. eaves 2—4 in., bases equal or "us . 
equal, rounded or subacute, brown when dry, quite glabrous in Cachar specimen r 
nerves very slender, nervules obscure; petiole short, pubescent; stipules slew M 
Male fl.; outer sepals obovate, inner narrower more spathulate; connectives ree 
Fem. fl. inconspicuous, minute; sepals obtuse. Capsule 4-3 in. diam., nearly teret» 
twice as broad as long.—A very distinct species. 
16. G. fagifolium, Miquel Plant. Hohenack. No. 1465; quite gia 
brous, branchlets angular, leaves 2-3 in. thin obliquely ovate-lanceo ^ 
acuminate rather shining on both surfaces, nerves and reticulations stro g» 
male fl. numerous in a cluster long-pedicelled, sepals broad, anthers : le 
fem. fl. subsessile in dense capitate clusters, calyx shortly 6-lobed, " Ta 
globosely 4—6-lobed much larger and broader than the very short gla er's 
4—6-celled ovary, capsule orbicular depressed smooth. Beddome Foren viii. 
Man. 193. Phyllanthus fagifolius, var. concolor, Muell. Arg. in Flora 
373, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 288. 
