Glochidion.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 318 
Ninentri Hiris, Metz. (CurrrAGONG P), PxGU and TENASSERIM, Kurz, 
Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4862). 
Branchlets very smooth, angular and grooved. Leaves greenish or brown when 
dry, polished, base very acute and decurrent on the petiole; nerves 6-8 pair, distinct 
on the upper surface, raised on the lower; petiole qig-$ in.; stipules triangular. 
Male fl. 1 in, diam., pedicels 3 in. or less, glabrous or puberulous ; sepals obovate; 
connectives acute. Fem. fl. very much smaller, shortly stoutly pedicelled; sepals 
minute, very broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, margins translucent; style exserted, 
larger than all the rest of the flower, glabrous, tumid, ovarian cells hidden under the 
style.—I have seen no capsule, which Kurz describes (from Tenasserim specimens) 
as smooth and 3—4-coccous. I have described this, which is Mueller's var. concolor, 
from Metz and Hohenacker's specimens. I cannot identify any of my Chittagong 
plants with it, as Mueller does; nor have I seen his var. cwsius from the Nilgherries, 
for which he gives no further distinctive character than that the branchlets are 
superne intense cesiis,” and leaves paler above. 
17. G. brachylobum, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 62; robust, quite 
glabrous, leaves 4—6 in. thickly coriaceous oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse or 
obtusely acuminate, nerves few faint, flowers all shortly pedicelled, anthers 
» fem. fl. very shortly pedicelled, calyx cupular unequally 4-6-lobed, 
ovary obovoidly globose 4—8-lobed with 4—8 basal cells quite glabrous, cap- 
sule depressed-globose obscurely 3-5-lobed with a very large globose style. 
Beddome Forester’s Man. 192. G. coriaceum, Thwaites Enum. 285 in part. 
Phyllanthus brachylobus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 288. 
CEYLON ; in the Central Province, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 3016). . 
Branchlets woody, bark very pale. Leaves the thickest of any Indian species, 
green or brown above, brown beneath, base acute or rounded ; nerves 3-5 pair, very 
faint, nervules 0; petiole long for the genus, 4-3 in., very stout; stipules triangular- 
lanceolate, Flowers few in a cluster, very coriaceous, male and fem. together. 
Male pedicel not much longer than the perianth (perhaps not evolute); sepals oblong, 
very coriaceous ; connectives as long as the cells. Fem. f. with spreading round 
calyx-lobes, Capsule 3 in. diam., pericarp thick, red-brown when dry. 
18. G. macrostigma, Hook. f.; glabrous, branches slender, leaves 
elliptic-oblong subacute thin very glaucous beneath, male fl. shortly pedi- 
celled, sepals quite glabrous oblong, anthers 5, fem. fl. shortly pedicelled 
minute, calyx 6-lobed pubescent, style very large globose 5—6-cleft suddenly 
contracted into a very short pubescent base which is narrower than the 
6-celled globose nearly glabrous ovary. 
PENANG ; at Penara Bukit, Curtis. . Imost 
Branches elongate, terete, black when dry. Leaves 3-4 in., membranous, almos 
ack above when dry, beneath white, base usually very unequal, one side rounded the 
other acute; nerves 5-6 pairs, very slender, nervules hardly any; petiole short, 
slender ; stipules minute, triangular. Male fl. generally fewer than the fem., $ 1n. 
am. ; sepals subequal. Fem. pedicels short, slender, erect ; calyx-lobes triangular- 
ovate, sparsely pubescent ; stigma exserted, much larger than the perianth, lobes 
erect obtuse. ` Fruit unknown.—A very remarkable species with a peculiar stigma, 
not unlike that of the genus Megististigma (of this Order). The habit and foliage 
are those of P, glaucifolius, Wall. 
19. G. sclerophyllum, Hook. f; branchlets robust and leaves 
beneath and inflorescence D tomentose or pubescent, leaves 3-6 in. 
stiffly coriaceous broadly ovate or oblong acute or cuspidately acuminate 
base broadly rounded or cordate, nerves very strong, flowers minute all 
tpa and pedicelled, male sepals oblong, anthers 5, style subcylindric 3-4- 
oothed hispid twice as long as the tubular obtusely irregularly toothed 
calyx base narrower than the hispid or glabrous ovary, capsule pedicelled 
