Glochidion.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 317 
short latera] and terminal leafless branchlets, 3-3 in. diam., puberulous, pericarp thick, 
cocci thin; style very large, half exserted. Seeds rather large and broad.— Mueller's 
description of Phyllanthus Perotettianus agrees so well with this, that, coming as it 
does from the same locality, I do not hesitate to include it as a synonym. 
28. G. obscurum, Blume Bijd. 585; finely tomentose, branchlets 
long slender, leaves bifarious 2-3 in. oblong obtuse or subacute ashy beneath, 
male fl. clustered shortly pedicelled, anthers 3 rarely 4-5, fem, subsolitary 
pedicels lengthening much in fruit, fem. sepals tomentose, ovary globose 
6-7-celled and as well as the columnar truncate 5-6-toothed style densely 
tomentose, capsule globose terete not lobed tip contracted, style truncate. 
Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 377. G. Roxburghianum, Muell. Arg. in. Linnea 
xxxi. 61. G. distichum, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii. 228. Phyllan- 
thus obscurus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 581; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 987. 
Bradleia pinnata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 700; Wall. Cat. 7866. Agyneia? 
pinnata, Miquel l. c. 368. 
Prenana, Wallich. PERAK, King’s Collector.— DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, China. 
. A shrub, 15 ft., or (in Perak) tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves of uniform size and at equal 
distances along the branches which are 12-18 in. long, rather coriaceous, pale opaque 
and puberulous above, upper base rounded, lower narrow acute; nerves slender; 
petiole 2 in, Sepals of male oblong, obtuse, outer tomentose; anthers in a globose 
small column. Fem. fl. solitary amongst the males; sepals short, recurved. Capsule 
1 in. diam., finely tomentose, obscurely 12-14-angled or ribbed, tipped by the lobed 
style; pedicel slender, pubescent, i-$ in.; pericarp thick, almost woody. Seeds 
much compressed laterally, 
29. G. perakense, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, leaves 3-4 in. oblong- 
lanceolate acute quite glabrous, nerves very faint ascending, petiole slender, 
male fl. clustered shortly pedicelled, sepals broadly oblong glabrous, anthers 
9, fem, fl. few shortly pedicelled, sepals of the male, ovary and short 
columnar round-topped, style densely tomentose, capsule ped icelled depressed 
globose 3-celled nearly glabrous very obscurely 6-lobed, style minate. 
PERAK ; at South Balang, King’s Collector. . . 
Branches very sparsely puberulous or glabrous, slender. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
greenish above, brown beneath, hardly shining ; base acute, unequal; petiole 3-2 in. 
Male fl. about js in. diam. ; pedicels 3-4 in. Fem. fl. solitary amongst the males ; 
style villous to the tip. Capsule } in. diam. when ripe, almost terete, pericarp thick, 
With obscure raised lines at the sutures. 
30. G. spherogynum, Kurz For. Fl ii. 346; everywhere glabrous, 
leaves 4-12 in, coriaceous lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base 
acute, male fl. small pedicelled, sepals elliptic, anthers 3, connectives short, 
em. densely clustered subsessile, sepals orbicular, ovary turbinate glabrous 
6-celled, crowned by the subglobose entire style, capsule subsessile much 
*pressed deeply 8-12-lobed with the large globose style in the depressed 
apex, Phyllanthus spherogynus, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlviii. (1865) 375, 
and In DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 293. P. fagifolius a, Muell. in DC. 1. c. 288 (the 
hittagong plant). Bradleia lanceolaria, Wall. Cat. 7855 D. 
EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Sikkim, Clarke; Bhotan, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
4832/1). Currragona J. D. H. & T.T. BunMa; from Pegu to Tenasserim, 
Wallich, &c. d 
A small tree with weeping branches, bark pale. Leaves very long and narrow, 
attaining 14 by 2 in., but sometimes only 4 by 1} in., smooth and often green when 
Ty above, nerves slender ; petiole stout, 3-} in.; stipules short, triangular. Capsule 
in. diam., shortly stoutly pedicelled, smooth, furrows extending to the large globose 
style.— Diseased flowers occur as enlarged woody turbinate bodies surmounted by 6 
