lo6 euphorbiaCe^ 



Phyllanthus simplex Retzr, Vol. I p. 363. After the 

 first rains in April or May straight simple stems shoot 

 up and bear the leaves very regularly disposed ; later it 

 becomes a branched undershrub. The leaves show very 

 marked sleep movements. Petals as long as the sepals 

 broadly triangular, t. 493. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor. 



GLOCHIDION. 



See Vol. I p. 363. 



Glochidion neilghcrrcnse Wt.] Vol. I p. 364. An 

 abnormal probably diseased form of male flower is very 

 common, the pedicels being thicker, erect and the whole 

 flower larger, with the anther incumbent on a central 

 conical or dome-shaped mass. t. 494, 495. 



Nilgiris. 



Glochidion velutinum Wight ; Vol. I p. 364. t. 496. 



BREYNIA. F.B.I. 135 XXIII. 



Shrubs and trees. No petals. Stamens 3, filaments 



united. Fruit fleshy. 



Species about 12 in tropical Asia, Africa and the Pacific 

 Islands. 



Brcynia patens Benth,\ F.B.L V 329, XIII i. A small 

 shrub with spreading branches, and leaves usually all 

 facing upwards. Flowers at first drooping, in fruit 

 erect, t. 497. 



Nilgiris. In light shade or by the road side 5,500 feet and 

 below. 



Gen. Dist. Tropical Himalayas to Deccan. 



DAPHNIPHYLLUM. 



Daphniphyllum glaucesccns Blume; Vol. I p. 365. 

 t. 498. 



