30 EtipkorbiaceCB. {Glochidion. 



L. smaller, \\-2.\ in., less unequal-sided, acute at base, 

 obtuse at apex ; capsule larger, \ in. or more. 



Lower montane zone ; rather rare (?). Hunasgiriya. Fl. Sept. 

 Endemic. 



Dries nearly black. Thwaites considered var. /3 to be a variety of G. 

 rigidum. 



4. G-. rlg'idum, Mtiell. Arg. in Linncea, xxxii. 67 (1863). 

 Phyllanthus stcUatus^ Retz. Obs. Bot. v. 29 ; Moon, Cat. 65. Gyjioo7i 



rigidian^ A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 107. G. Jussieuiantttn, Wight, Ic. v. 2, 

 29. Glochidion J ussieuiatiuin, Thw. Enum. 285. G. Thwaitesii, Muell. 

 Arg. in Linn. 1. c. 66. Phyllanthus Jussieuianus, Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prod. 1. c. 304. C. P. 2561. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 320. Wight, Ic. t. 1908 {Gynoon triandru7n). 



Bush or small tree ; bark pale, lenticellate ; young parts 

 glabrous ; 1. 2-4! in., lanceolate, acute at both ends, some- 

 times slightly unequal-sided and falcate, glabrous, stiff, on 

 very short petioles ; fl. on slender ped. longer in male ; male 

 fl. : — Sep. 6, linear-lanceolate; anth. 3 ; fem. fl. : — sep. 6, lanceo- 

 late, acute, style very stout, 3 times as long as ov., slightly 

 exserted, deeply 3-lobed; fr. small, \-\ in., depressed, capped 

 with the short stout style 3- (6-) lobed, glabrous. 



Low country in both regions, and up to 4000 ft.; common. Fl. Jan.- 

 March; yellowish. 



Endemic. 



Koenig's specimens oi P. stellaius, Retz. are in Brit. Mas. i, and are 

 without doubt this plant. P. Jussieuattiis, kept distinct by Muell. Arg., 

 scarcely differs. 



5. G. coriaceum, Thw. Enum. 285 (in part) (1861). 

 Phyllanthus coriaceus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. I.e. 304. l". P. 342. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 321. 



A shrub or small tree ; branchlets angular, glabrous, or 

 slightly pubescent ; 1. 2|-6 in., variable, from lanceolate to 

 broadly oval, acute or rounded at base, shortly acuminate or 

 rounded, obtuse at apex, coriaceous, venation prominent 

 beneath ; stip. triangular, very acute, stiff, persistent ; fl. in 

 dense fascicles, male on glabrous ped., fem. sessile ; sep. ob- 

 long, obtuse, thick; style stout, twice as long as sep., faintly 

 3-lobed, glabrous ; fr. fully ^ in., depressed, strongly lobed, 

 crowned with long, often curved cylindric, style from its 

 sunken top. 



Montane zone ; rather rare. Hakgala ; Hewaheta ; Ambagamuwa. 

 Fl. March. 

 Endf-mic. 

 Usually dries coppery-brown. Style sometimes deciduous in fruit. 



