'GlocJiidio?}.'] EupJiorbiacecB. 3 1 



6. G. nezuorale, Thw. Eniim. 286 (1861). 



Phyllanthus jieiiioralis, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. 1. c. 312. C. P. 3015. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 324. 



Tree ; branchlets long, angular, glabrous, or slightly pilose; 

 1. large, 4^-7 in., narrowly lanceolate, narrowed or rounded at 

 base, acuminate, acute, glabrous, lat. veins very oblique, pro- 

 minent, sometimes pilo-e beneath, on very short petioles; fl. 

 numerous, in large clusters, on slender pilose ped, longer than 

 petioles ; sep. oblong, acute ; style very long, 3 times length 

 of Sep., cylindrical, slightly clavate, very shortly 3-fid, glabrous ; 

 fr. I in., much depressed, 3-lobed, capped with long, stout, 

 columnar style, glabrous. 



Moist region, below 1000 ft. ; very rare. Pasdun Korale; Kuruwita. 

 Fl. Dec. 



Endemic. 



The very oblique prominent lat. veins well distinguish this species, as 

 well as the long style. 



7. G-. Gardnerj, Thw. Enum. 286 (1861). 



riiyllanthus leptogytitis, Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 312. G. leptogymt?n, 

 Bedd. For. Man. 195. C. P. 3156. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 325. 



Small tree or shrub; branchlets slender, angular, glabrous ; 

 1. 1^-3 in., oval, tapering at base into short petiole, scarcely 

 unequal-sided, shortly acuminate, apiculate, glabrous ; fl. in 

 small clusters, slender in male, short and pilose in fern. ; sep. 

 narrowly oblong, reflexed in male, hairy; style very slender, 

 more than twice as long as sep., 3-toothed ; fr. -^ in., much 

 depressed, 6-lobed, smooth, crowned with the long slender 

 style, cocci orange-red. 



Var. (8, Thw. acuminata, Trim. 



L. larger, 2^-5 in., lanceolate, often very unequal at base 

 and falcate, very acuminate. 



Moist region, the type from * Central Province, Gardner.' Var. /3 

 below 1000 ft. ; rather common. Pasdun Korale ; Reigam Korale ; 

 Wattegulle, Deyandera, &c., S. Prov. Fl. March, Sept. ; yellow. 



Endemic. 



Var. /3 is much the commoner plant ; indeed, the only specimens of 

 the type I have are from the Botanic Gardens. It is probably a distinct 

 species. The type dries black. 



8. G-. znontanum, Thw. Enum. 286 (1861). 



PhyUa7ithiis symplocoides., Muell. Arg. in DC. 1. c. 311. G. symplo- 

 coides, Bedd. For. Man. 195. C. P. 3133. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 325. 



