578 CXV. EUPHOEBIACE^. 



3. Glochidion zeylanicum, A.Juss. Tent, Euphorh. (1824) p. 107. 

 Var. nitidum, Hool\ f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1887) p. 311. A small nearly 

 glabrous tree ; stem 1 ft. in diani. ; bark Ibin, grey, corky. Leaves 

 3|-7 by 1|-2:|- in., oblong, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, glabrous, bright 

 apple-green and shining above, paler beneath, base unequal-sided, usually 

 rounded: main-nerves 8-10 pairs ; petioles l-| in, long, stout ; stipules 

 triangular, acute, 1 iu. long. Flowers shortly pedicellate, the male and 

 female together in umbellate clusters on very short usually supra-axillary 

 peduncles, the female flowers the more numerous. [Sepals 5-0 in both 

 sexes, broadly ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, yV^i ^"- ^""g' Heshy, 

 glabrous, similar in both sexes. Staminal-coluinn ^ in. high ; anthers 

 5-7. Ovary 4-7-celled ; styles connate into a short cone, 0-8-toothed 

 at the apex. Capsules |-| in. in diam., subglobose, pedicellate, obscurely 

 lobed. glabrous. Glochidion zeylanicum, Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 302 ; 

 Woodr. in .Journ. Bomb. Nat. 'v. 12 (1899) p. 370. G. nitidum Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 235; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxcii. 

 — Flowers : Oct.-June. 



Konkan: near water in the S. Konkan, Bnlcell cf- Gihson; Vingorla, Dahelll 

 IvANARA : N. Kanara Ghats along streams and watercourses, both in evergreen and 

 deciduous forests, Tallioi ; Yellapiir and Jagalbet, IVoodrow. — Di.strib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



4, Glochidion velutinum, Wight, Icon. v. 5, part 2 (1852) p. 29, 

 t. 1907-2. A small tree 20-30 ft. high ; young branches, under surface 

 of the leaves, petioles, and inflorescence clothed with short velvety 

 pubescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 2-41 by 1^-2^ in,, elliptic- 

 oblong or ellijjtic-lanceolate, acute, obtuse or shortly acuminate, base 

 usually acute ; main nerves 0-8 pairs, conspicuous ; petioles i in. long; 

 stipules triangular, cuspidate. Flowers in axillary clusters, the males 

 and females together, Malk klowers : Pedicels often \ in, long, 

 slender, pubescent. Sepals 1 in. long, ovate, subacute, keeled and 

 pubescent on the back, 8taminal-column J^ in, high; antliers 3, con- 

 nate in tlie lower half ; connective-! acute, ^^^ in, long. Female flowers: 

 Pedicels 0-1 in. long, pubescent. Ovary and style pubescent ; style 

 enlarged at the truncate 4-7-tootlied tip, longer than the ovary. Cap- 

 sules I in. in diam., orbicuhir, dc^pressed, 4-7-celled and 4-7-lobed, 

 sessile or pedicellate, often leaving the bright red seeds on the tree. 

 Fl. B. L V. 5, p. 322 ; Bedd. For, Man. in Flor. Svlvat. p. cxcv ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 303; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p, 370; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 930 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. ;'.. p. 5(10, 

 — Flowers : Dec-Mar. 



Dcdzcll witiiout locality in Herb. Kew, Konkan: Law I ; GiiaLs, Stoc/isl S. M. 

 Country: Londa, IVixidrovi. Kanaka: /i'//r/«V', 13'J! ; Jagalbet, 7i7/W, 21 I—Di.stkib. 

 India (hot \allo_vs of the Ilinialaya, 15irina, Kliasia Hills, W. Peninsula). 



5. Glochidion malabaricum, licdd. For. Man. in Flor. S>/lva(. 

 (1872) p, cxciv, A small tree; bi'anchlets glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by 

 1^-2 in,, elli|)tic-()blong or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, base 

 usually subacute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, arching; petioles i-,V in. long; 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate, l^'lowers axillary, in dense clusters. JMale 

 FLOWEUS: Pedicels reaching .] in. long, fililorm. Calyx divided almost 

 to the base ; se})als 6, fleshy, ,1 by ^ in., oblanceolate-oblong. 8taminal- 

 column y'g in. higii ; anthers free; connectives about ^'^ in. long, tri- 



