480 A. T. GAGK. EUPHORBIACEAE. 



pyriforme, circa 0.8 mm. in diametro, 5 — 4-loculare ; styli brevissimi, obscure bifidi. Capsula 

 subglobose trilobata, glabra, 3 mm. in diametro, stigmatibus minutis coronata. 



Semina triquetra, dorso oblique convexo, longitudinalitcr striata, circa i mm. longa. 



Dittch Xew (iuinea: Uppcr Van (1er Sande-River, 80 m. [Puli.k n. 320, Xovember 1912]. 



Glochidion Forst. 



^ Glochidion philippicum Robinson in Philip. Journ. Se. C. Bot. IV (1909) 103; J. |. S.mith in Nova 

 Guinca \ III, il, 223 et in Koori>er.s & Valet. Boomsoort. Java, XII, 139. — G. philippincnsc 

 lUh. FI. Hongk. 314; Muell. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII, 65. — G. (/iicrcinuiii Boerl. Handl. III, 

 i, 276. — G. comprcssicaule Kurz e.K T. & B. in Nat. 'l'ijd.schr. Ned. Ind. XXVII, 45. — 

 Phyllanthus philippinensis Muell. Arg. in Flora XXIII, 376; in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 295. — 

 P. qinrcinns Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 306. — F/i. compi-cssicatilis Muell. Arg. in 

 Flora XXIII, 376; in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 295. — Ph. erythrococcus K. Sclnim. in Schum. et 

 Laut. Nachtr. FI. deutsch Schutzgeb. Sùdsee 287. — Ph. Kurzianus Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV, ii, 1272. — Bradlcia Philippica Cav. le. IV, 48, t. 371. — B. philippinensis Willd. Sp. 

 Plant. IV, 592. — Gyrostemon Blancoi Llanos Fragm. Alg. PI. Filip. 74. — Coccoglochidion 

 erythrococcus K. Schum. 1. c. 293. 



Diitch Xew (iuinea: on the North River near Bivak Island: A. PulleXo. : 89! Xo. 226: 

 l)istrii)utii)n : Phili])pine Islands, Hongkong, Malayan Archipelago, Dutch New Guinea. 



^ Glochidion novoguineense K. Schuui. in Schum. et Laut. Nachtrg. FI. deutsch Schutzgeb. Siidsee, 

 287; J. J. Smhh in Nova Guinea, Bot. VIII, ii, 224. 



Dutch Xew Guinea: on the North River near Bivak Island: A. Pulle No. 30, 20''' Sept. 1912 

 and No. 74, 24''' Sept. 191 2. 



ScHUM.-VNN anits from his description the facts that the margins of tlie maie sepals 

 are strongly inflected in the bud and that the seeds are superposed. 



Daphniphyllum Bl. 



^ Daphniphyllum gracile Gage n. sp. 



Frutcx circa 4 m. altus. Rami teretes, nigro-cinerei, cicatribus foliorum et bracteis 

 persistentibus ramulorum floriferorum notati, glabri, 3 — 6 mm. crassi. Folia — in ramis novellis 

 solum vi.sa — alterna, paulum congesta, exstipulata, longe petiolata ; lamina oblanceolata ad 

 oblongo-obovata, coriacea, 4 — 8 cm. longa, 1.2 — 4.5 cm. lata, apice acuto vel subacuto vel 

 rotundato, margine intègre, recurvato, basi obtuse cuncata; pagina superior in sicco viride 

 olivacea, glabra setulis prope marginem nigris paucis minutis exceptis, subnitida, costa média 

 et costis lateralibus ± incisis ; pagina inferior viride olivacea, subglauca, glabra, costa média 

 et costis lateralibus prominentibus; nervi latérales costae mediae utraque parte 8 — 10, irregu- 

 iariter excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes; nervuli reticulationem irregularem for- 

 mantes; petiolus I — 3 cm. longus, supra canalicuiatus, in sicco fuscus, glabcr vel parce minute 

 subsetulosus. Inflorescentiae O axillares racemosae ; racemi in novellis congesti, ex foliorum 

 axillis solitarii; rachis tenuis, teres, glabra, 1.5 — 4 cm. longa, basi bracteis minutis triangularibus 

 vel late ovatis coriaceis glabris cincta. Flores tenuiter pedicellati, alterni, paulum distantes 

 etiani apud rachidis apicem umbelliforme congesti; pedicelii 0.5 — i cm. longi, sulcati, glabri, 

 cum bracteola basilare caduca minuta; calyx ovoidea, circa 3 mm. longa; sepala 3 — 4, auguste 



