4 Giochidiok.1 22. EUPEOBBIACE^. \ S. Kibganelia, 



L. 4f' by 2" to 6J' by 2J" rarely 7 by 3^", lower on the twigs mnch 

 smaller, oblong to elliptic acu'minate with 5-7 prs. slender sec. n. Petiole £", 

 Stipules $'' acuminate sometimes hardened. M. fls. on pedicels £-§ '' long*. 

 F. fls. i" long campannlate. Ovarii and prominent stylar-column pubescent 

 stalked. 



" Bark given medicinally when the stomach revoltp aerainst food," 

 Camp. The seeds give an oil used for burning. 



Var. L. narrowly lanceolate acuminate with very unequal acute base 

 closely resembles G, Gamblei, Hookf., but petioles somewhat pubescent. 

 Silingi, S. P. 



3. G. velutinum, Wight. 1 



A small tree with nearly all parts pubescent or tomentose, 

 L. elliptic to oblong or oblong-lanceolate 3-6J 7 by 1-2|" 

 shortly cuspidate or acuminate. Fls. axillary solitary and 

 fascicled, M. and F. usually in same cluster, M. yellow, F. 

 green. Capsule §" diam. pubescent. 



Valleys, rare. Singbhum. Fls. on tb« new shoots in A<nriL Ft. Aug. 

 till the following April. Evergreen. 



New shoots densely tomentose. L. persistently pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath, with 4-7 pairs strong sec. n. and cross nervules. Base 

 narrowed into the petiole. Petiole \". Stipules persistent subulate 

 shorter than petiole. M, fl. about £" diam. on pedicels £", sepals 6 nearly 

 free. F. fl. on shorter stouter pedicels. Styles in a sub-globose or sub- 

 terete-column larger than the ovary, unaltered in fruit. Capsule depres- 

 sed. 



5. Kirganelia, Baill. 



This genus which is sunk in Phyllanthus in the F.B.I. 

 seems better kept distinct, it has 4-7 stamens, free or connate 

 below, with or without a pistillode. Anthers with longi- 

 tudinal dehiscence. Ovary 5-12-celled with as many minute 

 sessile or sub-sessile stigmas surrounding a hollow umbo of 

 the ovary more resembling Glochidion than Phyllanthus. 

 Ovules aud seeds 2 superposed in each cell. Fruit with a 

 fleshy epicarp and soft 5-12-celled endocarp. 



1 Gamble's specimens from Tatkora and Sonua are placed under G. 

 Heyneannm, Wight. The specimens are not in flower. Heyneanum is less 

 pubescent and has a cylindric style twice the length of the sepals, while 

 that of velutinum is short columnar and 4-8- toothed. The capsules 

 have pedicels i" to nearly %', while those of velutinum are sub-sessile. 



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