Plates 2563 and 2564. 



PHYLLANTHODENDRON MIRABILIS, Hemsl. 



EUPHORBIACE^:. 



Phyllanthodendron, Hemsl. (gen. nov.). Sepala utriusque sexus 5, e 

 basi ovata vel orbicularia, concava, caudato-acuminata, glandulis 

 linearibus vel ligulatis alternaiitia. Stamina 3, centralia, connectivis 

 supra antheras productis subulatis. Ovarium 3-loculare, stylis dis- 

 tinctisdivaricatis alte bifidis. Fr actus ignotus. 



P. mirabilis, Hemsl. (sp. unica). Arbor eleg&ns, 30-40-pedalis,trunco 

 simplici, ramis lateralibus confertis foliis pinnatis simillimis modo 

 foliorum ex ordine deciduis. Hand primum puberuli, biformes, id est 

 steriles et florif eri ; steriles numerosiores, robustiores, semper simplices, 

 3-5 ped. longi, plus minusve arcuati et penduli, foliis majoribus ; 

 floriferi graciliores, simplices vel ramulosi, supra axillas ramorum 

 sterilium superiorum enati, suberecti, foliis minoribus, parte inferiore 

 interdum aphylla. Folia varia, brevissime petiolata, demum sub- 

 coriacea, lanceolata, oblonga, ovata vel interdum fere orbicularia, 1-5 

 poll, longa, acuta vel obtusa, basi cuneata, rotundata vel cordata, 

 ,-equilatera vel imequilatera, supra primum puberula, cito glabrescentia, 

 subtus glauca ; stipuke e basi latiuscula subulate, cito arete reflexse. 

 Flares in axillis foliorum vel bractearum fasciculati, sessiles, masculini 

 pr^ecipue in parte inferiore rami, feminei in parte superiore positi ; 

 masculini circiter 3 lin., feminei 6 lin. diametio. — Phyllanthu8mirabUis l 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2. p. 355. 



Siam : the garden of the temple of Wat Cheng, Bangkok, Rob, 



Schomburgk* 



When arranging some of the manuscripts in the Kew library some 

 sketches and a description of this remarkable tree by Sir R. Schomburgk 

 were found, and a short search resulted in the discovery of some dried 

 specimens of it, received at Kew in 1863. In his account of 

 this tree, Sir R. Schomburgk states that he was informed that it 

 inhabited the summit of Kow Nagh, a mountain or hill about ten or 

 twelve days' journey up the Men am river. The deciduous branches 

 misled him, and he arrived at the conclusion that they were pinnate 

 leaves, bearing flowers in the axils of the leaflets. He also, by some 



