292 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACRE. (J. D. Hooker.) \Pltyllantltus. 



A deciduous tree, 20-25 ft. ; brancblets long, sleuder, terete. Leaves thin, dull 

 brown when dry, glaucous and puberulous beneath and rarely above, base rounded ; 

 nerves 5-7 pairs, slender ; petiole -^ in. ; stipules minute. Racemes (leafless tips of 

 branches) 6-8 in., erect ; male fl. -^ in. diam. on capillary pedicels, with spreading 

 sepals and minute disk-glands ; fern, larger, shortly stoutly pedicelled, with short broad 

 erect sepals, and an urceolate 'disk. Staminal column far exserted ; anther-cells short, 

 separate, closely adnate to the top of the column, surrounding a minute 3-lobed pistil- 

 lode. Ovary glabrous. Capsule % in. diam., depressed, black. 



17. P. frondosus, Wall. Cat. 7932 ; shrubby, glabrous or branchlets 

 puberulous, leaves 1^-2 in. subsessile oblong or ovate-oblong acute or acu- 

 minate, flowers in minute axillary clusters very shortly pedicelled glabrous, 

 anthers erect acute free terminating a very short column, styles free sessile 

 2-partite segments linear. Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 17. Glochidion 

 frondosus, Baill. Etudes Gen. Eupliorb. 637. ? P. oxyphyllus, Miguel Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Suppl. 448; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 356. P. acutus, 

 Wall. Cat. 7931, 7945. 



PENANG, Wallich, Curtis. PERAK, King's Collector. DISTEIB. ? Sumatra. 



A shrub, 4-6 ft. in Perak ; branches woody, with pale bark ; Aranchlets long, 

 slender, erect, tips angular. Leaves membranous, variable in size, dark brown above 

 when dry, paler beneath, base cuneate rounded or subcordate ; nerves 5-9 pairs ; 

 stipules minute. Flowers -^ in. diam. ; pedicel not longer than the perianth. Sepals 

 of both sexes broadly oblong. Connectives produced, acute. Disk of male of minute 

 glands. Ovary globose, glabrous, styles reflexed on its crown. Fruit not seen. In the 

 absence of flowering specimens of P. oxyphyllus, Miq. , I hesitate to unite it with this. 

 The leaves of oxyphyllus- are larger, 2-3 in. long, with more nerves, but this alone would 

 not separate it specifically. 



18. P. ZLunstleri, HooJc.f.; branchlets very slender angular puberu- 

 lous, leaves 2-2| in. subsessile ovate-lanceolate acuminate, flowers sessile in 

 minute axillary clusters glabrous, anthers erect subsessile, ovary tomentose, 

 styles 3 cleft to the middle arms diverging. 



PENANG- ; alt. 800-1000 ft., King's Collector (Kunstler}. 



A bushy tree, 20 ft. Leaves membranous, base rounded, nerves 8-10 pairs very 

 faint; stipules minute. Flowers -^ in. diam. Sepals of both sexes oblong. Con- 

 nectives not produced. Dish-glands of male 2-lobed. Styles erect and spreading. 



19. P. coriaceus, Wall. Cat. 7946 ; quite glabrous, leaves 3 in. sub- 

 sessile elliptic-oblong acute coriaceous, male flowers minute in axillary 

 clusters glabrous, anthers erect subsessile, stylar column elongate, 3 arms 

 reflexed. P. pachyphyllus, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 353. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



Shrubby. Leaves unequal-sided with broadly rounded often decurved points, base 

 contracted and very narrowly cordate, dark brown when dry and opaque, nerves 6-8 

 pairs, slender, cross-nervules indistinct ; petiole ^ in. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Flower* 

 i in. diam.; outer sepals oblong, inner more ovate. Stamens lanceolate, filaments 

 very short. Disk-glands of male 2, crenate. Ovary globose ; style columnar. The 

 specimens are very insufficient. 



** Herbs. 



20. P. maderaspatensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 982 ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves scattered -1 in. subsessile narrowly or broadly cuneately obo- 

 vate glaucous beneath, stipules peltate, flowers axillary males very 

 minute subsessile fern, very shortly pedicelled, sepals broad green with white 

 margins, styles free minute 2-lobed, seeds striated in rough lines. Muell. 

 Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 19, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 362 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 



