PhyllantJiUS.'] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^:. (J. I). Hooker.) 301 



SILHET, Roxburgh, Wallich. 



Branches slender, terete, rusty-puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, green when 

 dry above, pale beneath, base rounded or cuneate ; nerves 7-10 pair, very faint ; 

 petiole -^ in. ; stipules subulate, caducous. Flowers very numerous in the clusters, 

 red, males T \r in. diam., with pedicels $ in., females towards the ends of the|branchlets, 

 -^ in. diam., pedicels stouter. Disk-glands of male reniform, of fern, larger 2-lobed. 

 fruit % in. diam., depressed, deeply 3-lobed, cocci thinly crustaceous. 



42. P. acutus, Wall. Cat. 7931 ; shrubby, quite glabrous, leaves 

 1^-2 in. obliquely ovate acute unequal-sided, male fl. from short bracteate 

 peduncles solitary axillary, t'em. in terminal racemes, sepals of male 4 of 

 fern. 6 of both ovate obtuse entire, disk of both sexes orbicular deeply lobed, 

 ovary glabrous. Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 75, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 423. 



PENANO ? Finlayson. 



Branches smooth, terete ; branchlets very slender, long, ascending. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous when dry, dark greenish -brown above, pale brown beneath ; nerves 6-8 

 pair, very faint; petiole and stipules minute. jMLalefl. i in. diam. ; pedicel capillary, 

 in., bracteate, peduncle -^ in. ; sepals membranous, fruiting about 1 in. long. 

 Fern. fl. and fruit not seen. Wallich's solitary specimen is in a very imperfect 

 state. Mueller gives Penang as the locality, but Wallich's ticket gives only <: Herb. 

 F inlayson." 



43. P. macrocalyx, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 48, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 423 ; shrubby, quite glabrous, leaves 1^-3 in. elliptic or oblong 

 acute, flowers very large axillary solitary, sepals entire of fern, greatly 

 enlarged in fruit, ovary glabrous. ? Reidia iatifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1904, f. 2 

 (by error 3, see text}. 



DECCAN PEXINSULA ; Shevagherry Hills, Wight ; Bababoodan Hills, Law. 



Much branched, branches terete. Leaves spreading, thinly coriaceous, more or 

 less glaucous beneath, base rounded; nerves 6-8 pair, very slender; petiole -^ in.; 

 stipules lanceolate, caducous. Malefl. in the lower axils, in. diam. ; pedicels in., 

 slender ; sepals broadly oblong ; disk greatly dilated, 4-lobed, fleshy, tubercu'.ate. 

 Fern. fi. % in. diam., pedicels f in., thickened upwards ; sepals orbicular-oblong ; 

 disk broadly saucer-shaped, fleshy, granular; styles reflexed, 2-fid to the middle. 

 Fruiting sepals | by in. Fruit not seen ripe. The disk is of the same character 

 as P. Baillonianus. 



44. P. gomphocarpus, Hook. f. ; shrubby, branchlets and petioles 

 scurfily rusty-pubescent, leaves 1-4 in. obliquely ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate base acute or cuneate sides very unequal, male fl. minute panicled 

 pedicels short capillary sepals ovate nmbriate, fern, large solitary very long 

 pedicelled, sepals denticulate, capsule 1 ID. long subglobose 3-lobed lobes 

 inflated. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



A shrub, 6 ft. ; branchlets long, slender. Leaves membranous, quite glabrous ; 

 nerves 6-8 pair, very slender ; petiole y 1 ^- in. Malefl. -^ -g in. diam. ; pedicel -^-^ in. 

 Fern. fl. J in. diam. ; pedicel 3 %2 in. ; stigmas minute. Seeds small for the size of 

 the capsule, 4 in. long, curved, trigonous ; testa pale brown, transversely rugose. 

 Nearly allied to the Sunaatran P. gracilipes, Muell., but the leaves, pedicels and ovary 

 are glabrous. 



Leaves ^-li in., pinnately arranged. 



Ovary and fruit glabrous, smooth. S 

 longifl'jrus. 



45. P. pulcherj Wall. Cat. 7908 ; leafing branches pubescent on one 



f Ovary and fruit glabrous, smooth. Sepals toothed or laciniate, except 

 in P. longifl'jrus. 



