Phyllanthus.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 305 



of large glands ; of fern, annular, crenate. Stamens recurved ; anthers shortly oblong, 

 slits lateral. Ovary ovoid, styles reflexed from the contracted top 2-partite, arms 

 subulate, acute. Fruit globose, fleshy, acid, "3-4-lobed, generally 6-8-grooved, nut 

 3-4-parted, parts 1-celled, 1-seeded," Roxb. I have not seen the fruit. Mueller 

 describes it as at length a 4-coccous capsule, Kurz as sappy with a 3-4-celled 

 putamen. 



Sect. IX. PROSORUS (see p. 287). 



55. P. in die us, Muell. Arg, in Linncea xxxii. 52, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 417 ; quite glabrous, leaves oblong or elliptic obtuse or acute at both, 

 ends or broadly oblong and obtuse, male fl. -^ in. diam., stamens short broad, 

 fruit J in. diam. Beddome Forester's Man. 191. Prosorus indica, Dalz. in 

 Hook. Journ. Sot. iv. (1852) 346; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 236 ; Thwaites in 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. (1854) 299, t. 10 C, fig. 3-6, and viii. (1856) 272, and 

 Enum. 281. P. Stocksii, Muell. Arg. in Linncea I. c. 51, and in DC. I. c 

 P. anomalus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 52, and in DC. I. c. 418. P. 

 hysteranthus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 52. Cicca anomala, Baill. 

 Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 619. Flueggea major, Baill. 1. c. 593, and Rec. Obs. 

 Bot, ii. 42. Securinega hysterantha, Boj. Sort. Maurit. 278. Bridelia 

 Berryana, Wall. Cat. 7876, 7960. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallam, Berry ; on the Ghats of Goncan and Canara 

 Stocks, &c. CEYLON, common in the central and southern forests, Thwaites. 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft. ; branches terete, with white spots. Leaves mem- 

 branous, 2^-6 by 1|- 3 in., distichous, very variable in shape, sometimes acuminate, 

 glaucous, nerves 6-10 pair; petiole i in.; stipules lanceolate, subserrate. Nalefl. 

 fascicled in the axils and on the branches, green; pedicels - in., capillary; fern, 

 larger, solitary or fascicled, pedicel |-1 in., stout. Sepals 4, rarely 5 ; 2 outer largest. 

 Disk of male large, of fern, very narrow. Anthers subsessile on exserted filaments. 

 Fruit depressed spherical, obtusely trigonous, epicarp brown; cocci white, thin. 

 Seeds blue. I do not know what authority Mueller has for implying that 

 Wallich's specimens are from Madagascar ; his No. 7876 is introduced into the Calcutta 

 Garden from Courtallam by Dr. Berry, and his No. 7960 is simply marked as from the 

 Calcutta Garden. The plant no doubt extends from Canara to Ceylon. Mueller cites 

 Wallich's Sridelia Berryana under both P. anomalus and cyanospermus. Possibly 

 P. discoideus of Tropical Africa is a form with smaller fruit. 



56. P. cyanospermus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 51, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 416 (excl. citations of Wallich], quite glabrous, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute at both ends, male fl. in. diam., stamens long linear, fruit 

 ji in. diam. Beddome Forester's Man. 191. Prosorus cyanosperma, Thwaites 

 Enum. 281. P. Geertneri, Thtcaites in Hook. Journ. Bot. viii. (1856) 272. 

 P. indicus, Thwaites 1. c. (1854) 1. 10 C, figs. 1, 2, 7-10. Cicca Gaertneriana, 

 Thwaites in Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 619. Zygospermum zeylanicum, 

 Thwaites ex Baill. 1. c. 620, t. 27, f. 11. Croton ? cyanospermus, Gartn. 

 Fruct. ii. 120, t. 107. 



CEYLON ; in the Ambagamowa and Ratnapoor districts, Thwaites. 



Very like P. indicus, but with larger flowers and fruit. The seeds are of a brilliant 

 metallic blue. Mueller has repeated under this species the citations of Wallich which 

 are introduced under his P. anomalus; he probably (rightly) intended to refer 

 Wallich's Bridelia Berryana to P. indicus, but accidentally introduced it under P. 

 cyanospermus. 



11. GLOCHIDION Forst. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, hilarious, shortly petioled, 

 quite entire. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, monoecious or dioecious, 



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