312 cxxxv. EUPHORB1ACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [GlocJiidion. 



clustered all pedicelled ovate, style twice as long as the sepals rather slender 

 clavate tip 5-6-lobed, glabrous base narrower than the globose 5-celled gla- 

 brous ovary, capsule small globose terete. Or. subscandens, Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 344 (not of ZolUnger). Phyllanthus Helferi, MuelL Arg. in Flora Ixviii. 



372, and in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 286. 

 TENASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 4874, 4879). 



Branchlets black when dry, obscurely angled. Leaves brown when dry, rather 

 thin; nerves 6-10 pair, raised beneath, cross-nervules distinct, often reticulate; 

 petiole rather long, - in. ; stipules triangular, cuspidate. Male pedicels - in. ; 

 perianth in. diam. ; connectives short, acute. Fern, pedicels in. ; sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, erect. Capsule ^ in. diam., obscurely ribbed, style minute. Seeds 

 ovoidly trigonous. 



14. Cr. brunneum, SooTc.f. ; glabrous, branchlets stout angular, 

 leaves (for the genus) long-petioled 4-6 in. thinly coriaceous oblong and 

 cuspidate or oblong-lanceolate and acuminate, nerves slender, flowers minute 

 crowded on the bracteolate ends of a stout peduncle, males shortly pedi- 

 celled, sepals unequal thick oblong obtuse, anthers 5-6, fern, subsessile, 

 style stout cylindric-clavate glabrous 5-toothed twice as long as the ovate- 

 oblong sepals base narrower than the villous 4-6-celled ovary, capsule 

 globose or slightly depressed obscurely 4-6-lobed tipped with stiff cylindric 

 style. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1358). SINGAPORE, T. Anderson (Herb. 

 Hort. Bot. Calc ). 



Branchlets rigid. Leaves of a fine light red-brown when dry, base obtuse or sub- 

 acute ; nerves 6-10 pair, very slender, but raised beneath, cross-nervules distant, 

 faint; petiole | in. ; stipules triangular, coriaceous. Peduncles ^ in., stiff; 

 bracteoles minute ; pedicels in. Male perianth -^ in. diam. ; connectives small, 

 obtuse. Fern, perianth petaloid, about as large; pedicel lengthening in fruit. 

 Capsule J | in. diam., pericarp thick, valves 2-partite. Habit of G. zeylanicum, 

 from which the longer petioles distinguish it. 



15. Cr. oblatum, HooJc.f.\ branches finely tomentpse, leaves oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or acute glaucous and glabrous or sparsely 

 pubescent beneath, male pubescent, sepals obovate or subspathulate, anthers 

 4-6, fern. fl. subsessile minute, sepals short tomentose on both surfaces, 

 style short stout conic and 4-5-celled ovary densely tomentose, capsule 

 shortly pedicelled orbicular very depressed obscurely-lobed pubescent crown 

 not intruded tipped by the minute style. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4853). TEEAI, J. D. H. 

 CACHAR, Keenan. 



A low leafy tree ; branches long, slender. Leaves 2-4 in., bases equal or sub- 

 equal, rounded or subacute, brown when dry, quite glabrous in Cachar specimens ; 

 nerves very slender, nervules obscure ; petiole short, pubescent ; stipules slender. 

 JUalefl.- outer sepals obovate, inner narrower more spathulate ; connectives free. 

 Fern. fl. inconspicuous, minute: sepals obtuse. Capsule ^-f in. diam., nearly terete, 

 twice as broad as long. A very distinct species. 



16. G-. fagifolium, Miquel Plant. Hokenack. No. 1465; quite gla- 

 brous, branchlets angular, leaves 2-3 in. thin obliquely ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate rather shining on both surfaces,, nerves and reticulations strong, 

 male fl. numerous in a. cluster long-pedicelled, sepals broad, anthers 3-4, 

 fern. fl. subsessile in dense capitate clusters,, calyx shortly 6-lobed, style 

 globosely 4-6-lobed much larger and broader than the very short glabrous 

 4-6-celled ovary, capsule orbicular depressed smooth. Beddome Forester's 

 Man. 193. Phyllanthus fagifolius, var. concolor, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlviii. 



3 73, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 288. 



