Glochidion.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACB^. (J. D. Hooker.) 317 



short lateral and terminal leafless branchlets, $-^ in. diam., puberulous, pericarp thick, 

 cocci thin ; style very large, half exserted. Seeds rather large and broad. Mueller's 

 description of Phyllanthus Perotettianus agrees so well with this, that, coming as it 

 does from the same locality, I do not hesitate to include it as a synonym. 



28. Gr. obscurum, Blume Bijd. 585; finely tomentose, branchlets 

 long slender, leaves bit'arious 2-3 in. oblong obtuse or subacute ashy beneath, 

 male fl. clustered shortly pedicelled, anthers 3 rarely 4-5, fern, subsolitary 

 pedicels lengthening much in fruit, fern, sepals tomentose, ovary globose 

 6-7-celled and as well as the columnar truncate 5-6-toothed style densely 

 tomentos*, capsule globose terete not lobed tip contracted, style truncate. 

 MiquelFl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 377. G. Roxburghianum, Muell. Arg.in Linncea 

 xxxii. 61. G. distichum, Hancein Ann. So. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii. 228. Phyllan- 

 thus obscurus, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 581 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 287. 

 Bradleia pinna ta, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 700 ; Wall. Cat. 7866. Agyneia ? 

 pinnata, Miguel I. c. 368. 



PENANG, Wallich. PERAK, King's Collector. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, China. 



A shrub, 15ft., or (in Perak) tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves of uniform size and at equal 

 distances along the branches which are 12-18 in. long, rather coriaceous, pale opaque 

 and puberulous above, tipper base rouuded, lower narrow acute; nerves slender; 

 petiole T \j in. Sepals of male oblong, obtuse, outer tomentose; anthers in a globose 

 small column. Fem.fl. solitary amongst the males ; sepals short, recurved. Capsule 

 i in. diam., finely tomentose, obscurely 12-14-angled or ribbed, tipped by the lobed 

 style ; pedicel slender, pubescent, -f iu. j pericarp thick, almost woody. Seeds 

 much compressed laterally. 



29. G-. perakense, Hook. f. ; nearly glabrous, leaves 3-4 in. oblong- 

 lanceolate acute quite glabrous, nerves very faint ascending, petiole slender, 

 male fl. clustered shortly pedicelled, sepals broadly oblong glabrous, anthers 

 3, fern. fl. few shortly pedicelled. sepals of the male, ovary and short 

 columnar round-topped, style densely tomentose, capsule pedicelled depressed 

 globose 3-celled nearly glabrous very obscurely 6-lobed, style minute. 



PERAK ; at South Balang, King's Collector. 



Branches very sparsely puberulous or glabrous, slender. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 greenish above, brown beneath, hardly shining ; base acute, unequal; petiole -$ in. 

 Malefl. about T ^ in. diam. ; pedicels -^- in. Fern. fl. solitary amougst the males ; 

 style villous to the tip. Capsule^ in. diam. when ripe, almost terete, pericarp thick, 

 with obscure raised lines at the sutures. 



30. G-. sphaerogynum, Kurz Fur. Fl. ii. 346; every where glabrous, 

 leaves 4-12 in. coriaceous lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base 

 acute, male fl. small pedicelled, sepals elliptic, anthers 3, connectives short, 

 fern, densely clustered subsessile, sepals orbicular, ovary turbinate glabrous 

 4*-6-celled, crowned by the subglobose entire style, capsule subsessile much 

 depressed deeply 8-12-lobed with the large globose style in the depressed 

 apex. Phyllanthus sphaerogynus, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlviii. (1865) 375, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 293. P. fagifolius a, Muell. in DC. I. c. 288 (the 

 Ghittagong plant). Bradleia lanceolaria, Wall. Cat. 7855 D. 



EASTEKN TEOPICAL HIMALAYA ; Sikkim, Clarke; Bhotan, Griffith (Keio Distril. 

 4832/1). CHITTAGONG, J. D. 11. Sf T. T. BUHMA; from Pegu to Teuasserim, 

 Wallich, &c. 



A small tree with weeping branches, bark pale. Leaves very long and narrow, 

 attaining 14 by 2 in., but sometimes only 4 by 1 in., smooth and often green when 

 dry above, nerves sloiuler ; petiole stout, in.; stipules short, triangular. Capsule 

 % in. diam., shortly stoutly pedicelled, smooth, furrows extending to the large globose 

 style. Diseased flowers occur as enlarged woody turbinate bodies surmounted by 6 



