318 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Glochidion. 



incurved rigid calyx-lobes, surrounding a central cone to which 3 imperfect anthers 

 are aduate throughout their length. Similar malformed flowers occur in other 

 species. 



31. Cr. nanog'ynum, Hook./.; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. elliptic- 

 oblong or -lanceolate obtusely acuminate shining, flowers minute, males 

 shortly pedicelled, anthers 3, fern, sessile in dense axillary clusters, sepals 

 oblong obtuse, ovary minute villous 3-celled covered by the depressed tur- 

 binate obscurely 3-gonous style, capsule very small globose 3-6-lobed 

 3-celled rustv-pubescent, style globose. Phyllanthus nanogynus, MuelL 

 Arq. in Flora xlviii. (1865) 376, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 293. Bradleia lan- 

 ceolaria, Wall. Cat. 7855 K; JSaill. Etudes Gen. Euplwrb. 638. Wall. Cat. 

 8003 D. 



PENANG, Wallich. PERAK, Wray ; at Goping, King's Collector. MALACCA, 

 G-riffith,Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1359). 



A large tree (Wray}, branches terete and angular, glabrous to the tips. Leaves 

 thin, dark red-brown on both surfaces when dry, base acute or cuneate ; nerves very 

 slender, suberect ; petiole 3% in. ; stipules subulate from a triangular base. Flowers 

 very small in axillary clusters ; connectives short, obtuse. Fem.fl. depressed ; sepals 

 very minute, leaving the broad style exposed. Capsule -| in. diam., lobes rounded, 

 not ribbed. The bark is used for tanning (Wray}. 



32. G-. desmocarpum, HooJc.f. ; branchlets pubescent, leaves 3-6 in. 

 elliptic-oblong obtuse or subacute sparsely pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 male fl. minute in axillary clusters, anthers 3, fern. fl. sessile, sepals un- 

 equal tomentose, style hemispheric 3-lobed glabrous as broad as the 

 pubescent ovary, capsules very small in dense clusters pedicelled much 

 depressed deeply 6-lobed hoary, style very short erect lobulate. 



PENANG, Herb. Hook. PERAK, in dense jungles, Wray, King's Collector. 



A tree, 5070 ft. (in Perak). Leaves rather coriaceous, dark brown when dry, 

 somewhat shining above, base subacute; nerves slender, raised, ascending ; petiole 

 i- in.; stipules not seen. Flowers pubescent. Capsules 8-10 in a cluster, subsessile, 

 x in. diam. or less. I am doubtful about the affinities of this species. 



33. G-. Thomsoni, Hook. f. ; everywhere glabrous, leaves 2-4 in. 

 elliptic or oblong acute or obtuse very glaucous beneath, male ft. few minute, 

 anthers 3, fern. fl. numerous fascicled all very long pedicelled, sepals very 

 minute, style a depressed fleshy 3-grooved cone capping and nearly as broad 

 as the low 3-lobed ovary, capsules on rigid slender pedicels small depressed 

 3-4-celled and lobed or obscurely 6-8-lobed, sunken top with a globose rugose 

 style or a very depressed smooth cone. Phyllanthus Thomson!, Muell. Arg. 

 in Flora xlviii. (1865) 375, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 293; Gamble Man. 

 2nd. Timb. 352. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4846), J. D. H. $ 

 T. T., &c. 



A small tree, branches slender. Leaves very uniform, green above and bluish 

 beneath when dry ; nerves 6-8 pair, capillary, nervules very faint reticulate ; petiole 

 \n..Malefl. rare, scattered amongst the fern., pedicel very short; sepals elliptic; con- 

 nectives short. Fem.fl. very numerous, -^ in. diam.; pedicels slender but rigid, of 

 uniform length ; sepals very minute, acute ; style fleshy, obscurely trigonous with a 

 tricrural furrow at the apex. Capsules ^ in. diam., very smooth, black when dry, 

 impressed at the top and base, thinly crustaceous ; lobes rounded with a mesial furrow ; 

 style sometimes persistent as a globose fleshy body, at others altogether disappearing, 

 when the disk of the capsule is occupied by a low smooth cone with 3 minute points. 

 The variable nature of the fruiting style throws doubt on the value of this orguii 

 as a guide to other species : this is a very distinct one and easily recognized by the 

 clusters of loug-pedicelled fern. fl. and the styles. 



