Glochidion.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 319 



34. G-. lapvip-atum, Hook.f. ; quite glabrous, branclilets very slender 

 angled, leaves 1-1^ in. obliquely elliptic- or ovate-oblong obtusely or acutely 

 acuminate sultglaucous beneath, nerves very faint, flowers all fascicled very 

 minute, anthers 3. ovary glabrous globose 5-celled, style of 4-6 minute 

 points, capsule small shortly pedicelled orbicular depressed 10-lobed crown, 

 deeply sunk, style very minute. B'-adleialaevi grata, Wall. Cat. 7853. Phyl- 

 lanthus laevigatus, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlviii. (1865) 374, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 289. 



TENASS^RTM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 4844 \ PEKAK, King's Collector. PENANG, 



Wnllich. Curtis, &c. MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4844, 4860, 4855). SINGA- 

 POBE, Schomburffk, Hullett. 



Branches smooth, terete, branchlets filiform, glabrous to the tips. Leaves greenish 



above, shining, base equal or one side rounded the other acute; petiole slender; 



stipules minute, triangular. Male fl. -rg-Ta - diam., pedicels slender; sepals 



linear oblong. Sepals of fern, oblong, obtuse. Capsules % in. diam., minutely 

 dotted. 



35. G-. microbotrys, Hook. f. ; perfectly glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. 

 elliptic- or ovate-oblong subacnte or obtusely cuspidate nerves very slender, 

 flowers in peduncled cymes very shortly pedicelled, males very minute, 

 anthers 3, ovary globose glabrous 3-celled, style obscure with 4-6 points, 

 capsule very small depressed turbinately globose faintly 3- or 6-lobed glabrous, 

 style of 4-5 minute projections. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Perak, Singapore, &c., King's Collector. 



A tree, 30-50 ft. (Perak) ; branches spreading and pendulous ; branchlets slender, 

 angular ; whole plant black when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ratber shining on 

 both surfaces, nerves 6-8 pair; petiole slender, -\ in.; stipules minute, broad. 

 Flowers on slender axillary pedxincles \ f in. long and branched at the top ; male 

 and fern, mixed and all pedicelled, males most shortly. Male ft. -^ in. long; outer 

 sepals broadly ovate, inner almost rounded ; anther-column rather broad, connectives 

 obtuse. Fern, calyx as in the male ; ovary with a very inconspicuous style. Capsule 

 g in. diam., 6-ribbed, black, top slightly depressed. 



36. G. malabaricum, Bed dome Forester's Man. 194; nearly glabrous 

 except the flowers, leaves 3-4 in. elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acuminate, 

 male fl. long pedicelled, sepals snblinear, anthers 3, fern, minute sessile in 

 dense clusters, sepals 6 linear-oblong- obtuse pubescent or glabrous, style 

 between columnar and conic gradually swelling into the globose 3-5-celled 

 ovary both tomentose tip truncate 4-7-toothed, capsules shortly pedicelled 

 depressed obscurely 3-5-lobed puberulons, style very minute coniral. Phyl- 

 lanttius malabaricus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 69, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 305. 



WESTERN GHATS ; from the Concan to the Nilghiri Hills (Herb. Ind. Or., H.f. 

 $ T.. No. 40, 42, 43). 



Branches slender, sometimes slightly pubescent. Leaves rather coriaceous when 

 the plant is in fruit, greenish wben dry with rather strong nerves, thinner and brown 

 when in flower, base acute or obtuse ; petiole -^ in. ; stipules subulate. Malefl. 

 from the tufts of female, ,' n to ^ in. <limn. ; pedicel very slender ; anthers free, con- 

 nectives rather long, subulate. Fern. fl. minute ; sepals erect or tips recurved. 

 Capsule \-% in. diam., not deeply sunk at the top, lobes broad, with a faint mesial 

 furrow, crustaceous. Very near Gr. ellipticum. 



37. G-. assamicum, Hook. f. ; branches and leaves quite glabrous, 

 leaves 46 in. elliptic-ovate -oblong or lanceolate subcaudate-acuruinate 

 brownish purple beneath base usually acute nerves firm, male fl. long- 

 pedicelled glabrous, sepals narrow, anthers 3(-5), fern, densely clustered 



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