Phi/llanthus.] LXIX. EUPHORBIACEjE. 453 



arcuate, 4-6 pair; stipules subulate. Flowers in axillary fascicles, the 

 female subsessile, the male on long filiform pedicels, male and female 

 generally in the same fascicle. Male fl. : Calyx of 6 lanceolate segments, 

 slightly hairy outside. Anthers 3, oblong, 2-celled, extrorse and cohering 

 at the back, on a short central column, connective prolonged beyond the 

 anther-cells. Female fl. : Calyx of 5-6 ovate segments, hirsute outside. 

 Styles connate into a cylindric column, nearly as thick as the ovary, 

 divided at the top into 4 thick ovate teeth longer than calyx, the lower 

 part hirsute. Capsule 4-6-celled, pubescent, seeds red. 



Sub-Himalayan tract and outer ranges, ascending to 5500 ft., and extending 

 west to the Indus. Sikkim, Western Ghats, Canara, and Mysore. Glochidion 

 velutinum and arboreum, Wight, t, 1907, from the Nilgiris, are probably the 

 same species. FL and fruit Feb. to Aug. Attains 25 ft., and 3-4 ft. girth. 

 Bark grey or reddish, with shallow longitudinal furrows. The leaves have a 

 powerful nauseous smell. Wood brownish-white, compact but soft, the bark 

 is used for tanning. 



Glochidion neilgherrense, Wight ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 277, a tree of the Nil- 

 giris, is similar, but glabrous. 



Phyllanthus bicolor, Mull. Arg. 1. c. 311. Syn. Briedelia acuminata, Wall., 

 belongs to the same group, with 3 anthers, but differs by lanceolate leaves, 

 glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath along midrib, male and female fl. 

 generally in separate fascicles, small 3-5-celled capsules on pedicels longer than 

 the diam. of capsule. Nepal, Sikkim, Kasia hills. 



2. P. lanceolarius, Mull. Arg. Syn. Bradleia lanceolaria, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 697 ; Glochidion lanceolarium } Dalzell Bombay Flora, 235. 

 Vern. Bhoma, Bombay ; Anguti, Silhet. 



A small glabrous tree. Leaves shining, coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, 4-6 in. long, stipules triangular, main lateral nerves 

 arcuate, 6-8 pair. Flowers pale greenish-cream-coloured in axillary fasci- 

 cles, the male numerous, on long filiform peduncles, the female few and 

 sessile. Male fl. : Calyx of 6 glabrous, linear-oblong segments. Anthers 

 4-6, oblong, 2-celled, extrorse and cohering at the back, on a short central 

 column, connective prolonged beyond the anther-cells. Female fl. : Calyx 

 of 6 unequal, thick, imbricate segments. Styles 6, glabrous, connate into 

 a 6-sulcate, glabrous column, much thinner than the hairy ovary. Cap- 

 sule shortly stalked, depressed, J in. diam., 4-6-celled, seeds red. 



Kamaon Bhaber, Oudh forests (in moist ravines), Nepal, Sikkim Terai, East- 

 ern Bengal, Burma. Fl. Dec-April. Bark grey, with longitudinal wrinkles, 

 the outer bark peeling off from the reddish-brown smooth inner layers. Rox- 

 burgh states that it grows to be a large useful timber-tree, the wood being hard 

 and durable. 



3. P. reticulatus, Poiret. Syn. P. midtiflorus, Willd. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 664 (not Poiret); Anisonema multiflora, Wight Ic. t. 1899; Dalz. 

 Bomb. Fl. 234. Vern. Panjuli ; (makhi, Bhurtpur). 



A large straggling or climbing shrub with numerous stout woody 

 branches, and long drooping branchlets. Leaves membranous, glab- 



