PhyUanthus] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACE.E 571 



glands, alternating with sepals, styles connate high up. simply bifurcate, occasionally 

 B-furcat'e. Fr. 1 in. diam., juicy, acid, not hitter. U. P. Prainianus, Coll. et Hemsl. 

 Southern Shan HilK 5,000 ft. Branchlets pubescent, 1. nearly glabrous, pale beneath, 

 from broadly elliptic to orbicular, i in. long. Fl. on short capillary pedicels, fascicu- 

 late, supported by small reddish fimbriate bracts. 7. P. albizzoides, Honk. f. — Syn. 

 Cicca atotzzoides, Kurz. Shama, Burm. Pegu Yoma, west side. A small deciduous 

 tree, branchlets minutely hairy, hark grey, peeling off in irregular conchoid Bakes, 

 1. glabrous, glaucescent beneath, nearly sessUe, oblong, obtuse. 1-1J by J in. Fr. 

 globose 1 in. diam.. pericarp hard fleshy, acid, edible, endocarp woody, 3-celled. 



11. Pericarp dry, crustaceous or coriaceous. 



A. Stamens 4 or <>, filaments free. 



8. P. indicus, Muell. Arg. Vern.Pan .Vonw.Kim. Western Ghats, from the Konkan 

 southwards. A middle-sized tree, bark smooth, white, perfectly glabrous. L. mem- 

 branous elliptic, blade 3-5, pet. j in. Fl. on short pedicels, in dense fascicles, usually 

 at the base of the current year's shoots. Stamens 1. filaments exserted. Capsule 

 smooth, green, with 3 vertical furrows, '-.J in. diam., seeds blue. 9. P. Chorizandra, 

 Barber in Ind. For. xxvii. 288. — Syn. Chorizandra pinnate, Wight Ic. t. I'i'Ji, included 

 under Fluggea microcarpa, in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 3'2s. "Western Penins. on the east side, 

 from the Northern Circars to Chingleput. A gregarious glabrous shrub, 3-5 ft. high, 

 I. distant, elliptic. Fl. usually dioecious, fascicled, often appearing before the 1., 

 stamens i>, long exserted. sepals 6 reflexed. Capsule 3-celled, J in. diam. Gamble first 

 drew attention to this species in Ind. For. xxvii. 131. 



B. Stamens 3, £ sepals 5-6. 



n L. linear, less than jj in. long. 



I", p. Lawii, Grab. Behar. West Bengal. Chutia Nagpur. Central Provinces. 

 Western Peninsula, often forming dense thickets along the hanks of rivers, also in 

 Babul Koruns. Poona district. A gregarious shrub, quite glabrous, 1. \ in. long. pet. 

 very short, sec. n. obscure. Capsule globose, 3-celled, '-,\ in. diam. 11. P. polyphyllus, 

 Willi. Deccan and Karnatik. — Ceylon, dry country, common. A shrub or small tree, 

 auite glabrous, 1. sessile, .'-:-; in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pa ir, ll. on slender pedicels up to \ in. 

 long, f lapsule J in. diam. 



6 L. lanceolate, elliptic or obovate. less than I \ in. long. Fl. axillary, 

 generally clustered, on leaf-bearing branchlets. 



12. P. parvifolius, Ham. Himalaya '2-8,000 ft., from the Ravi eastwards, often in 

 the crevices of rocks. Khasi lulls. A small shrub, stems prostrate or erect, in the 

 Khasi hills attaining 8 ft., Inane I .lets sometimes minutely hairy. I. glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sessile J— J in. long, stipules hastate. Fl, 

 pedicelled, capsule globose | in. diam. 13. p. brevipes, Hook. f. Mishmi hills, Assam. 

 Quite glabrous, I. elliptic-obovate, J-j in. lone. tl. nearly sessile from tufts of fimbriate 

 bracts. II. P. missionis, Book. f. Deccan. Quite glabrous. 1. thinly membranous, 

 obovate, blade \- \. pet. slender x in. lone. Fl. on capillary pedicels up to '-, in. long. 

 15. P. Rceperianus, Wall. Ehasi liills. Manipur. A small glabrous shrub, branches 



rigid, densely fascicled, branchlets slender, ribbed. I., coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, 



blade { ;•;. pet. j^ in. Fl. from tufts of minute fimbriate bracts, pedicels slendei 



up to | iii. lone. Capsule ,',, in. diam. 16. P. Griffith!!, Muell. Arg. Khasi hills. 



Manipur. Quite glabrous, branches, and branchlets ribbed. I., elliptic-lanceolate, 

 subsessile, '-:,' in. lone, stipules peltate, lacerate. Fl. axillary, on capillary pedicels 

 op to 1 in. long. Capsule § in. diam. 17. P. Clarkei, Hook. f. Sikkim. 6,000ft, Assam. 

 Khasi hills. Glabrous, branchlets grooved, stiff. I., obovate, blade .].-•,'. pet. ,' (1 in. 

 Fl. on capillary pedicels up to J in. long. is. p. Leschenaultii, Muell. Are. Nilgiris. 

 Khasi hills. Quite glabrous, branches slender. I. very thin, glaucous beneath, elliptic, 

 blade ■ i|. pet. \ei\ slender, ,',, in. long. Fl. on capillary pedicels, < j in. lone. 

 c I.. l-"> in. long, pi, often on leafless racemes. 



in. P. bseobotryoides, Wall. Silhet. Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. A shrub, 

 cut i rely glabrous, branchlets slender, prominent Ij angle. I. L. thinlj coriaceous, nearly 



sessile, ovate lam late, 2 •'• in. lone. PI. on short pedicels, in slender axillary racemes 



shorter than I. 20. P. columnaris, Muell. Arg. Vein. Kal6n letthe, Lower, l'echin-ya, 



Upper Burma. Andaman-. Alone ti, |e,. of streams, Burma, Upper and Lower. 



A small deciduous tree, branchlets and underside of I. pubescent. L. thin, glaucous 

 beneath, elliptic-oblong, acute al both ends, blade 1 2, pet. } in. Pl.on short pedicels, 

 in compound clusters on branchlets which sometimes are leafless or with a fe\i I., often 

 with several pairs of stipules below the 8. bearing portion. Anther- minute, on n 

 long exserted slender staminnl-column. Capsule ', in. diam., 8-celled, valves separating 

 i central column, pericarp thin, endocarp hard. 



t '. Anthers 2 I, sessile on the top of a column, around a minute pistillode. 



