Glochidion] XCYIII. EUPHORBIACE.E 573 



in. PI. 6" and ? fascicled on short woody axillary an.l supra-axillary peduncles, 

 anthers 6-7. Ovary narrowed into the short conical 6-toothed style. Capsule nearly 

 globose, hardly lobed, J in. diam. 



/?. Ovary 3-8-ceiled, style exserted in fl. 



5. G. lanceolarium, Muell. Arg. (not Dalzell). — Syn. Bradleia lanceolaria, fioxb. ; 

 Phyllanthus lanceolariua, Muell. Arg.; Glochiaandra acuminata, Wight Ic. t. 1905. 

 Vera. Anguti, Beng. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, from the Jumna east- 

 wards, Bebar. Chntia rTagpur. Sambulpur. Orissa and the Circars (Gamble). 

 Western chats (Bedd. Man. 192, Talbot List 301.) Assam. Silhet. Chittagong. 

 Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes Kurzi. Upper Burma on banks of streams and in deep 

 valleys. A middle-sized evergreen tree, branchlets angular, glabrous, 1. coriaceous, 



glossy, elliptic or elliptic-lam lat .-. base acute, blade 4-6, pet. |-t in. long. Fl. in 



axillary fascicles, <? numerous, perfectly glabrous, on pedicels J-j in., sepia Is i in. long, 

 anthers 1-6, connective J the length of anthers, y sessile, mostly in the upper axils, 

 a few mixed with the £ , sepals glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, cuspidate. Ovary hairy 

 usually i;-. sometimes 7- or8-celled, hairy, harrowed gradually into the conic-cylindric 

 style, which is quite glabrous near the 6-toothed apex, and in rl. is a little longer 

 than the sepals. Capsule orbicular, depressed, usually 6-celled and 12-lobed, j in. diam. 

 ii. G. tomentosum, Dalzell. Kanara, along streams and watercourses. Malabar. Baba- 

 budan hills, Mysore. A shrub or small tree, branchlets fl. and 1. beneath pubescent. 1. 

 ovate or oblong-elliptic, has,, rounded or cordate, blade 3-6, pet J—J in. long. Capsule 

 pubescent, obscurely lobed. 7. G. calocarpum, Kurz. Andamans and Nicobars. Quite 

 glabrous, I. obliquely ovate, blade 1-7. pet. \-\ in. long. Ovary glabrous, 4-5-celled, 

 narrowed into the conical style, capsule J-J in. diam.. 8-10-lobed. 



8. G. Gamblei, Hook. f. Vern. Paili, Nep. Sikkim, Terai and lower hills. A small 



tree, glabrous excepting 'nary. 1. Ian date, blade 4-5, pet. $ in. long, o* and 9 &• 



usually in separate clusters, style I wice t he length of sepals, clavate, contracted above 

 the tomentose ovary, apex truncate but 1-5-lobed. Fr. sessile, \ j in. diam.. depressed, 

 8-10-lobed. 9. G. Desmogyne, ll"<>k. f. Tenasserim. Branchlets,!. beneath and inflor- 

 escence pubescent or tomentose, I. lanceolate, ovary with style villous, twice the lei 

 ol sepals, ovary 6-celled. Capsule villous, — iile, or shortly stalked, ' in.jdiam., deeply 

 6-lobed crowned with the glabrous cylindric 3-toothed style. 10. G. Heiferi, H,x>k. f. 

 Tenasserim. Nearly glabrous. I. thin, lanceolate, blade 1-5, pet. J in. long. Ovary 

 with style glabrous, twice the length of sepals. Capsule globose, obscurely ribbed, 

 j in. diam. 11. G. zeylanicum, A. .luss. Tent. Euphorb M'7. t. .'!.. including <?. nitidum, 

 Dalz. el Gibs, and '.'. canarvm, Bedd. Man. 192. Chanda district (Duthie, Dec. 1889 . 

 West side of the Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Hills of the Northern 

 Circars.— Ceylon, moist low country. A small or middle-sized tree, almost entirely 



glabrous, I. shining, oblong or ovate-oblong, base rounded, sometimes cordate, usually 



oblique, blade 5-7, pet. J in. PI. $ and y usually iii axillary more or less pedunculate 

 clusters, y fl. numerous, pedioelled. Sepals, ovary and style glabrous, si 

 exserted, often curved, apex 5-dentate. Capsule stalked, nearly globose, j-jj in. diam.. 



usually "welled, obscurely lil-lnbed. 



y. Ovary 3-8-eelletl, style not exsorto<l in tl. 



12. G. hirsutum, Muell. Axg. Syn. Bradleia hirsuta, Roxb. Subhimalayan tn 

 from Sikkim eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. Chittagong. Andamans. — 

 Mala} I'eiiins. A small or middle-sized tree, branchlets, petioles and I. beneath softly 

 tomentose, I. elliptic-oblong, base rounded or cordate, blade 5-7, pet. Jin. Fl. 3 and 9 



usually in the same axillary or supra-axillary clusters, which often are on short stout 



peduncles. $ on slender pedicels J— \ in. long, sepals 6, hirsute outside, glabrous within, 

 i he :; .Miter larger j ,',. in. long, ant lei- 6, connective very short. 5 hirsute, shortly 

 pedicelled, sepals t;. the enter slightly broader, ovary globose, glabrous or hairy. 



narrowed into the shori i ical si j le, which is shorter than the sepals and often cut in'. 



Capsule I 6-celled, globose obscurely lobed. 0. hirsutum, os here defined, includes the 

 Lssam and Silhel specimens of (I. zeylanicum, Fl. Brit, [nd. v. BIO. Assam specimens 

 C. II. Clarke :!s.oi:> [possibly a differenl species] have 2 larger outer and I smaller 

 inner sepals, the ovary glabrous, the style slightly exserted with I distinct t,-"th. 



18. G. oblatum, Hook, f. Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards. Khasi hills. 



Cachar. A small tree, branchlets finely tomentose, 1. lanceolate, glaucous and often 

 thinly pubescent beneath, blade 2 I. pet. i in. long, see. n, very slender, stipules tili- 

 f.iiiu. Fl. ,f pubescent, sepals spathnlate, v minute, nearlj sessile, densely tomentose, 

 style ti"t exserted. Capsules on short stout pedicels, orbioular very depressed, obscurely 

 lobed, pubescent, crown not intruded, 



H. Anthers .".. sepals ."> ••;. .list in.-t or only connate al the base. 



(rt'i Style exsortcil in ll. 



a. 9 tl. pe'licellcl, l.ranclilets glabrous. 



