574 XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E [Glochidion 



14. G. Thomsoni, Hook. f. Khasi hills. Entirely glabrous, 1. elongate-elliptic, very- 

 glaucous beneath 2-4 in. long, fl. 3 few minute, 9 numerous fascicled, pedicels long, 

 slender, sepals minute, style a fleshy, 3-grooved cone. Capsule $ in. diam., on slender 

 pedicels up to f in. long. 15. G. rigidum, Muell. Arg. — Syn. Gynoon triandrum, Wight 

 Ic. t. 1908. Travancore, evergreen forest, 4,000 ft. (Bourdillon 560). Ceylon, common. 

 A small tree, perfectly glabrous, 1. ellijjtic-lanceolate, acute at both ends, 2-4J in. long, 



3 pedicels capillary \ in., sepals oblong, £ in. long, connective acute \ length of anther. 



<j? pedicels shorter, style stout cylindric. Capsule J-J in. diam., depressed. 



p. 9 fl. pedieelled, branchlets pubescent. 



16. G. velutinum, Wight Ic. t. 1907.— Syn. G. nepalense, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 344 ; Phyllan- 

 thus nepalensis, Muell. Arg. Vern. Kambal, Kulu; Rat-niohica, Kumaon. Sub- 

 himalayan tract and outer valleys, from Kashmir eastwards, occasionally ascending 

 to 5,000 ft. Khasi hills. Upper Burma. Hills east of Toungoo, 3,000 ft. Chutia 

 Nagpur. Cent.Prov. Berar. Western Ghats. Nilgiris. Anamalais. A small tree, 

 branchlets, 1. and fl. softly tomentose. L. ovate or elliptic, blade 2-6, narrowed into 

 the short petiole. Fl., both sexes pedieelled often together in axillary clusters. 3 ■ 

 anthers 3 slightly cohering, connective acute, shorter than anther. 9 style a thick 

 fleshy 4-8-toothed column, hairy at base, ovary hairy 4— 7-celled. Capsules pubescent, 

 depressed-globose, 4-8-lobed, J-| in. diam., often fasciculate, pedicels short, under Jin. 



17. G. Heyneaum, Wight Ic. v. 29 and t. 1908 (right hand figure). Subhimalayan tract 

 from Sikkim eastwards. Makeim Forest, Assam (D. B. April 1879). East Bengal. 

 Chittagong. Northern Circars. A large tree, branchlets, underside of 1. and inflor- 

 escence finely pubescent. Pedicels of 3 §-%, of 9 J-J in. long. Style cylindric slender, 

 twice the length of sepals or longer, capsule J in. diam.,4-5-celled, pedicel J— J in. long. 



18. G. acuminatum, Muell. Arg. Subhimalayan tract from Nepal eastwards, ascending 

 in the outer hills to 4,000 ft. Khasi hills. A middle-sized tree with drooping branches. 

 Branchlets and underside of 1. minutely pubescent. L. thin, very glaucous beneath, 

 lanceolate, blade 4-5, pet. ^ in. long. Pedicels 3 > i in. long, 9 shorter. Style twice 

 the length of sepals. Capsules often clustered along the branohes, deeply 4-6-lobed, 

 J- J in. diam., pedicels up to £ in. long. 



y. 9 A- sessile or nearly so, branchlets glabrous. 



19. G. Daltoni, Kurz. Sikkim, outer hills ascending to 2,500 ft. Poona district. 

 Tenasserim. Upper Burma. — Yunnan. A deciduous shrub or tree, attaining to 40 ft., 

 branchlets and 1. glabrous, 1. shining, lanceolate, 3-5 in. long. Fl. 3 and 9 usually 

 in the same fascicles, 3 glabrous, pedicels J-J in. long, sepals obtusely oblanceolate, 

 9 nearly sessile, sepals ^ in. long, glabrous without, near the base minutely hairy 

 within, ovary tomentose, style elavate, glabrous, less than twice the length of sepals, 

 4-6-toothed, teeth obtuse. Capsule nearly sessile, 8-10-lobed, while young crowned by 

 the stout deciduous style. In foliage this resembles G. Gamblei (4-5 anthers) and G. 

 Khasicum (style slender acutely 2-3-toothed). 20. G. Khasicum, Hook. f. Sikkim 4,500 ft. 

 Khasi hills. A small or middle-sized tree, entirely glabrous. L. rigid, elliptic, acuminate, 

 3-6 in. long. Fl. 9 nearly sessile, sepals very unequal, style slender cylindric, 2 or 3 times 

 the length of sepals. Capsule 3-6-lobed, J in. diam., while immature crowned by 

 the long deciduous style. 21. G. glaucifolium, Muell. Arg. Tenasserim. A small 

 evergreen tree, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. obliquely elliptic, acuminate, 3-4 in. 

 long, fl. 9 nearly sessile, sepals hispid, style nearly cylindric, tapering upwards. 



22. G. malabaricum, Bedd. Western Ghats from the Konkan to Nilgiris. A small 

 tree, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. elongate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 4-5 in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, stip. subulate. 3 sepals ^ in. long, style and 

 ovary hairy, style conical, 4-7-toothed. Capsule nearly sessile J-J in. diam. 23. 

 G. ellipticum, Wight Ic. t. 1906. — Syn. G. diversifolium, Bedd. Western Ghats from 

 North Kanara southwards. Closely allied to 22, stipules broader, style scarcely 

 exserted. 



8. 9 A- sessile or nearly so, branchlets pubescent. 



24. G. coronatum, Hook. f. Tenasserim. — Malay Peninsula. A shrub, branchlets 

 hirsute, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, sparsely hirsute beneath, 2-5 in. 

 long, 9 fl- sessile, ovary villous, style long, slender cylindric 2-3 times the length of 

 sepals. Capsule hairy, nearly sessile, J- in. diam., 3-6-lobed. 25. G. villicaule, Hook. f. 

 Upper Burma. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. Branchlets rusty-hirsute with spreading 

 hairs, 1. 3-5 in. long, hairy beneath, tert. n. strongly reticulate. 9 fl- minute sessile, 

 style nearly cylindric, hispid, 2 or 3 times the length of sepals. Capsule nearly sessile, 

 densely hirsute, \ in. diam. 26. G. leiostylum, Kurz. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes, 

 Tenasserim. Malay Penins. A shrub or small tree, branchlets minutely hairy, 1. 

 elliptic, acuminate, 1-3 in. long. Style long exserted, slender, acutely 3-cleft. Capsule 

 shortly stipitate J in. diam., crowned while young by the long slender style. 



(b) Style not or slightly exserted in fl. 



