Glochidion] XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E .".7.-) 



27. G. lsevigatum, Hook. f. Mergui. Malay Peninsula. A middle-sized tree, entirely 

 glabrous, branchlets angled, 1. obliquely ovate or elliptic, acuminate, 1-3 in. long. sec. 

 n. very faint. Fl. $ , pedicels fasciculate, capillary, >. sepals oblong -fe in. long. 9 

 pedicels shorter rigid, sepals ^ in. long, style minute. 28. G. assamicum, Hook. f. 

 Subhinialayan tract and outer valleys, from Sikkim eastwards. Imperfect specimens 

 from Oudh and Vizagapatam. Assam. Khasi and Garo hills. Cachar. East Bengal. 

 Ghittagong. Upper Burma. A shrub, or small or middle-sized tree, branchlets 

 glabrous, sharply angled. L. glabrous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, d-8 in. <? fl. as 

 well as the capillary pedicels glabrous, sepals ^-i in., anthers in rare instances 4. 



? sessile, sepals glabrous, acute, ovary as a rule glabrous, in some specimens hairy. 

 style glabrous, usually columnar, conical (Upper Burma). Capsule | in. diam., sessile 

 or on short pedicels, often densely clustered along the branchlets. A variable species 

 which should be studied on the spot, chiefly in regard to ovary, style and size of $ fl. 



What has here been united may prove to be several species. 29. G. andamanicum, 

 Kurz. Andamans. A small tree, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. thin, glaucous 

 beneath, broad-elliptic, 2—1 in. long. ? fl. minute, sessile, sepals hairy outside, ovary 

 with the fleshy style ovoid, glabrous. Capsule sessile, hairy, strongly 8-12-lobed, 

 J-J in. diam, 30. G. sptia^rogynum, Kurz. Sikkim. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Mauipur. 

 Ch it tagong. Pegu Yonia, eastern slopes. Martaban. Teuasserim. A small or 

 middle-sized evergreen tree, entirely glabrous, 1. lanceolate, base acute, 1—14 in. long. 



? subsessile, ovary glabrous, crowned by the subglobose entire style. Capsule .J in. 

 diam. nearly sessile, deeply 6-8-lobed, with the large globose style in the depressed 

 apex. 



C. Anthers 3, calyx 4-<j-toothed. 



(a | Branchlets glabrous. 



31. G. Hohenackeri. rjoddome. — Syn. (•'. Innmihtrinii), Dalzell, Bombay Flora 235 

 (probably;. Vern. Bhoma, Mar.: Nirchalli, Kan. Western Dun, fairly common in 

 moist places. Western Chats from Mahabaleshwar to Travaucore, common in places. 

 A small tree, entirely glabrous, I. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. J in., stipules 

 broad, oblique acute. Fl. 3 on capillary pedicels up to § in., sepals \-\ in. long, 

 oblong, broader near apex ; anthers 3, connective J-i the length of anthers. 9 sessile, 

 calyx irregularly -l-5-tid. glabrous, style subglobose, apex notched, a little longer than 

 calyx, much broader than the ovary. Capsule nearly sessile, ]-A in. diam., 6-8-lobed, 

 frowned by the globose style in the sunk top. Dalzell does not incut ion that his species 

 is triandrous, but speaks of the small capsule, which would no) apply to G-. lanceolarium, 

 Hook. f. Of G. lanceolarium with numerous anthers I have only seen one specimen 

 said to have come from Bombay. 32. G. Ralphii, Hunk. f. Chats of the Konkan and 

 [forth Kanara, Closely allied to 31, I. lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. J in. long, ovary 

 villous, capsule | in. diam.. faintly 3-6-lobed. 33. G. fagifolium, Miqucl. Nilgiris. 

 Tenasserim (<?. fagifolium, Kurz. Pegu, Martaban is doubtful). Entirely glabrous, 



branchlets angular, L lam laic.:;] in. long, sec n. thin but prominent, anthers 3 or I. 



V II. nearly sessile, style subglobose larger than the ovary. 31. G. neUgherrense, 

 Wight.— Syn. '.'. Peroltetianum, Bedd. Nilgiris, 6-7,000 ft. A small tree, as a rule 



glabrous except the J fl., young si ts sometimes minutely pubescent, 1. olive-green 



above, [■eddish-brown beneath, unequal sided, often falcate, blade :; 5, narrowed into 

 pet. i in. Fl. <y on pedicels as long as or shorter than fl., sepals I in. long, connective 

 half the length of anthers or longer, 9 subsessile, calyx thickly coriaceous, hairy 

 uiilside, teeth unequal, style stout, exserted, with I 6 large lobes, ovary minute, I 6- 



celled. Capsule sessile, J-j in. diam., distinctly lobed, much depressed, crowned with 

 t he stout short I 6-lohed si \ le. 



i In Branchlets hairy. 



:'■■>. G. arboreum, Wight let. L907. Nilgiris and Shevagherri hills, similar to 34, 

 but branchlets finely pubescent, 1. larger, tort. n. prominently reticulate, capsule 

 obscurely lobed, crowned n LI ii the I 6 spreading lobes ol the style. 86. G. Johnstonei, 

 I look. f. West,, in Ghats, North Kanara and ( "..chin. A middle-sized tic. bran hlets 



tomentose, I. thin, glabrous or sparsely pubescent beneath, elliptic-lani late, I 5 in. 



long. Capsules deeply 6-lobed, crowned I . s Hie 8-lobed stigma. 37. G. nubigenum, 

 Eookff. Sikkim 2-7,000 ft. Shan hills; Upper Burma 1,000 ft. (Collett 709). Attains 

 60 fc Branchlets pubescent, 1. thin, minutelj hairy beneath, ovate or elliptic, 

 acuminate, blade I <;. pet. > [ in. Ovary 10-12-celJed, al the base of the glabrous short 

 i 6-angled style. 



II. Styles :'. distinct, Bhort, filiform. 



;W. 0. dasyBtylum, Kurz. Hills east of Toil n goo, ascending to 3. Mm ft. A small 

 tree, branchlets and 1. beneath softly tomentose, I. ovate, acuminate, 3 I in. long, fl. 

 unknown, capsule | ' in. diam., 8-4-celled, 6 si. .be. i, clothed with long hairs, topped 

 by 8 short filiform an ivy styles, united at the base, pedicels hairy, J in. long. 



