314 EUPHOKBiACEiE. [Glochidumi 



celled. Styles erect, oblong and connivent. Capsules scarcely 3 lines dia- 

 meter, very depressed in the centre. 



Hongkong, Wright. Seen in no other collection. It resembles at first sight Fortune's 

 n. 139, from continental China, but tliat has broader and more obtuse leaves, 5-merous 

 ovaries, with a much longer style, etc. 



3. G. philippinense, Benth. Branches and leaves quite glabrous or 

 rai-ely sHghtly pubescent when young.- Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long, oblique at the base, on petioles of 3 or 3 lines. 

 Male iowers nearly of G. Wnghtii. Female flowers on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. 

 Ovary pubescent, 5 -celled. Styles thick, connivent in a short almost globular 

 mass. Capsule about 4 lines diameter, pubescent, very much depressed in 

 the centre. — £radleia philippica, Cav. Ic. iv. 48, t. 371. 



Honglfong, Wright. In the Philippine Islands (Cuming, u. 459). 



3. G. sinicum. Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. 310. An erect much- 

 branched shrub, densely but shortly pubescent. Leaves oblong, obtuse or 

 acute, li or rarely 3 in. long, glaucous and glabrous above except on the 

 midrib, pubescent underneath. Male flowers usually numerous, on pedicels 

 of 2 to 4 lines. Perianth-segments fuU 1 line long, narrow, erect at the base 

 and then spreading. Anthers 3. Female flowers clustered, the pedicels ^ 

 line long. Perianth small. Ovary tomentose, usually 5-celled. Styles form- 

 ing a short thick annular disk. Capsule pubescent, 4 or S lines diameter. — 

 Bradleia sinica, WiQd. Spec. iv. Bfll. 



Hongkong, Bance, Wright. Also in the adjacent continent and neighbouring islands, 

 but.not ^nown out of S. ■China. 



4. G. eriocarpwn, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 6. A shrub, the 

 branches densely hirsute with short spreading often reddish hairs. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-acuminate, 1^ to 2 or rarely 3 in. long, 

 wrinkled and hirsute on both sides. Male flowers as in (?. sinicum. Female 

 flowers Sessile and mostly solitary. Perianth small. Ovary usually 5-celled. 

 Styles shortly oblong, erect and connivent. Capsule very depressed in the 

 centre, hii-sute. 



In the Happy Valley woods. Champion. Common in ravines, Wilford; also Wright, 

 Not known out of the island. 



5. G. moUe, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. 210. Branches softly pubes- 

 cent or hirsute. Leaves ovate, obtuse, or obtusely acuminate, usually above 

 3 in. long, coriaceous and pubescent on both sides or at length glabrous 

 above. Flower-clusters or cymes often shortly pedunculate. Males many- 

 flovrered. Pedicels 3 to 5 lines long. Perianth 3 lines. Anthers 5 to 8. 

 Female flowers few, on thick pedicels of 1 line. Periaiitt-segments ovate, 

 harry, above 1 line long. Ovary usually 5-celled. Style a short thick annu- 

 lar disk. Capsule pubescent, slightly depressed, about" 4 lines diameter. 



In a ravine at the foot of Mount Gough, Wilford; also Eance an"d Wright. On the ad- 

 jacent, continent, but not known out of S. China. 



6. G. littorale, Blume ; Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. part ii. 377. In the size 

 and shape of the leaves, and in the structure of the flower and Iruit, this re- 

 sembles the G. malle io closely that Dr. Hance believes it to be only a vmiety 

 of that species. It. is however perfectly glabrous in every part ; the male pe- 



