136 



(21) P. Hetneantts. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. ia Hora Eatisb. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 311. 



Sj/n. G-ynoon Heyneanum, W. and A. ex. Dietr. Syn. pi. 5. 

 p. 388. — Giochidion Heyneanum, B. Wight. 



JEngrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1908. 



Spec. Ohab. Small tree : leaves lanceolate, acuminate, acute 

 at the base, usually slightly unequal-sided, rusty-pubescent 

 beneath : male pedicels glabrous, females pubescent : segments of 

 the male calyx ovate, acute, glabrous, female oblong-obovate, acu- 

 minate, pubescent : ovary 5-celled, silky, globose : styline column 

 long-obconical, Bj times equalling the ovary in length, much 

 narrower than the ovary at the base. 



Peninsula. 



(22) P. BicoLOE. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 311. 



Syn. Bridelia acuminata. Wall. Cat. No. 7885. — Phyllanthus 

 acuminatus,F'aAi. — Giochidion acuminatum. Mull. Arg.in Idnncea 

 V. 32.^. 68. 



Spec. Chae. Small tree: branchlets pale tavfny and silky 

 pubescent at the apex : leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate, acute 

 at the base, usually slightly unequal-sided, above pubescent on 

 the ribs, the rest glabrous, beneath more or less silvery-pale or 

 •whitish, always beneath much paler, and very shortly pubescent : 

 male flowers fascicled, females at first subglomerate : pedicels of 

 either sex pubescent : calycine segments oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 

 inner ones narrower and a little shorter : ovary 3 — 4-celled, glo- 

 bose, silky: styline column cylindric-obconical, above a little 

 broader, shortly 3 — 5-cleft, 8 or 4 times equalling the ovary in 

 length, thinner than it at the base, thicker at the apex, long ex- 

 ceeding the calyx : capsule small, depressed, deeply furrowed, 

 umbilicately depressed at the base and apex. 



Eastern Bengal. 



(23) P. KHASicrs. (Muller) 



Ident. MuU. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 311. 



Spec. Chab. Shrub: stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: 

 leaves elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, long cuspidate-acuminate, 

 acute at the base, unequal^sided : male pedicels slender, females 

 scarcely any : segments of the female calyx oblong-elliptic, gla- 

 brous, inner ones smaller : ovary 3-celled, glabrous,- globose, 

 passing gradually into, the styline cylindrico-clavate column: 

 styline column 4 — 5 times longer than the ovary, 3-toothed, all 

 glabrous : capsule depressed, 3-furrowed. 



Khasia hills, 



