PhyllantJms] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACEiE 571 



glands, alternating witli sepals, styles connate liigli up, simply bifurcate, occasionally 

 3-furcate. Er. 1 m. diam., juicy, acid, not "bitter. 6. P. Prainiaims, Coll. et Hemsl. 

 Southern Slian Hills, 5,000 ft. Branchlets puhescent, 1. nearly glabrou.s, pale beneath., 

 from broadly elliptic to orbicular, J in. long. Fl. on short capillary pedicels, fascicu- 

 late, supported by small reddish fimbriate bracts. 7. E albizzoides, Hook. f. — Syn. 

 Cicca albizzoides, Kurz. Shama, Burm. Pegu Yoma, west side. A small deciduous 

 tree, branchlets minutely hairy, bark grey, peeling off in irregular conchoid flakes, 

 1. glabrous, glaucesoent beneath, nearly sessile, oblong, obtuse, 1-1^ by ^ in. Fr. 

 globose 1 in. diam., pericarp hard fleshy, acid, edible, endocarp woody, 3-celled. 



11. Pericarp dry, crnstaceoiis or coriaceous. 



A. Stamens 4 or 6, filaments free. 



8. P. indicus, Muell. Arg. Vern. Pan ]<fana, Ivan. "Western Ghats, from the Konkan 

 southwards. A middle-sized tree, bark smooth, white, perfectly glabrous. L. mem- 

 branous elliptic, blade 3-5, pet. I in. Fl. on short |3edicels, in dense fascicles, usually 

 at the base of the current year's shoots. Stamens 4, filaments exserted. Capsule 

 smooth, gieen, with 3 vertical furrows, \-\ in. diam., seeds blue. 9. P. Chorizandra, 

 Barber in Ind. For. xxvii, 288. — Syn. Cliorizanclra pinnata, Wight Ic. t. 1994, included 

 under Ihcggea microcarpa, in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 328. Western Peniiis. on the east side, 

 from the Northern Circars to Chingleput. A gregarious glabrous shrub, 3-5 ft. high, 

 1. distant, elliptic. Fl. usually dioecious, fascicled, often a|)pearing before the 1.^ 

 stamens 6, long exsei ted, sepaK 6 reflexed. Capsule 3-celled, \ in. diam. Gramble first 

 di-ew attention to this species in Ind. For. xxvii. 131. 



B. Stamens 3, $ sepals 5-6. 



(a) L. linear, less than | in. long. 



10. P. Lawii, Grab. Behar. West Bengal, Ohutia Nagpur. Central Provinceb. 

 Western Peninsula, often forming dense thickets along the banks of rivers, also in 

 Babul Koruns, Poona district. A gregarious shrub, quite glabrous, 1. J in. long, pet. 

 ver^^ short, sec. n. obscure. Capsule globose, 3-celled, l~\ in. diam. 11. P. polyphyllus, 

 Willd. Deccan and Karnatik. — Ceylon, dry country, common. A shrub or small tree, 

 quite glabrous, 1. sessile, \-% in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, fl. on slender pedicels up to J iu. 

 long. Capsule |- in. diam. 



{!)) L. lanceolate, elliptic or obovate. less than 1^ in. long. M. axillary, 

 generally clustered, on leaf -bearing branchlets. 



12. p. parvifolius, Ham. Himalaya 2-8,000 ft., from the Ravi eastwards, often in 

 the crevices of rocks. Khasi hills. A small shrub, stems prostrate or erect, in the 

 Khasi hiUs attaining 8 ft., branchlets sometimes minutely hairy, 1. glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sessile J-J iu. long, stipules hastate. Fl. 

 pedicelled, capsule globose J in. diam. 13. P. "brevipes, Hook, f, Mishmi hills, Assam. 

 Quite glabrous, 1. elliptic-obovate, 1,-% iii* loiig? fi- nearly sessile from tufts of fimbriate 

 bracts. 14. P. missionis, Hook. f. Deccan, Quite glabrous. 1. thinly membranous, 

 obovate, blade i-^, pet. slender -^ in. long. Fl. on capillary pedicels up to J in. long. 

 15. P. Eoeperianus, Wall. Khasi hills. Manipur. A small glabrous shrub, branches 

 rigid, densely fascicled, branchlets slendex', ribbed. L. coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, 

 blade i-|, pet. ^ in. Fl. from tufts of minute fimbriate bracts, pedicels slender 

 up to J in. long. Capsule ^ in. diam. 16. P. Griflatliii, Muell. Arg. Ivhasi hills, 

 Manipur. Quite glabrous, branches and branchlets ribbed. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 subsessile, J-| in. long, stipules peltate, lacerate. Fl. axillary, on capillary pedicels 

 up to 1 in. long. Capsule ^ in. diam. 17. P. Clarkei, Hook. f. Sikkim, 6,000 ft. Assam. 

 Khasi hills. Glabrous, branchlets grooved, stiff. L. obovate, blade \~i, pet. ^^ in. 

 Fl. on capillary pedicels up to \ in. long. 18. P. Leschenaultii, Mu.ell. Arg. Nilgiris. 

 Khasi hills. Quite glabrous, branches slender, 1. very thin, glaucous beneath, elliptic, 

 blade i-lj, pet. vei^y slender, ^ in, long. Fl. on capillary pedicels, ? J in. long. 



(c) L. 1-5 in. long. Fl. often on leafless racemes. 



19. P. bseobotryoides, Wall. Silhet. Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. A shrub, 

 entirely glabrous, branchlets slender, prominently angled. L. thinly coriaceous, nearly 

 sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 2-5 in. long. Fl. on short pedicels, in slender axillary racemeH 

 shorter than 1. 20. P. columnaris, Muell. Arg. Tern. KaUn UttJie, Lower, Techin-ya, 

 Upper Burma. Andamans. Along the edge of streams, Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 A small deciduous tree, branchlets and underside of 1. pubescent. L. thin, glaucous 

 beneath, elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, blade 1-2, pet, | in. Fl. on short pedicels, 

 in compound clusters on branchlets which sometimes are leafless or with a few 1., often 

 with several pairs of stipules below the fl. bearing portion. Anthers minute, on a 

 long exserted slender staminal-column. Capsule J in. diam., 3-celled, valves separating 

 from a central column, pericarp thin, endocarp hard. 



C. Anthers 2-4, sessile on the top of a column, around a minnte pistillode. 



