480 A. T. GAGE. EUPHORBIACEAE. 
pyriforme, circa 0.8 mm. in diametro, 3 — 4-IocuIare ; styli brevissimi, obscure bifidi. Capsula 
subglobosc trilobata, glabra, 3 mm. in diametro, stigmatibus minutis coronata. 
Semina triquetra, dorso oblique convexo, longitudinaliter striata, circa i mm. longa. 
Dutch New Cniinea: Upper Van der Sande-River, 80 m. [Pulle n. 320, November 1912]. 
Glochidion Forst. 
Glochidion philippicum Robinson in Philip. Journ. Se. C. Bot. IV (1909) 103; J. J. Smith in Nova 
Guinea VIII, ii, 223 et in Koorders «S: Valet. Boomsoort. Java, XII, — G. philippiiiense 
Bth. Fl. Hongk. 314; Muell. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII, 65. — G. qucrcinuin Boerl. Handl. III, 
i, 276. — G. couiprcssicmile Kurz ex T. & B. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XXVII, 45. — 
Pliyllaiithiis pJiilippincnsis Muell. Arg. in Flora XXIII, 376; in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 295. — 
P. (jiurcinus Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 306. — F/i. compressicaiilis Muell. Arg. in 
Flora XXIII, 376; in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 295. — Ph. erythrococciis K. Schum. in Schum. et 
Laut. Nachtr. Fl. deutsch Schutzgeb. Sûdsee 287. — Pli. Kurzianus Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
XV, ii, 1272. — Bradkia Philippica Cav. le. IV, 48, t. 371. — B. philippineiisis Willd. Sp. 
Plant. IV, 592. — Gyrosteuion Blancoi Llanos Fragm. Alg. Pl. Filip. 74. — Coccogloc/iidion 
erythrococciis K. Schum. 1. c. 293. 
Dutch New Guinea: on the North River near Bivak Island: A. Pulle No. : 89! No. 226! 
Distribution : Philippine Islands, Hongkong, Malayan Archipelago, Dutch New Guinea. 
Glochidion novo-guineense K. Schum. in Schum. et Laut. Nachtrg. Fl. deutsch Schutzgeb, Sûdsee, 
287 ; J. J. Smith in Nova Guinea, Bot. VIII. ii, 224. 
Dutch New Guinea: on the North River near Bivak Island: A. Pulle No. 30, 20''' Sept. 1912 
and No. 74, 24''> Sept. 1912. 
SCHUMANN anits from his description the facts that the margins of the maie sepals 
are strongly inflected in the bud and that the seeds are superposed. 
Daphniphyllum BI. 
Daphniphyllum gracile Gage n. sp. 
Frutex circa 4 m. altus. Rami teretes, nigro-cinerei, cicatribus foliorum et biacteis 
persistentibus ramulorum floriferorum notati, glabri, 3 — 6 mm. crassi. Folia — in ramis novellis 
solum visa — alterna, paulum congesta, exstipulata, longe petiolata ; lamina oblanceolata ad 
oblongo-obovata, coriacea, 4- — 8 cm. longa, 1.2 — 4.5 cm. lata, apice acuto vel subacuto vel 
rotundato, margine intègre, recurvato, basi obtuse cuneata; pagina superior in sicco viride 
olivacea, glabra setulis prope marginem nigris paucis minutis exceptis, subnitida, costa média 
et costis lateralibus ± incisis ; pagina inferior viride olivacea, subglauca, glabra, costa média 
et costis lateralibus prominentibus ; nervi latérales costae mediae utraque parte 8 — 10, irregu- 
lariter excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes; nervuli reticulationem irregularem for- 
mantes; petiolus I — 3 cm. longus, supra canaliculatus, in sicco fuscus, glaber vel parce minute 
subsetulosus. Inflorescentiae $ axillares racemosae ; racemi in novellis congesti, ex foliorum 
axillis solitarii ; rachis tenuis, teres, glabra, 1.5 — 4 cm. longa, basi bracteis minutis triangularibus 
vel late ovatis coriaceis glabris cincta. Flores tenuiter pedicellati, alterni, paulum distantes 
etiam apud rachidis apicem umbelliforme congesti; pedicelli 0.5 — i cm. longi, sulcati, glabri, 
cum bracteola basilare caduca minuta; calyx ovoidea, circa 3 mm. longa; sepala 3 — 4, auguste 
