Phyllanihus .] cxxviii. euphorbiacEjE. 201 
cuneate-obovate glaucous beneath, *25 to 1 in, long, -I to *25 in. 
wide. Stipules peltate. Male flowers axillary minute sessile. 
Sepals round or obcuneate. Disc of glands. Female flowers 
larger pedicelled. Fruit -2 in. wide or less. Hab. Seashores, rare, 
Pahang, Kwala Pahang (Ridley). Disirib. Africa, India, Java to 
Australia. 
(6) P. pulcher Wall. Cat. 7908; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 301. 
Reidia glaucescens Miq. FI. Ind. Bot. i. {2), 374; Hook. Bot. Mag. 
I 5437 - 
Shrub about 2 ft. tall. Branches pubescent on one side. 
Leaves distichous glaucous imbricating close-set broadly oblong, 
glaucous beneath oblique sub-sessile, *25 to 75 in. long, *12 to 
6 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate acuminate. Flowers solitary, 
•25 in. wide, pendent on slender red pedicels -65 in. long. Sepals 
ovate lacerate deep red with dark centre, or white or yellow with 
red base. Stamens 4, anthers sessile. Disc of 4 reniform glands 
in males, of females annular crenate; styles spreading, 6. Hab. 
Stream banks, but in some spots an escape from cultivation; 
Singapore, Tanglin, and probably Malacca (Maingay) escapes; 
Pahang, Pekan; Pulau Tawar and Temengoh, river banks; Sungei 
Jelai (Machado). Selangor, Klang River near Klang Gates. Penang 
(Wallich); Kedah (Kunstler). Kelantan, Chaning. All wild. 
Distrib. Slam, Java. Native name : Kanka Bona. 
(7) P. filicifolius Gage, Kew Bulletin, 1914, p. 241. 
Small shrub, glabrous. Leaves bifarious on the branches 
obliquely obovate insequilateral membranous, acute at base, one 
side round, the other sub-cuneate, beneath glaucous; nerves 
faint 4 or 5 pairs; -3 to *5 in. long, *25 in. wide; petioles minute. 
Stipules minute triangular acute sub-scarious. Male flowers in 
upper axils solitary from bracteolate tubercles, pedicels filiform, 
•5 in. long. Sepals 4, deeply cut down, obovate, tip irregularly 
toothed. Glands 4, fleshy reniform peltate alternating with them. 
Stamen-column very short; anthers 2 minute. Female flowers 
solitary; pedicels stiller than in males. Sepals 5 to 7, obovate. 
Disc shortly cup-shaped, edge thickened. Ovary sub-globose, 
3-lobed; styles 3 deeply bifid. Capsule light brown, -i in. through, 
styles persistent, cocci rounded. Seeds triquetrous, red-brown. 
Hab. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). 
Allied to P. pulcher, but with the sepals less deeply laciniate. 
(8) P. dalbergioides Wall. Cat. 7934. 
Small shrub, glabrous; branchlets angled. Leaves elliptic 
sub-acute, base rounded, shortly narrowed, coriaceous; nerves 
parallel, 10 pairs, reticulations visible on both sides; 2 in. long, 
1 in. wide; petioles -i in. long, slender. Stipules very small lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate. Bracts similar. Male flowers very small. 
Sepals 6, ovate round, glabrous. Stamens 6, anthers globose. 
