202 cxxvm. euphorbiacejE . [ Phyllanthus. 
Female flowers solitary sub-sessile very small. Sepals 6, rounded. 
Fruit shortly pedicelled globose, -o8 in. through; sepals little 
enlarged oblong. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. 
(9) P. erythrocarpus Ridl. Km Bull. 1923, p. 362. 
Tree. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves thin sub-membranous 
ovate blunt, base rounded, or sub-emarginate, above glabrous 
except base of midrib, beneath pubescent on the nerves, densely 
on the midrib; nerves 7 pairs, nervules conspicuous, reticulations 
large; 1 to 2 in. long, *6 to 1*4 in, wide; petioles *05 in. long. 
Stipules lanceolate acuminate persistent. Flowers in tufts on 
slender lateral branches usually 4 or 5 in. long, pubescent, appear¬ 
ing racemose from fall of leaves. Bracts several lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate. Male flowers minute shortly pedicelled; pedicels pubescent. 
Sepals imbricate, 5, oblong blunt, pubescent outside. Stamens 5; 
anthers oblong deeply grooved between the cells; filaments free 
to base, short cylindric. Disc saucer-shaped minutely lobulate. 
Capsule sub-sessile globose red, -25 in. through, glabrous, crowned 
with the very short styles. Seeds 4, black triquetrous. Hab. 
Woods by limestone rocks; Selangor, Batu Caves (Ridley). 
(10) P. reticulatus Poir, Encycl. v. 298. Glochidion micro- 
phyllum Ridl. Journ. Roy. Ms. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 172. 
A tree (or scandent shrub) glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 
small elliptic-oblong, tip round, blunt or acute, 1 to 2 in. long, 
•25 to *5 in. wide; nerves 7 pairs slender; petioles very short. 
Flowers few together axillary and pseudo-racemose; racemes 
slender, 3 in. long or less; pedicels slender, -i in. long. Sepals 
5 or 6 rounded. Stamens 5 in 2 series, outer free, inner 3 connate. 
Ovary globose, 5- to 8-celled. Stigmas 2, very minute 2-lobed. 
Fruit *12 in. through, sub-globose, top flattened, not lobed, 8- to 
16-seeded. Hab. Open country; Malacca town (Maingay, Ridley). 
Kedah, Alor Sta. Perlis, Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. India, China, 
Malay islands, Africa. 
The racemes are lateral branches with suppressed or fallen leaves. 
(n) P. frondosus Wall. Cat. 7932; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 292. 
P. Kunstleri Hook. fil. l.c. 
A shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall with slender spreading branches glabrous, 
rarely puberulous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, 
bright green, membranous, those of flowering branchlets 1*5 in. 
long, *5 in. wide, older ones 2 in. long, 1 in. wide; nerves about 
6 pairs slender; petioles very short. Flowers numerous sub-sessile 
in minute axillary clusters very small, yellow; pedicels very short. 
Male flowers, sepals 6, inner series slightly larger than outer, broadly 
oblong blunt. Stamens 3, filaments connate or separable; anthers 
lanceolate, connectives produced at tip. Disc of 6 oblong toothed 
lobes. Female flowers as in male. Ovary globose, glabrous or 
rarely pubescent. Styles 3 forked. Capsule sub-globose lobed 
dehiscent, -3 in. through. Seed reniform, back convex, inner 
