Phyllanthus.] cxxvm. euphorbiaceje. 203 
faces acute, faintly reticulate, *25 in. long. Hab. Abundant in 
forests from sea level to 4000 ft. altitude. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
Pahang, Tahan and Pahang River woods. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Bukit Hitam; Semangkok Pass. Perak, 
Temengoh; Goping (Kunstler); Thaiping Hills (Long). Dindings 
Lumut. Penang (Wallich, Kunstler); Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
var. rigidus Ridl. Base of stem bare, leafy branches at the 
top. Leaves coriaceous elliptic lanceolate, blunt narrowed to base, 
3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; male flowers fewer and larger. Hab. 
Mountains, Kedah Peak (Robinson). A stiff-leaved mountain 
form. Distrib. Of species Lingga, Carimon islands. Native name: 
Cherek Hantu. 
(12) P. coriaceus Wall. Cat. 7946; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 292. 
Slender tree 15 ft. tall, quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic acuminate, base narrowed; nerves about 10 pairs, nervules 
nearly as prominent; 4*5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles very 
short. Male flowers in minute axillary clusters glabrous. Sepals 
ovate blunt. Stamens lanceolate; filaments very short. Disc 
glands in male 2 crenate. Ovary globose; style columnar. Hab. 
Hill forests, local. Perak, Goping (Kunstler 716). Penang (Main- 
gay). Distrib. Siam. 
(13) P. campanulatus Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1923, p. 362. 
Shrub. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceolate, base narrowed, tip 
acuminate beneath glaucescent; nerves 6 pairs faint; 3 in. long, 
1 in. wide; petioles very short. Male flowers in very short axil¬ 
lary racemes, -i in. long, with lanceolate acute bracts; pedicels 
slender, -i in. long. Sepals 6, inner whorl broader than outer, 
oblong blunt, -i in. long. Stamens 3, filaments connate; anthers 
free erect lanceolate blunt. Disc of obovate broad toothed lobes. 
Hab. Mountains, Kedah Peak at 2000 ft. altitude (Bell and Haniff). 
This is near P. frondosus, but differs in its coriaceous leaves, glaucescent 
beneath and flowers twice as large on distinct pedicels in short racemes. 
(14) P. elegans Wall. Cat. 7926; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 300. 
P. glaucifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 59- 
A shrub with slender branches, glabrous. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate rarely oblique, acuminate acute, base round, membranous, 
glaucous beneath; nerves 5 pairs inconspicuous; 3 to 4 in. long, 
1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Male flowers minute in 
numerous small clusters of racemes on the lower part of the branches 
below the leaves. Racemes *1 in. long, covered with ovate acumin¬ 
ate pink bracts on one side. Pedicels capillary, pink. Sepals 4, 
rose-pink oblong fimbriate. Stamens 4 (2 fide Hooker) connate. 
Female flowers on the leafless ends of the branches solitary in 
the axils of lanceolate acuminate bracts; pedicels 1-25 in. long, 
capillary. Sepals triangular-lanceolate fimbriate green. Capsule 
smooth, green, -5 in. long. Hab. Stream banks, Pulau Adang 
islands, Rawei (Ridley). Distrib. Tenasserim. 
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