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XYLOPHYLLA falcate. 

 Sickle-leaved Sea-side Laurel. 



MOKCECIA MONADELPHU. 



Nat. ord. Euphorbia. Jussieu gen. 384, Div. I. Styli plures definite 



ssepi&s tres^ 

 Euphorbiace^. Browi gen. rem. app. Flind. voy. 555. 

 XYLOPHYLLA. Masc. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. 0- Nect. glandulas 

 6, globose. Fem. Cal. et Nect. ut in maac. Germ, superum. Styli tres- 

 Stigynata tripartita* Caps. 3-loc. Sem. % in singulis locularaentis. Hart. 

 Kexv. ed. 2. 5. 336. 



Frutex facie Cacti Phyllantbi;/*^ (out potius ramnli aphyUi diktat* 

 complanati Jbliis similes, nndi nomenj simplicia alter na. utnnqttc dentate, 

 stipula simplici carinatce subvaginanii-axillaria ; fiores in Joliorum dentibus 

 conglomerate quidam steriles et ideb masculi, Juss. I. c. 387. 



X.Jhlcata, foliis sparsis Hneari-lanceolatis subfalcatis crenatis, floribus sub- 



sessilibus triandm monoids. Sxvartz prod. 28. 

 Xylophylla falcata. Hort. Ketv. 1. 376. ed. 2. 5. 336, Wtlld. sp. pi. 1. 1501. 



Andrews's reposit. 331* 

 Phyllanthus falcata. Sxvartz fi. ind. occ. 2. 1115. Wittd. enuni. 2. 996. 

 Phyllanthus Epiphyllanthus. Lin. sp.pl. ed. 2. 2. 1392. 

 Phyllanthus americana, planta flores e singulis foliorura crenis profercns. 



Comm. hort. \. 199. t. 102. Catesb. car. % 26. t. 26. 



Frutex 5S*pedali&. ramosus, cortice cinereo. Rami sparsi, ieretes, stricti. 

 glabri. Fol. subsessilia, sparsa, s. versus apices ramorum subconferta, 4-5- 

 polHcaria, lineari-lanceolata* subfalcata. erectiuscula. crenata, crenis re' 

 moiis Jlorijeris. striata, lineata, saturate viridia, nitida. Flores ad crenos 

 confertiy subconglomerati 9 brevissime pedicel!ati> sanguine^ monoid, masculi 

 etjeminei mixti; hi pauciores. Masculi. CaK 6-phyllus, patens. Folio] a 3 

 exteriora dimidio minora, ovato-acuta, pallidiora; 3 inleriora ovata obtusa 

 pallidiora. Glandulae 6. ovata, rubrte. ad basin Joliorum calycis. Fil. 

 cylindricum erectum purpureum apice vix trifidum. Anth. 3, didynus, lobis 

 subrotundis. luteis. Fkminei. Cal. ut in mare, sed parum major. Germ. 

 subrotundum, margine crenulato bast cinctum. Styli 3, reflexu Stigmata 

 bifida. Sw. fi, ind. occ. I. c. 



A hothouse shrub, introduced from the Bahama islands 

 before 1699; at which time it was cultivated in the Royal 

 Garden at Hampton Court. 



Five or six feet high, branching; bark cinereous. 

 Branches scattered, round, stiff, smooth. Leaves subses- 

 sile, scattered, sometimes rather crowded towards the top 

 of the branches, 4-5- inches long, linearly lanceolate, subfal- 

 cate, inclining to be upright, crenate, with wideset flower- 

 bearing crenae or notches, fluted or striate marked with lines 



