puyLLANTHUs. EUPH. PHYLLANTHEUE. (auct. MULLER). 363 
8, genwinus, foliis latius angustiusve cuneato-obovatis v. cuneato-lanceolatis 
apice abrupte acuminatis, floribus masc. 2-4-nis. 2, 2? C) In India orien- 
tali (hb. Linn.! Wall. n. 78941 7906 A-G! Thoms.!), in Java (Zolling. n. 
2199!), in Zeylonia (Thwait. n. 2133!), dein in insula Agaleza juxta 
Mauritium sita (Bouton! in hb. DC.), nec non in Africa zambesica (Kirk! 
in hb. Hook.). P. Maderaspatensis L. Spec. plant. p. 1393 (fide hb. Linn.); 
Willd. Spec. pl. vol. 4. p. 575 (ad specimen suffruticosum); Roxb. Flor. 
ind. 3. A 654 (ad plantam annuam). P. andrachnoides Willd. Spec. 4. 
p. 515 (fide hb. Willd. fol. 17953, specimen primo anno florens). P. cuneatus 
"Willd. Enum. pl. hort. bot. berol. suppl. p. 65 (fide specim. hb. berol ). P. 
obcordatus Willd. hb. fol. 17954 et. Roxb. Flor. ind. 3. p. 656. P. gracilis 
Roxb, Flor. ind. 3. p. 654 (ad plantam perennem), P. Javanicus Poir. 
ex Spreng. Syst. veg. 3. p. 21, — Insuper his synonymis sequentia nus- 
quam rite edita e irae sunt: P. stipulaceus Boj. Hort. maurit. p. 280. 
P. anceps. Wall. Cat. n. 7906 F. P. linearis Wall. Cat. n. 7906. D. 
P. Malabaricus Wall. Cat. n. 1906 E. P. Niruri Wall. Cat. n. 7894. Planta 
1-2-pedalis v. paulo altior, basi demum lignescens, jam primo anno 
florens, demum valde ramosa, plus minusve glauca, glabra. Rami erecti 
y. adscendentes, subsimplices, sepius circ. pedales, ipsi etiam inferne 
omnino lignosi. Stipule lineari-lanceolate, longius acuminata, petiolos 
superantes, subintegre. Petioli circ. 1-14 mm. longi. Foha sepissime 
2 cm. longa, superne circ. 4-5 mm. lata, basi longiuscule cuneato-an- 
gustata, apice mucronulata. Pedicelli calyces vix superantes. Calyx fructi- 
ger apertus 4 mm. latus, post casum capsule depresso-scutelleeformis et 
apertus remanens. Glandulae utriusque sexus libere, florum masc. sub- 
orbiculares, foem. oblonge. Capsule leviter trigone, 3 mm. late, 
1imm. longe. Semina lineolato-asperula. — A P. simplice, cui interdum 
satis similis, facile discernitur forma foliorum et calyce fcemineo, et dein, 
examini subjectus, structura antherarum longe diversus est. (v. s.) 
88. Glandule disci masc. liberz, foeminei in urceolum connata. 
244. P. Gu EzINZIL (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 32. p. 18), caulibus superne cum 
ramis florigeris compresso-angulosis, floribus 2-4-nis uno ftem. cum masc. 
mixto, calycis feem. laciniis lale ellipticis acutis anguste hyalino-marginatis, 
urceolo hypogyno 6-lobo calyci fere omnino adnato, stylis suberectis fere 
integris. 5 In Africa austro-orientali ad Port Natal (Gueinzius n. 162!). Caules 
circ. pedales v. breviores, fusciduli. Ramuli erecti, cum omnibus partibus gla- 
ri. Stipule late triangulari-lanceolate, acuminatz, basi leviter dilatata, sub- 
integre, scariose, petiolos bis squantes. Folia breviter petiolata, majora 
2! cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, minus acuminata, rara, reliqua triente v. dimidio 
breviora et duplo triplove angustiora, internodia bis et ultra zequantia, lineari- 
lanceolata, acutissime acuminata, firme membranacea, fusco-glaucescentia. 
Pedicelli utriusque sexus tenues, calyces semel v. fere sesqui tantum aequantes. 
Calyx masc. | mm. longus, fi(em. demum 2 mm. &quans. Glandule florum 
masc. plane libere. Columna staminalis integra. Capsule, mature hucusque 
ignota. — Ab affini et subsimili P. Maderaspatensi differt foliis, disco florum 
Toeemineorum et stylis. (y. s.) 
245. P. RREEDII (Wight Icon. plant. Ind. or. t. 1895. fig. 1), ramulis angu- 
losis, floribus subgeminis v. solitariis fcemineis raris omnibus breviter pedi- 
cellatis, calycis masc. mox ampliati laciniis oblongo-ovatis subacutis, glandulis 
eleganter stellulatim tuberculatis, columna staminali breviter trifida, stylis 
reflexis divergenter et acute semibifidis, seminibus dorso minutissime lon- 
itrorsum A-5-costulatis. 2^ In peninsula Indis orient. (hb. Wight.! nunc in 
b. kew.) et in Ceylonia altitud. 4000-:000 ped. s. m. (Thwait. n. 320!). 
P. flaccidus Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 283. Ex cl. Wight hic etiam ducendus 
esset Niruri Hort. Malab. 2. t. 27, sed icon adhuc non certe dijudicanda 
videtur. Planta circ. sesquipedalis, parce ramosa, subflaccida, glabra. Ramuli 
breviusculi, circ. 5-f0-phylli. Stipulae lineari-lanceolatz, petiolos circ. 2 mm. 
longos superantes, longe acuteque subulato-acuminate. Folia 1-2 cm. longa, 
6-10 mm. lata, latius angustiusve obovata, brevissime acutata, basi subacuta, 
membranacea, subtus glaucescentia. Flores juniores subsessiles, evoluti pedi- 
