364 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. — rurrANTHUS. 
cellis 2-3 mm. longis prediti. Pedicelli masc. tenues, feeminei anguste obco- 
nici, fructigeri demum magis elongati. Calyces evoluti demum 3 mm. longi, 
i.e. vi in orbem deplanati diametro demum 6 mm. cquantes. Glandule 
disci radiis 6-8 breviter digitiformibus horizontalibus radianlibus insignitz. 
Anthere semper erect, loculi tamen dein inferne sensu iangentiali nonnihil 
divergentes, unde rimz dein paulo obliquae. Capsulze 3 mm. longae, depresso- 
globosze, ambitu teretes. (v. s.) 
"A 
246. P. Soc1ETATIS, ramulis subteretibus, floribus monoicis feem. solitariis 
sessilibus masculis fasciculatis pedicellatis, calycis laciniis oblongo-ovatis 
fructigeris non accrescentibus, disci masc. glandulis foem. in urceolum inte- 
grum connatis, columna staminali integra, ovario dense undulato-verrucoso, 
stylis bifidis, ramis teretibus acuminatis, capsulis superne transversim zo- 
nato-subverrucosis, seminibus transversim costatis. j In insula Societatis 
-Maitia dicta Oceani Pacifici (Un. Stat. Expl. Exped. under Capt. Wilkes! in 
hb. DC.). Caules circ. pedales, superné dense virgato-ramosi, inferne sub- 
simplices, teretes, glabri, superne rubelli v. fuscescentes. Ramuli numerqsi, 
filiformes, olivaceo-fuscescentes, hinc inde distincte ancipiti-angulosi, czete- 
rum leviter compressi, cum tota planta glabri, circ. 10 cm. longi. Stipule 
lanceolata, denticulate. Folia subsessilia, 12-15 mm. longa, 5-10 mm: lata, 
oblongo-obovata, breviter acutata, mucronulata v. apiculata, basi àcuta, firme 
membranacea, supra opaca, subtus pallidiora, tenuiter venosa. Calyces masc. 
aperientes globosi, 1 mm. lati, feminei aperti, imo fructigeri diametro vix 
2 mm. superantes. Capsule 3 mm. late. 2 mm. longs, leptoderma. Semina 
fere 12 mm. longa, more eorum P. Urinariz costates. — Subsimilis Phyllan- 
tho Rheedii, sed robustior. Ab affinibus insigniter distinctus. (v. s.) 
241. P. URINARIA (L. Spec. pl. p. 1393), ramulis alato-angulosis, floribus 
fcem. inferioribus solitariis sessilibus masc. superioribus subgeminis breviter 
nm calycis laciniis feem. ovatis, ovario subsquamoso-papilloso, sty- 
is complanatis recurvis bifidis ramis hamato-recurvis, capsulis subsqua- 
moso-verrucosis, seminibus transversim costatis. 5 2^ (7) In insula Ceylonia 
(hb. Linn.! hb. holm.! Thwait. n. 2137!), in Java (Bl.! in hb. lugd. bat., 
Zolling. n. 158! 216 a!), in India orient. (Wall. n. 7893 pr. p.! Hook. et 
Thoms.! et alii), in Cochinchina (Lour.! in Mus. paris.), in China ad Macao 
(Meyerl, in Hongkong (Hance n. 729!), in ins. Loo-Choo (C. Wright n. 
214!), in Japonia (hb. lugd. bat!), in ins. Marianis (Gaudich.! in hb. DC.), 
dein in Afric orient. insulis Mauritio (S1eb. hb. fl. Maurit. n. 192! Boj.!), 
in Borbonia (hb. DC.! Boivin n. 1403!) : ex America calida hucusque non- 
nisi ex insula Martinica vidi (Belanger, n. 292!). — Roxb. Flor. ind., 
3. p. 660; Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 32. p. 19 (incl. var. B oblongifolia). 
Nymphanthus Niruri Lour. Flor. Cochinch., p. 545 (edit. 1790). Phyllanthus 
Cantoniensis Hornem. Hort. hafn., p. 910. P. alatus Bl. Bijdr. p. 594. P. lepi- 
docarpus Sieb. et Zucc. Flor. japon. fam. nat. p. 35. P. leprocarpus Wight 
Icon. plant. Ind. orient. t. 1895. fig. 4. Nomina nuda precedentibus syno- 
nymis veris jungenda: P. echinatus Wall. Cat. n. 7893. B.; P. mucronatus 
"Wall. Cat. n. 7893 C; P. muricatus Wall. Cat. n. 7893 D; P. polyphyllus 
"Wall. Cat. n. 7893 D; P. racemosus Wall. Cat. n. 7893 C. Planta erecta 
vy. siepius adscendens v. procumbens, semipedalis usque bipedalis, consistentia 
herbacea aut lignescente more P. Maderaspatensis ludens. Caules olivaceo- 
virides v. interdum purpurascentes, glabri. Ramuli florigeri puberuli. Folia 
scpius 1-1 £ cm. longa, circ. 3-4 mm. lata v. paulo majora v. minora, anguste 
oblongato-elliptica, brevius iongiusve acuminata, basi subacuta, interdum 
lanceolato-obovata, margine semper plus minusve scabra v. ciliolato-serrulata, 
vulgo dense approximata, in ramulis oblique inserta. Flores masc. exigui, vix 
] mm. longi. Calyx fructiger apertus vix 2 mm. diametro zequans, nunc pal- 
lidior, nunc obscurior. Ovarium dense papillosum. Capsule fere semper ses- 
siles, maturd depresso-globose , 2i mm. late, ambitu teretes. — Ab aucto- 
ribus olim sepissime cum diversissimo sepe simillimo P. Niruri confusus 
crat, a quo et antheris et ovarii superficie et presertim costis scminum 
transversis. nec longitudinalibus facillime distinguitur. Planta est insuper 
rigidior, folia firmiora, rensiora et magis oblique inserla. (v. s.) 
