388 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENAE. PHYLLANTHUS. 
quocum olim ipse varietatem 8 confudi, sed bene recognita facile distin- 
guitur habitu robustiore, colore partium fusco v. fuscescente, colore et 
fotma baseos stipularum. (v. s.) 
311. P. ggzLIOTROPUS, caulibus inferne tereti-compressis margine obtusis 
apice margine acutis haud alato-ancipitibus, floribus masc. depauperato-fasci- 
culatis subsessilibus, glandulis florum masc. liberis, filamentis liberis. 5 v. C) 
Tn Cuba occidentali (C. Wright n. 1945 !). P. heliotropus Griseb. in Nachricht. 
d. Kónigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. d. Univ. Góttng. 1865. p. 167 (excl. 
descript. florum). Totus glaber, obscure fuscescens. Caules e basi incrassata 
volide fibrilloso-multiradiculosa plus minusve numerosi, simplices v. in ramos 
cauliformes 1-3 inferne divisi, circ. sesquipedales, basi forte vix vere lignes- 
centes, crassiusculi, erecti. Stipule e basi semicordata denticulata triangulari- 
ovate v. laaceolate, brevius longiusve acuminatze, subintegre, totze scariosce 
et fusca. Petioli i mm. longi. Folia (fide cl. detectoris) solem matutinum 
versus vergentia, parva, distantia, erecta, oblongo-elliptica v. lanceolato- 
ovata imove ovato-lanceolata, breviter acutata, basi obtusa, circ. 5-6 mm. 
longa, 1 1-3 mm. lata, subtus pallidiora. Flores (dioici?) masculi parvi, fere 
sessiles, nonnihil fusco-flavicantes. Flores feem. a cl. Griseb. l. c. in axillis 
inferioribus siti breviter pedicellati indicabantur, sed flores masc. a cl. 
auct. visi « staminibus 3 centralibus, 2 exterioribus, his distinctis, rimis 
antherarum longitrorsis » ad caules foliaque ejusdem diagnoseos non per- 
tinent — Species subsimilis P. compresso, sed ramuli non subalato-compressi, 
folia distantia et caules fere simplices. (v. s.) 
b. Columna staminalis trifida.— Flores monoici. 
312. P. FALLAX (Müll Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 13), stipulis basi longiuscule 
semihastatis, pedicellis subgeminis brevibus, calycis fructigeri laciniis an- 
gustis spathulatis anguste albido-marginatis, glandulis florum masc. obovatis 
demum papillosis, urceolo hypogyno integro, columna staminali breviter 
trifida, stylis bifidis exiguis, seminibus secus lineas longitrorsas laxas punc- 
tato-asperis. In Brasilia, in Serra do Lappa (Riedel! hb. berol.). Suffruti- 
culus semipedalis, a basi ramulos numerosos patulos gerens, fusco-nigricans, 
glaber; Ramuli subteretes. Stipulae triangulari-ovate  acuminate, lacere. 
Foliorum limbus 1-1 $ cm.-longus, 3-5 mm. latus, oblongo-ovatus v. ovato- 
lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi acutus v. acutiusculus, firme membranaceus, 
nigricans, subtus glaucescens, opacus, sub lente gravi minute foveolato-punc- 
liculatus. Pedicelli utriusque sexus calycem vix equantes. Calyx fructiger 
in orbem vi deplanatus diametro 3 mm, zquans. Capsule ut in P. Niruri, 
i. e. exigue, ? mm. late. Semina dorso secus lineas longitrorsas tantum 
circ. 6-7 punctato-aspera, linece punctorum inter se distantes. Crescendi 
modus ut in P. Carolinensi. (v. s.) 
c. Columna staminalis integra, — Flores monoici. 
313. P. canNoscuLUs (Müll Arg. l. c. v. 32. p. 30), stipulis basi rotundato- 
auriculatis, floribus solitariis, pedicellis brevibus, laciniis calycis fructigeri 
anguste obovatis hyalino-marginatis, glandulis utriusque sexus liberis, ovario 
papilloso, stylis erectis compressis bilobis, seminibus dense verruculosis. 
5 In Cuba orientali (C. Wright n. 5911). P. callitrichoides Griseb. sched. in 
plant. Wright. ex ipso Griseb. in Nachricht. d. Kónigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. 
d. Univ. Gótting. 1865. p. 166. P. Niruri Griseb. Plant. Wright. p. 158 pr. p. 
Caules 3-6-pollicares, e caudice brevissimo numerosi, adscendentes, sub- 
simplices, valide filiformes, carnosuli, fere tota longitudine cwquilati, dia- 
metro j mm. zquantes, teretes v. superne leviter compressi, minute papil- 
loso-asperuli, interdum e rhizomate fasciculati. Stipule triangulari-ovate, 
acuta. Foliorum limbus 4-7 mm. longus, 2-4 mm. latus, obovatus, utrinque 
rotundato-obtusus, subcarnosulus, opacus, subscabridulus, superficie minu- 
tissime foveolato-puncticulatus. Lacinie calycinz sub florendi tempore ovate, 
acutiuscule, 1 mm. paulo superantes. Calyx fructiger apertus 3 mm. diametro 
bene equans. Glandule florum fcm. triangulari-obcordate, superne trans- 
versim dilatate, demum basi longe cuneato-angustate, subsimiles petalis 
