398 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. PHYLLANTHUS. 
acute acutatus, rarius hinc inde obtusiusculus, vulgo mucronulatus, supra 
olivaceo-viridis, subtus glauco-fuscus, membranaceus, tenuiter venosus. Flores 
dioici. Pedicelli masc. capillacei, 3-5 mm. longi, feeminei filiformes, circ. 
10-13 mm. longi v. longiores, erecto-patuli, folia minora squantes, masculi 
autem iis 3-À-plo breviores. Calyx masc. apertus 2 mm. longus, foemineus 
4 v. demum sub fructu 5-6 mm. longus; lacinie inequilonge. Glandule 
florum masc. tuberculate, florum fem. in urceolum undulatum crassiuscu- 
lum connate. Stylorum rami patuli, divergentes. Capsule diametro circ. 
31 mm. zquantes. Semina 2 mm. paulo excedentia. — Similis est Andrachne 
ovalis, quz» autem recedit ramulis non ancipiti-compressis, foliis multo lon- 
gius petiolatis et characteribus genericis. (v. s.) 
338. P. LEscuEN a ULTII (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 32. p. 37), floribus masc. 
subternis fcem. solitariis, glandulis florum masc. suborbiculatis papillosis, 
filamentis pro 2 v. 1 longitudinis in columnam connatis, stylis bipartitis 
longiusculis, seminibus leviter longitrorsum costulatis in costulis transversim 
striolatis. 3 |n montibus Neilgherries Indiz orient. (Leschenault n. 129! in hb. 
DC.), in Khasia altit. 2000-5000 ped. s. m. (Hook. et Thoms.!). Frutex 6-8- 
pedalis (Leschn.), glaber. Ramuli circ. 5-8 cm. longi, erecto-patuli, leviter com- 
pressi, subtenues, fusci. Stipule ovato-lineari-lanceolate, petiolos 11-25 mm. 
longos subzquantes, crenate v inciso-denticulate, basi obtuse, decidue. 
Foliorum limbus 1-2 cm. longus, 8-13 mm. latus, obovatus v. oblongo- 
obovatus, basi apiceque breviter acutatus v. apice obtusus, membranaceus, 
subtus pallidior. Pedicelli masc. capillacei, petiolos vix superantes; fructigeri 
superne incrassati, quam folia duplo et ultra breviores. Calyces masc. ] mm. 
longi, feeminei 1 í mm. zquantes; lacinic ovate, margine pallidiores, fruc- 
tigeri in orbem v1 deplanati 31 mm. diametro zquantis late obovata. Urceo- 
lus hypogynus sublobatus. Ovarium lave. Stylorum rami demum recurvi. 
Capsula fere 3 mm late. — Satis similis P. Gunnii, sed anthera non per- 
pendiculariter birimoss, et styli preter alia nonnulla differunt. — P. Les- 
chenaultii B. tenellus a me ipso in Linnza 1. c. editus, ad specimina redactus 
floribus foemineis tantum gaudentia, a Sauropode Ceratogyno non differt, in 
Muszao parisiensi enim flores et masculos examini subjicere potui et cum 
cl. Baill. characteres Sauropodis recognovi. (v. s.) 
». Ramuli distichophylli, plus minusve compressi, herbacei, tenelli. Plante 
terrestres. — Flores monoici. Filamenta libera v. sublibera. 
]* Disci glandule utriusque sexus liberz, florum foemineorum 3. 
339. P. nuMETOsUS (Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5. p. 303), floribus solitariis v. 
geminis, pedicellis minimis, kn in fem. laciniis nervo excepto ante apicem 
evanescente viridi hyalinis late obovatis, stylis bifidis brevibus. 5 In insula 
Madagascariensi Rodriguez (Commers. in hb. Poir.! ubi nuperius examinavi, 
et in hb. Kunth. nunc in hb. berol.! Antea in Linnza, v. 32. p. 36, in fidem 
sched. herb. Kunth. erronee ex Coromandelia orientem indicavi). — Willd. 
Spec. pl. 4. p. 585. Kirganelia dumetosa Spreng. Syst. veg. 3. p. 48. Phyl- 
lanthus thesioides Müll. Arg. in Linnaa, v. 32. p. 36. Humilis, czepitoso- 
multicaulis, densissime virgato-cramosus, ramuli conferti, filiformes, sim- 
plices, subherbacei, circ. 4-6 cm. longi, dense microphyllini, superne leviter 
compressi, cum ornnibus reliquis partibus glabri. Stipule triangulari-ovatz, 
acuminatz, petiolos paulo superantes, latere caulino sepe unidentatz, basi 
haud retrorsum producta, scariosz, fusca, in ramis persistentes. Folia fere 
sessilia, alterna, 5-6 mm. longa, $-1 mm. lata, anguste lineari-lanceolata 
v. anguste lineari-elliptica, obtusa v. acutiuscula, erecta, carnosula. Pedicelli 
vix calycem aquantes, plus minusve erecti. Flores monoici, axillares. Calyces 
5-6-partiti. Glandule florum masc. libere, suborbiculares, exiguz ; florum 
foem. 3 ante lacinias 3 interiores calycis site, pro magnitudine calycis ma- 
juscule, membranaces, apice truncate v. emarginate v. bifidas. Ovarium 
leve. — Similis Thesio humili et T. brachyphyllo. (v. s.) 
2* Disci glandule utriusque sexus libere, florum feemineorum 6. 
340. P. «MINU TIFLORUS (Ferd. Muell. ap. Müll. Arg. in Linnaa, v. 34. p. 15), 
