440 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. PHYLLANTHUS. 
11983!), prope Panamam (Seem. in hb.londin.), in Portoricco (Moritz! in 
hb. berol.), in Guadeloupe (E. Jardin n. 617! in hb. Lenorm.), in Cayenna 
(Perrott. n. 41! in hb. DC.), in Guyana gallica (Sagot n. 495!), prope 
Bahiam (Blanchet n. 1021!), in Brasilia australiore (Sellow! Riedel!). P. 
diffusus Klotzsch in Seem. Bot. of Herald p. 105. P. Hoffmannseggii 
Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 32. p. 45. Planta subherbacea, basi plus minusve 
lignescens v. etiam annua, pedalis v. sesquipedalis, fusco-nigricans, gla- 
bra, tota longitudine ramos elongatos suberectos gerens, e quibus oriun- 
tur ramuli florigeri nonnulli 3-5 cm. longi, filiformes, glabri, fusci. Fo- 
liorum limbus 3-4 mm. longus, 2-21 mm. latus, fere sessilis, subellipticus, 
utrinque obtusus v. apice acutiusculus, fuscus, subevenius, glaber. Sti- 
pule lineari-subulatz, patula. Pedicelli foliis multo breviores. Calyx 
Iructiger in orbem deplanatus diametro 3 mm. «equans. Glandule 
florum masc. carnosule, libere; urceolus hypogynus tenuis, plus mi- 
nusve 6-lobatus, jumor integer. Styli breves, suberecti; rami uncinato- 
recurvi, subreflexi. Antherz 3-2. Capsule 2 mm. late, leves, fusce. — 
A proxime affini P. microphyllo differt floribus monoicis et disco florum 
fcemineorum; dein a P. lathyroide preter columnam integram dignos- 
citur calyce fructigero haud accrescente et stylis. (v. s.) 
8, oblongifolius, foliis oblongo-ovatis v. oblongo-ellipticis 4-6 mm. lon- 
gis 2-3 mm. latis subtus subglaucis. () In Guyana (Schomb. n. 420! 
Kegel! Rich. Schomb. n. 140), in Brasilie prov. Para prope Santarem 
(R. Spruce n. 797!). P. Hoffmannseggii B oblongifolius Müll. Arg. in 
Linnaa, v. 32. p. 45. P. microphyllus Klotzsch in Hook. Lond. Journ. of 
Bot. 2. p. 51. (non Kunth). (v. s.) 
366. P. PERPUSILLUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 5. p. 35S), floribus in axillis 
foliorum solitariis v. paucis, calycis fiem. laciniis elongato-obovatis ate costa-. 
tis margine pallidioribus, glandulis florum. masc. obtusis . ovario. levi ; stylis 
bifidis cruribus; agice: capitatis. (): In Brasilim' prov ; Minas .Geràes: prope 
Ponte Alte (Aug..St-Hilàiré. n..301 d, in hb. .Mus. paris.). Herba 2-4 cm. alta, 
gracilis, glaberritha.i Rarmruli pauci, alterni, filiformes. Folia disticha, 2-5 mm. 
t longa, 1-2 mmi.jata, e basi vix inaquali-attenuata lanceolata, acuta, subtus 
glaucescentia. Flores imonoici: Calyces utriusque sexus 5-6-partiti; lacinie 
masculórum oblongo-ovate, basi.attenuate, foemineorum valde imbricata. 
Discus hypogynus :cupuleformis, inzqualiter crenatus. Columma staminali 
integra, apice inerassato-trigona. Anthere globose. Ovarium globosum. — 
Ex descriptione a cl. Baill. nuperrime edita, a specie precedente evidenter 
differt: stylorum ramis apice globoso-stigmatosis. Caeterum praecedenti proxime 
affinis est. ! 
Ud ;"* Flores dioici. 
1^ Styli pilobi. — lrceolus hypogynus integer. 
361. P. MICROPEYLLUS, floribus dioicis fcem. solitariis breviter pedicellatis, 
calycis fructigeri laciniis late obovatis obtusis, disco hypogyno crassiusculo 
levi, ovario levi glabro, stylis bilobis nrevibus. 
«, genuinus, ramis firmis, stipulis angustissimis ] 1 mm. longis. 27 In ripa 
Orenoci (hb. Kunth! specimen 9). P. microphyllus Kunth in Humb. et 
Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. pl. 2. p. 109. Caules circ. pedales, suberecti, 
ramosi, teretes, cum omnibus partibus glabri et nigricantes. Ramuli ab- 
breviati, fasciculati, subintricati, leves, dense foliosi. Stipule persis- 
tentes, squarroso-patule v. subreflexee. Foliorum limbus 3-4 mm. tantum 
longus, 2-24 mm. latus, subsessilis, ellipticus v. oblongo-ovatus, utrin- 
que obtusus v. apice brevissime acutatus, firmulus, fusco-nigricans, 
subtus vix pallidior, margine planus v. leviter recurvus, evenosus, inter- 
dum obsolete mucronulatus, mox deciduus. Pedicelli fem. calycem vix 
&quantes, in axillis foliorum superiorum siti. Calyx fem. 2 mm. sube- 
quans, lacini& fusco-nigricantes, hyalino-marginate. Discus florum fem. 
cupularis, integer. Ovarium 6-sulcatum. Styli patuli. (v. s.) 
B, Orbignyanus (Müll Arg. in Linnea, v. 32. p. 45), ramis ramulisque 
subfiliformibus, stipulis triente brevioribus. 2€ In America meridionali 
