4299 DICOTYL. sxv EXOGENJE. PHYLLANTHUS. 
losi, firmi, fusco-nigricantes. Ramuli circ. 10-14 cm. longi, patuli, teretes, 
microphylli, dense foliosi, brevissime puberuli v. demum glabrati. Stipulee 
persistentes, anguste lineari-lanceolate, basi obtusa, petiolos bis et ultra 
zquantes. Foliorum limbus seepius 10-12 mm. longus, 3j-4j mm. latus, an- 
guste ovato v. elliptico-lanceolatus, nonnihil curvus, acutus, basi subobtusus, 
glaber, opacus, subtus glaucescens. Pedicelli masc. quam folia 2-3-plo bre- 
viores, foeminei ea bene zquantes v. superantes, erecto-patuli, omnes in 
pulvinulis parvis siti, masc. subgemini ; pulvinuli haud raro in ramillos exiguos 
dense bracteatos elongati. Flores masc. purpurascentes. Capsule subglobose, 
trisulcate, argillaceo-pallidze, diametro 4 mm. zequantes. (v. s.) 
397. P LEPTOCLADOS (Benth. Flor. hongkong. E 312), laciniis calycinis 
utriusque sexus oblongo-ovatis acuminatis omnibus denticulatis, glandulis 
florum masc. latis orbiculatis florum fcem. in urceolum margine leviter cre- 
natum connatis, ovario sublevi glabro, stylis bifidis gracilibus, capsulis de- 
presso-globosis, seminibus minute tuberculatis. 5 In Hongkong (Wright! in 
hb. Benth.), et prope Amoy (Hance! in hb. Benth.). Epistylium leptocladon 
Hance in Annal. des Sc. nat. ser. 4. vol. 18. p. 229. Frutex divaricatus v. 
prostratus, glaber. Ramuli filiformes. Stipule triangulari-ovate , longe subu- 
lato-acuminate, patule, fusce. Folia 6-13 mm. longa, oblique ovata v. 
elliptica, leviter iiid. acuta, subtus glauca. Pedicelli fcem. solitarii, 
14 em. subequantes, filiformes, masculi gemini v. terni, foemineis breviores, 
capillacei. Capsule diametro 4 mm. eequantes. (v. s.) 
398. P. riMBRIATUS (Müll. Arg. l. c. p. 47), laciniis calycinis ovatis acutius- 
culis omnibus margine lacero-denticulatis, disci masc. glandulis orbicularibus 
levibus, urceolo hypogyno integro, ovario lavi glabro, stylis brevibus bipar- 
titis erectis. 5 In montibus Neilgherries peninsula India orientalis (hb. 
Wight.! nunc in hb. Hook.). Reidia fimbriata R. Wight Icon. pl. Ind. or. 
t. 1904. fig. 1. Totus glaber. Ramuli circ. 12-16-phylli. Stipulze foliorum ra- 
mealium triangulari-ovateze, subpersistentes, scariose, fusce, foliorum ramu- 
linorum triangulari-lanceolate, longius acuminata. Folia 3j-5 cm. longa, 
11-21 cm. lata, oblongo-ovata, basi obtusa, apice sensim acuminata, obscu- 
rius viridia, tenuiter et prominenter reticulato-venosa, minute peilucido-punc- 
ticulata. Pedicelli masc. evoluti, foliis duplo breviores. Calyx masc. evo!utus 
3 mm. longus. Lacinie exteriores calycis feeminei non integra sunt ut erro- 
nee in icone citata delineata fuerunt, sed vix distincte obsoletius lacero-denti- 
culate sunt quam interiores. — Habitu similis P. Bailloniano, sed folia vix 
inzquilateralia et lacinic calycine haud integre. (v.s.) 
S 2. Ovarium glabrum. Laciniz calycinzg integra. 
1* Glandule utriusque sexus connata. 
399. P. BAILLONIANUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 32. p. 47), calycis utriusque 
sexus laciniis late elliptico-ovatis integris, urceolo utriusque sexus lato calyci 
nonnihil adharente subintegro intus albido insigniter papilloso-exasperato, 
ovario glabro. 5 In Ceylonia (Thwait. n. 2145!) et in Courtallum peninsula 
Indie orient. (R. Wight.). Reidia latifolia R. Wight Icon pl. Ind. or. t. 1905, 
fig. 2 (in icone fig. III) (non Phyllanthus latifolius Sw.). Epistylium latifo- 
lium Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 283. Epistylium cordifolium Baill. Etud. 
gén. Euph. p. 648 (nomen, folia raro cordata). Totus glaber. Ramuli tenues, 
fusci. Stipule e basi triangulari-ovata lanceolato-subulate , petiolos fere 
equantes. Petioli 2-3 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 5-6 cm. longus, prope 
basin obliquam 2-2 1 cm. latus, rhombeo-ovatus v. oblongo-rhombeo-ovatus, 
basi inequilaterali altero latere obtusus v. semicordatus, altero subacutus, 
fere a basi apicem versus sensim acuminatus.subtus e glauco fuscoque sub- 
reticulato-marmoratus. Costze secundaric ettertiarize subtushaud prominentes, 
at eorum loco pagina striis latiusculis anastomosantibus fuscius tinctis 
marmorata est. Pedicelli foeminei folia semicequantes, apice incrassati, mas- 
culi fomineis paulo breviores, capillacei. Calyx masc. evolutus 14 mm. 
longus, feem. 3 mm. squans. (v. s.) 
