294 OXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker)  [Phyllanthus. 
A low or tall diffusely branched erect or decumbent herb (becoming perennial x 
some soils, Roxb.) ; branches at the angles and often the margins of the leaves e 
sepals minutely hispid. Leaves very variable in size, glaucous beneath; a m 
lanceolate. Flowers j; in. diam., or the males smaller, very shortly pedire ? Dusk 
perianth in fruit ~ in. diam. Sepals green, of the males orbicular ; fem. ob ong. nited, 
of male of glands; of female narrow, entire, lobed. Filaments very shor ly Tam 
anthers erect, didymous not apiculate. Styles with hooked arms. Fruit yg in. imi 
echinate.— Wight represents the filaments as wholly connate and the anthers as , 
apiculate, which I do not find to be so. . ; 
p Var. Hookeri; taller and larger in all its parts, 1-14 ft. high, stem teren y 
simple long erect angled branches, filaments wholly connate. P. Hookeri, J S ( Kaw 
in Linnea l. c., and in DC. 1. c. 366.—Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griff 
Distrib. 4805), J. D. H. & T. T. 
Sect. VI. EUPHYLLANTHUS (see p. 286). 
* Stipules semisagittate or peltate. 
23. P. Grifüthii, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 27, and in DC. E rod. 
xv. ii. 384; shrubby, quite glabrous, leaves scattered 1-3 In. e Se 
elliptic or oblong acute or obtuse glaucous beneath, stipules peltate acere € 
flowers long pedicelled axillary, filaments free or united in a long or n a 
column, anthers globose, styles very long connate to the middle arms tong 
very slender recurved, seeds smooth. i 
Kuasta Hirrs; at Mamloo, Griffith, Clarke, &c. (Kew Distrib. 4822). MUNSI- 
PORE, Watt. La imbricating 
Much branched, branches woody angled. Leaves hardly distichously imbri ^4 
towards the tops of the branches, rather coriaceous, base acute, nerves 6-8 ri e 
tinct beneath. Male fl. 3. in. diam., pedicels capillary, sepals rounded; fem. f jt 
pedicels 3 in., sepals oblong reflexed in fruit. Disk of male of small glands, 3 die 
annular lobed. Stamens recurved; anthers globose. Ovary globose; styles urely 
as long, arms capillary recurved. Capsule } in. diam., depressed globose, yon ious 
lobed, smooth.—There is some error in Mueller’s description. The plant is not Pr 
and the fem. pedicels are shorter than the leaves. The anthers when upon à 
elongate staminal column are, I think, imperfect. 
24. P. parvifolius, Ham. in Don Prodr. 63 ; shrubby, nearly glabro 
branches very slender, leaves 1-1 in. distichously imbricate sessile elli ane 
subcuneately obovate tip rounded glaucous beneath, stipules hastate, vlet 
minute subsolitary axillary very shortly pedicelled, filaments free! 
sessile short 2-partite arms slender, seeds smooth. Muell. Arg. p ina 
Prodr. xv. ii. 985. P. juniperinus, Wall. Cat. 7901 ; Mauell. in 
xxxii. 28. P. prætervisus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, and in DC. ll. c. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Jamu and Kumaon, alt. 5-6000 ft., to Bhota? 
Knas1A Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. es mem- 
A shrub, 6-8 ft., bark pale; ultimate branchlets capillary, short. "AM A. gs ite 
branous; nerves 3—4 pair, very faint; stipules very minute, subulate. Ma h cssile or 
diam., pedicels rather longer; sepals rounded; fem. twice as large, su "erenaté. 
longer pedicelled, sepals oblong. Disk of male of glands; of fem. annular, sable in 
Filaments short, spreading; anthers didymous. Ovary globose, styles th 
length. Capsule } in. diam., globose, obscurely lobed, crustaceous, smeg den 
minutely mottled with brown.—Wallich’s 7901 A is from tbe Calcutta - lo 
accords with those from the habitats cited above, but his B from Nepal has 
acicular stipules on the branchlets. 
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25. P. Roeperianus, Wall, Cat. 7904; a rigid shrub, branch 
