696 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). | Phyllanthus, 
Leaves usually less than 4 in. long, lanceolate 
or obovate ; pedicels very short. 
Flowering branchlets asperulate ° - 41. P. Dinteri. 
Flowering branchlets smooth. 
Leaves with a hardened spinescent 
apex C - ‘ . 14. P. virgulatus. 
Leaves not spiny ¢ at the apex 5 . 42. P. suffrutescens. 
Leaves 3-1} in. long, ovate or ovate- 
elliptic ; pedicels 2-4 lin. long . é . 52, P. myrtaceus. 
Flowers monecious. 
Stems prostrate and rooting at the nodes, or 
if erect then the leaves minutely ciliolate 
and the ovary warted. 
Stems prostrate, rooting at the nodes; 
ovary smooth .. . A : . 43. P. prostratus. 
Stems erect, not rooting at the nodes; 
ovary warted . ‘ : . 44. P. Urinaria. 
Stems erect, never rooting at the nodes ; 
ovary smooth. 
Disk of the female flowers consisting of 
separate glands ‘ : . 45. P. maderaspatensis. 
Disk of the female flowers annular saucer- 
shaped or cupular, entire, lobed or 
toothed. 
Stems arising from a thick woody rhi- 
zome. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-2 in. long, 
13-3 lin. broad ; stems. winged ; 
sepals oblanceolate-spathulate . 46. P. Dusenii. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 
cordate at the base,3—1} in. long, 
5-10 lin. broad; stems terete; 
sepals ovate. ‘ : _ AT, P. welwitschianus. 
Shrubs or annuals, without rhizome.. 
Leaves almost linear-lanceolate. 
Leaves }+—4 in. long. 
Stems smooth; stigmas not 
swollen . é s . 48. P. Gossweiler. 
Stems asperulate; stigmas glo- : 
DOsO: 4 ; ‘ . 49. P. omahakensis. 
Leaves $1} in.long . ~~ 50. P. Chevaliers. 
Leaves ovate, broad. and rounded or 
truncate at. the base, 3-14 in. ey 
long, $-#in. broad. é . BL. P. mittenianus. 
Leaves rounded, obovate, elliptic or 
oblong-oblanceolate, smaller than 
in the preceding. 
Ovary shortly stipitate, or if ses- 
sile then the female disk 5-6- 
lobed. ge 
Ovary sessile; disk 5-6-lobed . 53. P. Pseudo-nirurt. 
Ovary shortly stipitate. 
Styles rather short, suberect 
from the base, recurved . 54. P. odontadenius. 
Styles long and bilobed, spread 
ing from the base. 55. P. leucanthus. 
