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angles as many as there are seeds.— Jacq. ScJwenbr. t. 194.— Phyllanthus longifolius, Jacq. 

 —A shrub; leaves 2"-3" long; fascicles many-flowered.— Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica"!, 

 AL; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [introduced from the East Indies!]. 



8. C. antillana, Juss. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, bluntish ; 

 flowers dioecious, usually axillary : <? numerous in the fascicle, ? 1-3 ; $ calyx spreading, 

 at length reflexed ; filaments surrounded by a disc; ovary 5 (-3) -celled: style-branches 

 blunt; berry globose.— Juss. Euph. f 13 i; anal. — A tree or shrub; leaves 3"-2" long, 

 chartaceous, at length leathery ; pedicels 2'" long, nearly as long as the petiole. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Pd., AL, in woods ; [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



6. PHYLLANTHUS, X. 

 (Xylophylla, L. Epistylium, Sw. Anisonema, Juss. Orbicularia, Baill., etc.) 



Calyx 6-5 (4-9) -partite. Petals 0. Stamens monadelphous, usually 3, or 2-15 : an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary 3 (-10) -celled: styles bifid, or laciniate. Pericarp capsidar, rarely 

 baccate. Seeds trigonal, usually attached below the top, ecarunculate. — Leaves entire, sti- 

 pulate, often, distichous, in Xylophylla abortive ; flowers mostly monoecious, axillary, fasci- 

 culate or solitary, rarely glomerate. 



I reduce to Phyllanthus several genera which Jussieu and later authors had separated; 

 for a division, though perhaps admissible, is not to be constructed upon the number of or- 

 gans, which is variable, or disjoins allied species ; nor upon the staminal column, from the 

 structure of which some more new genera might be formed if this principle were followed 

 out. 



Sect. 1. Epistylium. — Calyx $ 4-, ? 5-partite. Staminal column bearing 2 adnate 

 anthers at the top : anthers divaricate, icith the cells distinct. Styles 3, obcordate, 

 depressed-leafy. — Stipules triangular, persistent; fascicles androgynous, along axillary, 

 aphyllous branches. 



9. P. Epistylium, Gr. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, leathery, shortly 

 petioled ; fascicles in axillary racemes ; anthers two : cells oblong. — Epistylinm axillare, Sw. ! 

 — A shrub ; 2'-4' high ; leaves about 3", racemes 3"-l", pedicels 2"' long ; calyx greenish- 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in the western mountains. 



Sect. 2. Catastylium. — Calyx <? 4-, $ ^-partite. Staminal column entire ■. anthers 3, 

 adnate, decurrent. Styles and stipules of Epistylium. — Fascicles androgynous, along 

 lateral, aphyllous branches. 



10. P. cauliflorus, Gr. Leaves ovate-oblong, pointed, glabrous, leathery; racemes 

 lateral on the stem ; column 3-angular above, by the inner edges of the oval anther-cells 

 prominulous. — Epistylium cauliflorum, Sw. — A tree, about 20' high, devoid of branches be- 

 low the top of the stem : branches simple, with distichous, distant leaves ; leaves 4"-3", ra- 

 cemes 6"-4", pedicels 6"'-8'" long ; $ calyx red. — Hab., Jamaica !, Wils., in the western 

 mountain-woods. 



Sect. 3. Euphyllanthus. — Calyx 6-5-partite. Staminal column entire: anthers 3, 

 transversely dehiscent. Styles 3, bifid. — Pedicels axillary, or along aphyllous branches, 

 fasciculate or solitary, the $ shorter .- flowers of both sexes mixed, ? larger. 



11. P. nutans, Sw. Shrubby ; leaves ovate or elliptical, glabrous, glaucous beneath: 

 stipules leafy, roundish, deciduous ; flowering branches usually racemiform, nodding : ? 

 pedicels 1-3, hair-like, 4-6 times as long as the petioles; calyx-segments 6, oval; an- 

 thers adnate to the top of the column, depressed-globose; capsule globose. — SI. t. 158._/*. 3 ; 

 Jacq Schmnbr. t. 193. — A shrub, a few to 20' high; leaves membranaceous, larger ones 3" 

 -4" long ; $ pedicels 8"'-10'", red calyx 2"' long ; seeds polished. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macfl, 

 Pd., AL, Wils., in rocky woods, and along rivulets ; [Cuba !, Venezuela !]. 



12. P. Conami, Sw. Shrubby ; leaves elliptical, pointed, subcuneate at the base, gla- 

 brous (or puberulous) : stipules subulate, marcescent ; fascicles axillary : 9 pedicels suosoli- 

 tary, hair-like, 2-4 times as long as the petioles ; calyx-segments 6, minute, ovate or 



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