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basi germ, nee ad latere — Type Sph. peruvia- 

 na Raf. Hirt. do Pers. H. racemosali. P. Cos- 

 mibuena li P, bad name. , 



536. TiiEVETiA Ad* Stop. Neck. diff. ad Cer- 

 bera cal. SphjI. cor. clavata infund. nect. Sdeiit. 

 stellato. stig. capit. 5gon* emarg. drupa, nux 

 2Ioc. — ^Types 77^. linearis Raf* Cerb. thevetia 

 Lt. auct. 2 Th. ahuai. and probably some others. 



537. Phyllanthus L. from 7 linnean sp. in- 

 creased to over CO by a strange medley, even 

 Xylophyla, Kirganelia and Conamia being 

 thrown into it ; whereby it is become as absurd 

 as Croton ! and more difticiilt to rectify by the 

 few good descriptions of flowers. However I 

 had long ago attempted it and shall now give a 

 sketch of my labor, which must be deemed very 

 imf)erfect- See till 552, mostly shrubs. 



538. Phyllanthus Raf. monoic. caL 6part. 

 pet. nullis, stam. 3 monadelphis, fl. fern, stylis 3, 

 bifidis caps. Scocca, foL florijeris — most of 

 the species. 



539. Emblica Gaertn. Raf. diff. antheris 3 

 coalitis ad apex filam. unicum, fruct. baccatus, 



foL pinnatis — Types 1 EmbL arhorea Raf. Ph. 

 embHca L. 3 E. annua R. Ph. bacciformis L. 

 3 E. racemosa R. and probably some others. 



540. NiRURis Raf. diff. cal. 6fido vel Cdcnt. 

 caps. Glocularis. — Sevei^al sp. blended in Ph, 

 niruri, some even of different Genera ! such as 

 Kirganelia and Masroris. Type 



541. Nlrttris indica Raf. fruticul. pinnulis 

 petiol. fl. axil, solit. pedunc. — India, a 2d spv is 

 N. annua: 



542. MtERORis Raf. diff. cal. 5phyl. glandulis 



5 ad basis, caps. 31oc. 6valv. 

 . 513. Maeroris stipulata Raf. Phyll. niruri, 

 Swartz. Herbacea, foliolis o))l. Jilauris snbsesa. 



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