(1862 ) 
PHYLLANTHUS TURBINATUS. SHINING-LEAVED 
0% PHYLLANTHUS. 
eH uenioeedenee 
Class and Order. 
Monarcta Monapenrnia. 
| Generic Character. 
Mase. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor.0, Filam. columnare. Anth. 3. 
Fem. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. 0. Nect. margo 12-angulatus. 
Styli 3. Caps. 3-cocca. 
Specific Character. 
Puyiiantuus turbinatus ; foliis simplicibus orbiculato-ovatis 
lucidis, floribus axillaribus; masculis turbinatis nutan- 
tibus, 
Descr. Stem shrubby. Branches angular, alternate, 
zig-zag. Leaves simple, alternate, on very short petioles, 
round-oval, smooth and shining bright green on the upper 
surface ; minutely tomentose, and pale, on the under. Stepules 
two, small, acute. Peduneles axillary, both aggregate and 
solitary, nodding. Maze riowsr. Calyx top-shaped ; limb- 
six-cleft, inflected. Filament columnar, capitate ; anthers 
three, oblong, affixed to the side of the column. Fermatg. 
Calyx rotate ; limb six-cleft ; segments rounded, spreading. 
Germen globular, obscurely three-cornered. Styles three, 
spreading, with bifid extremities, pee 
Our drawing was taken some years ago, at the collectién 
of the right honourable Cuartes Grevitte, at Paddington. 
But, as at that time we had not an opportunity of seeing 
the original, our description was taken from a recent speci- 
ES . men, 
