284 E:NUMEJiATiON OF l^upkorbiacece. 



Spr, Phyllantlius lacdformis, Linn. ; Eoxl). Fl. Ind. iii. p. 661.— c.p, 

 2130. 



Has. Not xmcommon near the sea. 



39. SAUROPUS, Blume. 



Sauropus et Ceratogynumy Wight. 



1. S. Gardneriana, Wight, Ic. 1. 1951-2.— S. Zeylanica et S. Indiea, 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1952 ; WaU. Cat. n. 7933 JB et ij. An ^S'. albicans, 

 Blume, Bijdr. p. 696. Phyllanthus strictus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 670.^ 

 —c.p. 2146. 



feet. 



4000 



I suspect that this will prove to he but a form of Blume's plant, Khich appears to 

 differ from the present principally in having firmer leaves, with more prominent 

 veins, judging from a specimen I have from M. BinnendijL 



Wisrht, Ic. t. 1951-L— C.P, 3134. 



4000 



an 



Truiex erectus, gkber. Folia 1--24 poll, louga, i-l^ poll. lata, a Lasi lata vel 

 BiEpe parum cordata gradatim acuminata, jo^if/o/o 1-1^ lin. longo. Flok. masc. pal- 

 Me vmdes, ilavescentes, margiue inferiore perimdhii duplicati, pileiformis, circiter 

 12-dentata. Flor. r(Eif. ;perianihium 3-4 lin. in esp., lobis horizontalihus, rotun- 

 datis, 3 exter. minorihus, subacutis. Capsula alhida, nvriformis. noUicaris. 



3. S. 



assimiiis, liiw. J Iruticosa, glabra; ramis parum angnlatis; 



folns membranaceia, teneris, ovato-lanceolatis, acnminatis, basi plus 



Himus acutis; flor. masc. lobis periantJdi duplicati, a^qualibus, an- 



guste cylmdncis, obtusis, curvatis, suberectis.— c.p. 2855. 



Hab. AUagalla, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



FoUa \i~^ \io\\Aon^r^, petiolo 1| lin. longo. Flor. masc. pallide virides, fla- 



vescentes, lobis perianthii 2 lin. longis. Anthem subsessiles. Ilor, fosm. nondum 

 vidi. '' 



This in general appearance closely resembles S. Gardnerlana, hut the flowers are 



more like those of Ceraiogynum rhamuoides, Wight, Ic. t. 1900, from Aich latter 



species, however, it would seem to be sufficiently distinguished by its much larger 



and difPcrentiy shaped leaves, and the obtuse, cylindricaL narrower lobes of the peri- 

 anth. 



4. S. rigida, Thw. ; fruticosa, erecta, glabra, rigida, ramosa; ramh 

 angulatis ; fohis ovalibus vel rotundatis, brcvi-petiolatis ; florihns pau- 

 cis,_axillaribu8, brevi-pediccUatia ; masc. lobis ^ermftZJ/zn duphcati 

 honzontalibus, triaugularibus, margine exteriore retusa vel parce si- 

 nuata ; fcem. sepalis obovoideis, obtusis, apiculatis ; ovario apice con- 

 cavo, shg^nata bifida erecta includente.— c.p. 2135. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, not very common. 



l-2-pedali3. Folia 3-7 Hii. longa, 1^-5 lin. lata, superne nigro-viridia, medio 

 nlbo-uotata, subtus palhda. Flores pallide virides, flavescentes ; masc. 1 lin., rffiM. 

 i5-4 Im. in exp. Capsula ovoidea, 3 lin. longa,. ' 



The ovary of this species bears a very considerable resemblance to that of Agyneia 

 dacciformts. Fhyllantlms rhamnoides, Roxb. (non Willd.). would appear, from the 

 descnptiou, to be nearly allied to this ; but the loug-pedicelled male flowers of that 

 plant are sufficient to prove it distioct. 



