FhyUanthece.] ■ CLI, EUPHOEBIACE^. 271 



in loculis gemina. Capsula siccaj in coccos 2-Talves dissiliena. Seniina curvula, rugosa, 

 estropliiolata ; albumen carnosum ; embryo curviilus, radicula longiuscula, cotyledonibiia 

 planis latis. — Herbse sufifruticesve diffusi v. friitices tenuiores. Folia alterna, petiolata, 

 niembranacea, asepe parva. Flores ad axillas pedicellati, (^sfepins fasciculati, $ solitarii. 



Species 10,pervariasregiones late dispersse, a Muell. Arg. in sectiones 6 distribute qiiarum plei-a-que 

 species singulse sunt glandulis disci plus minus evolutis v. connatis param distinctse. Muell. Arg. 

 ill DC. Prod. xv. ii. 233. Nees, Gen. FL Germ. MonochL n. 39. JReichh. Ic. FL Germ. t. 153. Stbih. 

 Fl. Gr. t. 953. Eichw. PL Cane, Casp. t. 20. 



Eraclissa, Forsk. Fl.Mg.Arah. 20S {Tclcphioides ct Sclerandraclme, Muell. Arg.) fcpecies contiiiet 

 typicas Europseas et Oricntalos, PseudophyllantJms est species Capeiisis. Lepidantutjs, I^utt. in 

 Ti-ans. Atiier. Phil. Soc. v. 175, est species boreali-Aniericanti. Puyllanthidia, Dldriclis. inVidensk. 

 Meddel. Nat For. Kjohenh. 1857, 150, species Peruviana, nobis ignota est. Arackne, KecJc. Elem. 

 ii. 348 (Leptopus, Dc7ie. in Jacquetn. Voy. Bot. 155, t. 156), species continet 4 Asiaticas a eseteris 

 pauUuluni diversas, foliis floribusque majoribus, disco in glandulas numero petalorum duplo plures 

 diviso. Kl. in Waldem. Beise, t. 24 {Phyllmithus), 



31. Ag-yneia, Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 23. (Diplomoi'pha, Griff. Notul. iv. 479.) — Flores 

 monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : Sepala 6, imbricata, subrequalia, sub-2-seriata, punctata, 

 medio crassiTiscula quasi squama adnata aucta, margine albo-membranaceo cincta. 

 Stamina 3, filamentis in centro floris in columnam comiatis ; antherie circa apicem columnae 

 subsesailes, loculis parallelis extrorsumlongitudinaliterdeliiacentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 

 0. Fl. $ : Sepala acuta, immarginata. Ovarium ovoideum, 3-loculare, vertice tnmcatum, 

 mox concavum ; styli brevissimi, erect o-patentes, alte 2-fidi ; ovula in loculis gemina. 

 Capsula ovoidea, loculicide dehiscens v. demum in coccos 2-valve3 dis&iliens. Semina 

 curvula, hilo longo lateral! ; albumen carnosum ; embryo curvulus, cotyledonibus latis 

 planis. — Herbse annuae v. basi indurescentes, ramis rigidulis diffusis v. patentibus saspe 

 angulatis. Folia alterna, parvula, integerrima. Florea axillarcs, ^ ssepius plures 

 glomerati, minuti, breviter pedicellati, $ solitarii, majores loiigiusque pedicellati. Bracteoe 

 ad basin pedicellorum interdum go, stipuliformes. 



Species (v. varietates ?) 2, ludioe oi-ientalis, Arcbipolagi Malayan! et insularum Mascarensium 

 incolae. Micell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 238. A. Juss. Euph. Tent. 24, t. 6. Wight, Ic. L 1893. 



Genus vix a Phyllanthl sectione Synostemo differt, perianthii S segmentoruni disco incrassato quasi 

 squama adnata instructo. Hue squamse tamen, ut in Saiiropo, a receptaculo floris omnino distinctae 

 sunt. 



32. Sauropus, BluYiity Bljdr. 595. (Ceratogynum, Wight ^ Ic. v, ii. 26, t. 1900.) — Flores 

 monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : Calyx soepius alte divisus ; segmenta 6, sub-2-seriata, 

 basi nimc leviter incrassata, nunc squamellis supra column am stamineam conniventibus 

 aucta. Stamina 3, filamentis in centro floris in columnam brevem crassam connatis v. 

 apice breviter liberis patentibus ; antliera3 sub apice truncato v. peltato columnye sesailes 

 v, subsessiles, loculis distinctis parallelia extrorsum deliiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 

 (prseter columnae apicem) 0. Fl. $ : Calyx quam in ^ minus divisus et interdum rotato- 

 expansus brevissime tantum sinuato-lobatus, lobis basi vix v. pamm incrassatis. Ovarium 

 ovoideum V. depresso-globosum, vertice truncatum v. concavum ; styli brevissimi, patentes, 

 liberi v. basi adnati, 2-fidi v. 2-partiti ; ovula in loculis gemina. Capsula depresso-globosa, 

 in coccos 2-valve3 dissiliens. Semina in coccis ssepius gemina ; albumen carnosum ; 

 embryo rectus V. vix incurvus, cotyledonibus planis latis. — Fniticuli rarius sufTrutices, 

 habitu Phyllardhi, foliis alternis disticliis membranaceis integerrimis. Flores ad axillas 

 fasciculati, in quaque axilla haud niimerosi, omnes pedicellati, t^ minuti, $ in eadem v. in 

 distincta axilla solitarii v. rarius 2, longius pedicellati. 



Species descriptae 14, Indiie orientalis, Arcliipelagi Malayani (et NovpeCaledonias?) incolae. Muell. 

 Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii, 240. Baill. Etud. Euph. t. 21. Wight, Ic. t. 1951, 1952. Calycis lobi v. 

 segmenta et appendices bascos in fl. <? variant fere de specie in speciem, et genus uequaquam in 

 sectiones distinctas dividere possumus. Segmentorum appendices pro disci lobis descriptue sunt, sed 

 nobis semper vidontur calyci solo affixce, ji receptaculo floris omnino distiuctai. 



