PhyllantUcB,'] CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. 21 Z 



In P. ohscuro, Willd., affinibusque capsula dura dense tomentosa subglobosa non sulcata tardiua a 

 b asi breviter deliiscens ; in speciebus nonnullis (e.g. P. ramiflord) fructus fere Fluggem nisi 5-6- 

 merus, pericarpio maturo irregulariter rupto ; semina ut videtur pulpo immersa, testa nitida Crustacea 

 ventre duplicata inter laminas cava. 



2. Synostemon. Snifrntices v. herbse perennes Australienses, foliis parvis. Stamina 3, antlieria 

 erectis coluran?e central! adnatis. Ovarium 3-loculape ; styli distincti v. basi connati. Species 

 enumpratfe 12. Bcnth. Fl. Austral, vi. 97. Syxostemon, F. Mucll. Fragm. Thyi. Austral, i. 32. 



** Discus cvohUus v. rarius in uno sexu deficicns. Capsula camosa v. haccata. 



3. Cicca. Arbores fputicesve. Eamuli florifcri imprimis S Sfepe aphylli racemos simulante 

 mflorescentia tamen interdum normalis. Sepala et stamina ssepissime 4, filamentis liberis. Ovarium 

 sa?pius 4- V. 2-locularo ; styli patentes. Species pancfe, gerontogere et Americanre trftpicse, quarum 

 typica Asiatica in America inquilina inflorescentia stepius apbylla v. paucifoliata, Cicca, Linn. Mant^ 

 n. 1275. Kurz, For. FJ, Brit. Bur m.W, 351. Tuicakyum, ioit?-, F/. Cochitich. 557 ■ Staurothtras, 

 Crriff. Noiul. iv. 476. Species 3 v. 4, Americana;, fiorum glomcrulis ad norinam generis axillaribus. 

 "WuBTZiA, Baill. Adajis. i. 186, t.l. 



PitosORrs, DaXz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 345, Thwaites in Hoo)c. Kew Journ. vi. 1. 10, et Calococcus, 

 Kiirs ex Teijsm. et Binjiend, in Batav, Natuurk. Tijdschr. xxvi. 48, ob flores 4-meros a Muell. Arg. in 

 sectione Cicoa includuntur, sed ovarium 3-merura et capsula sicca potius ParaphyUanthu7n indicant. 



Hedycarpidium, est P. javaiiicus, Mnell. Arg., qui a Cicca differre dicitur staminibus monadelpbis, 

 Fructus tamen Indescriptus est. 



4. Kirgandia, Frutices habitu Phyllanthi normalis. Stamina 5, filamentis s?epe nee semper plus 

 minus connatis. Ovarium 3~oo-loculare ; styli patentes, distincti v. basi connati. Species omnes 

 gerontogeee. Kirhaneha, A. Juss. EupJi. Tent. 21, t 4. 



Anisonema, A. Juss. Eiipk. Tent. 19,^.4, Wight, Ic. t. 1899, ob stamina 5, ssepe inaequalia 3 cjeteris 

 longiora v. altius eonuata, et PELTAXDiiA, Wight, Ig, v. 24, t. 1891, 1892, stamiuibus 5 sequalibus, 

 filamentis ad medium connatis, ad Kirganeliam referantur, sed capsula sicca potius Paraphyllanthi, 



Fliiggeopsis, est P. fiuggeiformia, Muell. Arg, {P,glaucm, Wall. Cat. n. 5927), species Nepalensis 

 •taminibus ut in Peltandra- 5 eequalibus, filamentis liberis, antheris Paraphyllanthi, fructu ignoto 

 verisimiliter capsiilari, Kirganeli<s dure Blaucoi in Prodrome memoratse errore typographico sub 

 Fluggeopside collocatse sunt. 



5. EmMica. Stamina ssepius 3 et antherse erectse loculls parallelis ParaphyUanthi. Ovarium 

 3-loculare, atylis connatis. Species Asiatica, Bmtid. For. Fl. t. 52. Bedd. Fl. Syh. t. 258. Emblica, 

 GcBrtn. Fruct. ii. 122, t. 108. Wight, Ic. c. 1896. Dichelactina, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 375. 

 Mueller Arg. in Prodromo sub sectione Emblica species plures includit babitu vario. fructu sicco v. 

 subcamoso, stylis in omnibus plus minus in columnam connatis apice tantum liberis divergentibus 

 nee a basi liberis ut in ParaphyllantJto. 



*** Discus evolutus. Capsula sicca. 



6. Einhlicasfrum. Stamina 3-4, filamentis brevissimis; antbers6didymgePara^7/^/7a?!Mz. Ovarium 

 3-loculare, stylis in columnam longam apice brevissimu 3-lobam connatis. Species unica ex ins. 

 Madura Arcbipelagi Malayani, a Toijsm. et Binnend. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 229, sub Scepasniaic parvifolio 

 enumerata, rite a Muell. Arg. in Prod. 324 ad Phyllanthum rolata, etsi pluribus notis in genera 

 singularis. Habitus quam in Emblica rigidior, fere P. pulchri. Wall. v. P. (8cepas?natis) buxifolii, 

 Muell. Arg. Flores in axillis solitarii, subsecundi, intra bracteas 3 (bractea cum bracteolis) minimas 

 latas laceras sessiles, (? minimi sepalis 4 latis membranaceis, $ majores sepalis 5 rigidis erectis 

 lanceolatis, quod in nulla alia specie obscrvatur. Discus bypogynus denticulatus. Styli columna 

 ovario triplo saltem longior. 



7. Williamia. Arbuseulse Cubenses. Stamina 10-15, antheris erectis in columna centrali sessi- 

 libus distinctis loculis parallelis. Ovarium 3-loculare, stylis v. stigmatibus subsessilibus uuilatera- 

 liter peitiformibus patontibus inciso-lobar.is. Williamia, Baill. Etud.Euph. 559, t. 27. 



8. Paraphyllanih'us. Frutices v. herbae habitu variae ampbige.ie. Stamina 3, rarissime 2 v. 4-6, 

 filamentis liberis v, plus minus connatis, antheris erectis distinctis, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarium S-loculare; styli patentes, distincti v. basi breviter connati, s^nepius plus minus 

 bifidi. Species pnesertim in orbe vet ere numerosae. Wight, Ic. t. 1895. Lahill. PI. Nov. Holl, t. 225. 

 Wawra in Pr. Maxim. Beise, Bot. t. 46. Mucll. Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. ii. /. 3,/. 2, t. 7,/. 1. 

 Sectio minime naturalis, ab EuphyUantho propter antherarum iudulcm separata, etiam setjuoutes 

 Prodromi facile includit. 



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