Phyllanthus. | MONORCIA MONADELPHIA. 655 
lanceolate. Female flowers long-peduncled; male sessile. 
Anthers three pair. Female nectarya twel aces capsule, 
Teling. Uchi userekee. 
Like the last, it is a native of dry cultivated ground; but 
by no means so common, It flowers during the wet and cold 
seasons, : 
Root frequently perennial. Stem somewhat woody, ob- 
lique, Branches numerous, diverging from the base of the lit- 
tle stem, spreading closely to the earth, with their apices as- 
cending, many times longer than the stem, striated from the in- 
sertions of the leaves, which gives them a compressed appear- 
ance, Leaves simple, alternate, spreading, bifarious, sessile, 
linearly lanceolate, smooth, entire ; about three-fourths of an 
inch long, and one-fourth broad, Stipules two, obliquely- 
cordate, Withérilg: Flowers, male and female mixed, axil- 
lary, generally from one to three of each. The female ones 
long-peduncled, The male ones nearly sessile. ‘Calyx as 
in the last species, except that in this, there are three distinct 
filaments, united at the base; and the female —e is 
twelve-notched. 
Noite. This plant agrees so well with Retzius’s P. simplex, 
that I dare say, they are the same; he may have changed 
Kénig’s name, or ‘Konig himself may have changed it from 
simplex to depressa. 
The natives use the fresh leaves, flowers and fruit, with 
common seeds, and sugar, of each equal parts, made into an 
electuary, for the cure of gonorrhoea; a tea-spoonful is 
given twice a day. The fresh leaves bruised and mixed with 
butter milk, make a wash to cure the itch in children. 
3. P. gracilis, R. 
Perennial, erect, virgate. Leaves bsifariouk oblong and 
cuneate-lanceolate. Filament single, capsule three-cleft. 
Teling. Userekee. pigs 
A rare, somewhat shrubby plant, growing under the shel- 
ter of other bushes, and trees. Flowering time the end of the 
rainy season, 
