656 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA, Phyllanthus, 
Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, when present erect, 
woody, smooth, Branches numerous, erect, twiggy. Leaves 
alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, wedinedomiiiial oblong, or 
even obcordate, pointed, rounded, or emarginate, entire ; from 
_ half an inch to an inch long, and about a quarter of an inch 
- broad. Stipules cordate, acute, membranaceous. Flowers 
axillary, as in P. madraspatensis from which it differs only 
in being shrubby; whether soil and situation can make the 
change is with me uncertain ; if it can, they are only varieties 
of the same plant. 
4, P. obcordatus. R. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves simple, alternate, sub-sessile, ob- 
cordate cuneate, lowers axillary, peduncled, one female, 
and two or more male; with a six-leaved calyx, #ilament 
single. Anthers six. 
A native of Bengal. Flowering time the close of the rains, 
and cold season. 
Trunk straight, suffruticose. Branches ascending. Bark 
of the woody parts, deep brown, of the tender shoots smooth, 
green, height of the whole plant about three feet. Leaves 
simple, alternate, sub-sessile, obcordate, cuneate, smooth on 
both sides, about half an inch long, and considerably less in 
breadth. Stipules semi-cordate, membranaceous. Flowers 
axillary, uniformly one female and several male, all are 
short-peduncled, and drooping. Calyx six-leaved, or six- 
cleft to the base, alternately smaller, expanding, green, aie 
manent, V< ectary, none in the female. In the male six mi- 
nute glands in the fissures of the calyx. Stamina, none in 
the female. In the male, the filament is single, and short. 
Anthers three pair, round the top of the filament, Pistillum — 
no rudiment of any in the male. In the female it is round. 
Styles three, short, spreading with stigmas, slightly two- 
toothed. Capsules round, three-celled, three-valved, of the 
size of a grain of black pepper,smooth, Seeds, two in each 
