Phyllanthus, | MONOECIA MONADELPHIA, 661 
This when young is like Niruri, grows under the shade 
of trees. It flowers during the wet and cold seasons. 
Root generally annual, though in some soils bi-and even 
perennial, Stem erect, striated, of a pale reddish colour. 
Branches several, ascending, striated from the insertions of 
the stipules, Leaves scattered, spreading, pinnate, from one 
to two inches long, flower-bearing. Leaflets alternate, linear 
oblong, entire, smooth, three quarters of an inch long, and 
one quarter broad. Petioles compressed, somewhat trian- 
gular. Stipules of the petioles three-fold, acute, membrana- 
ceous ; those of the leaflets two, lateral. Mate FLoweErs, ex- 
terior leaflets axillary, two or three sub-sessile. Calya, nec- 
ary, and stamens asin Niruri, FRMa.Le riowers, lower 
leaflet axillary, solitary, sessile. Calyx and nectary as in the 
male. Germ somewhat murexed, coloured. Capsule scab- 
rous, three-celled, six-valved. Seeds, two in each cell, trans- 
versely striated on the outside. 
Note. 1t is immediately distinguished from P. Wiruri, by 
its sessile flowers, and scabrous capsules. Young plants are 
deeply tinged with dark, dull red. Cattle eat it. The taste 
herbaceous. 
10. P. bacciformis, Willd. iv. 582. 
Biennial, diffuse. Leaflets remote, pointed, fleshy. Male 
flowers monadelphous. Female terminal. Berries six-seeded. — 
Teling. Rawa-sala-burta-kada. 
This species is very common in pasture ground near the 
sea, on the Coromandel coast. It flowers all the year round. 
Root biennial. Stem or branches several, spreading close 
to the ground, angular, coloured, sometimes woody near the 
base, from one to two feet long. Leaves alternate, spreading, 
pinnate, fower-bearing, from two to three inches long. Leaf- 
lets from two to six pair, alternate, remote, oval, somewhat 
fleshy, pointed, Stipules of the petioles three-fold; of the 
leaflets two-fold. MALE FLOWERs few, in the axills of the | 
inferior leaflets, short-pedicelled, Calyx six-leaved ; leaflets 
