Phylianthus, | MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 667 
17. P. patens, R. 
Shrubby? Branches spreading, bifarious. Leaves bifa- 
rious, alternate, pinnate with twelve or more alternate, short- 
petioled, oval leaflets in each side, Flowers leaflet-axillary ; 
the female ones solitary, the male ones fascicled in the lower 
axills, Berries erect in the rotate, permanent calyx. 
A native of Chittagong, and from thence introduced by 
Mr. William Roxburgh, Jun, into the Botanic garden, where 
it is in flower all the year, and a very ornamental shrub 
it is. 
Trunk erect, Branches spreading, with numerous approx- 
imated, alternate, bifarious, horizontally spreading branch- 
lets. Bark of the woody parts dark brown; that of the 
young parts smooth, deep green. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 
pinnate, spreading, from four to eight inches long. Leaflets 
on each side from five to fifteen, alternate, short-petioled, 
oval, entire, smooth on both sides, dark green, a little more 
than half an inch in general length. Stipules of the petioles 
forming a three-toothed cup ; those of the leaflets two, semi- 
cordate, acuminate. Maze FLoweERs in the axills of the 
lower leaflets, several together, very fine-peduncled, droop- 
ing under the leaves. Bractes minute. Calyz turbinate, 
searcely half the length of the calyx. Anthers six or three 
_ pair, linear, affixed longitudinally to the club of the fila- 
ment. FEMALE FLOWERS in the axills of the middle leaflet, 
_ the exterior ones being without flowers, solitary, short-pedun~ 
led, drooping while in blossom. Calyx flat, with a border 
of six reniform, permanent segments. Berry erect on the 
spreading, enlarged, coloured calyx, three-lobed, smooth, 
succulent, of the size of a pea, three-celled. Seeds, two in 
each cell. 
Ati is much like P. vitis idea, but in addition to the dee, 
ence which the description points out, specimens of this 
species retain their colour when dry, whereas those of vitis 
- idea become remarkably black. 
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