PhyllaniJius 



EUPHORBIA! E. 



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Tribe IV. Eitpltorbiese. Involucre enclosing several male 

 flowers, and one female flower, simulating an hermaphn. 

 elite flower ; the male flower consisting of a single stamen, 

 jointed to a pedicel, with or without a minute scale at 

 the joint ; the female flower consisting of an ovary on a 

 pedicel, with or without 3 minute scales. Ovary 3-celled, 

 ovules solitary in each cell. 



Involucre regular, calyx-like 29. Euphorbia. 



Involucre irregular, oblique 30. PedilantJtu*. 



1. PHYLLANTHUS L. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves entire, alternate (very rarely 

 opposite), in two vertical rows, well developed, or small or scale- 

 like : petiole either wanting or very short, to one-tenth the length 

 "f the blade, but in P. cjlabellus long, one-third to one-half the 

 length of the blade. Flowers generally monrecious (dioecious in 



Ki_r. v'.. ///.'/ '/,/// >i,\i< epiphyllanthui I.. 



\. Flowrriiiir branch x , 



l>. Male flower X ">. 



1 . I emale Mower X 5 ; </, disk. 



I>. Apex of staininal column, 



down on it X 1">. 

 E, Longitudinal section of ovary with 



styles x * : </, disk. 



I ovary of /'. iinni'li/"?''"* L. cil( open, 

 (A and E from unputlish"d di'awii 

 F aft'-i l;:ii!|,in. 



oviilr ; /-, olitu- 



ninrli riil;U-4'-'d : 



rat or. 

 &, Notrli of Ilouerinj,' hranrii \\ith fin 



of raji.>iik--.. one uni-ipi', >. 

 Jl, (.'ap>ulf \\itl) one co -cus tin n -d do\\ n 



X 4 ; /, prrsistelit a\i~ d-. 



I . ">rct inn of i-oc-rns eiilar.'- 

 - -tion !" Bee 1 enlarged, 

 by S.-hleiden in Herb. MIH. llrit. 

 .1 after Kiu''er.) 



