Phyllantliu* EUPIIORBIACEJ: 25 



Sepals of male flower 4, of female 5 or 6, 

 1-2 mm. 1. Leaves 7-13 cm. 1. Stamens 3-2. 

 Racemes or panicles, 2-5 together from small 

 knobs on the main trunk. 



Anthers 3 9. P. cladantlms. 



Anthers 2 10. P. cauliflorus. 



Racemes in axils of leaves 11. P. axillaris. 



Sepals in both sexes 4, 1-2 mm. 1. Lea\ 



3-13 cm. 1. Stamens 4. 



Flowers dioecious. Fruit barely 1cm. in diam. 12. P. nobilis. 

 [Flowers moiHscious. Fruit 1-5 cm. in diam. P. distichus.] 

 Petiole long, $- the length of the blade 13. P. glabcllus. 



13. Leaves almost always wanting, represented by 

 deciduous scales. Flowering branches flattened, 

 expanded, generally leaf-like. 

 Flowering branches spirally scattered, penultimate 



branches normal 14. P. epiphyllanthus. 



Flowering branches in 2 vertical rows, penultimate 



branches more or less modified. 

 Penultimate branches persistent, younger parts 

 slightly modified. Flowering branches 



sometimes in more than 2 rows 15. P. montanus. 



Penultimate branches deciduous, modified. 

 Flowering and penultimate branches dis- 

 similar in form. 



Pedicels shorter than 3 mm. Sepals 5-1 5 

 mm. 1. 



Disk of female fl. saucer-shaped 16. P. anguslifolius. 



Disk of female fl. of separate glands 17. P. latifolius. 



Pedicels 3-7 mm. 1. Sepals 1-5-3 mm. 1. 

 Disk of female fl. ^ J the length of ovary. 



Styles not united 18. P. S2>eciosns, 



Styles united, erect. 



Male and female fls. unequal in size 19. P. insequaliflorus. 



Male and female fls. equal in size 20. P. Coxiamis. 



Disk of female fl. and stylar column 



each about as long as ovary 21. P. Swart :di. 



Flowering and penultimate branches similar 



and linear.. . 22. P. lincaris. 



A. Leaves well developed ; petiole either wanting or very 

 short, to one-tenth the length of the blade, or (in P. 

 glabellns) long, one-third to one-half the length of tlu> 

 blade ; flowering branches normal. 



1. P. nutans Sw.Pnxlr. '27 (1788) & Fl. ln<L Occ. 1J03; shrubs 

 or trees, 4-30 ft. high ; leaves variable in size even on tlie same 

 twig, 1-10 cm. 1., elliptical to ovate, glabrous ; sepals of male 

 flower 5 or 0, about 3 mm. 1., elliptical to obovate, of female 

 flower 5 or G, about 4 mm. 1., elliptical-obovate ; filaments united 

 into a column ; anthers 3, horizontal from apex of column : 

 styles united half-way, free parts retlexed, L' brain-lied. Jacq. 

 Hort. Sclnxnbi. ii. 35, t. 193; Griseb. Fl. Hr. IT. 7m/. 33; 7>W//. 

 Adansonia //'. 15 : Mifll. Ar</. in DC. Prod,-, xv. [>t. '2, 375. Tilia 



