Pliyllantliu* f;iTIIORBIACK.i: -59 



apex; leaves 7-12 cm. 1., 3-.") on. br.. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; racemes in axils 1 2-2 ' 5 cm. 1. ; sepals of male 

 flowers 4, sub-equal, yellowish-green ; anthers '2, united at apex of 

 column, diverging obli'quely below : scpaK of female flower 5, green, 

 3 larger roundish-ovate to 1 2 mm. 1., smaller elliptical-oblong; 

 ovary ellipsoidal : stigmas sessile, triangular, closely reflexed. 

 < >ni])liak"i axilluris Sw. Protlr. 95 (1788). Epistylium axillare 

 Sio. Fl. Lid. Oce. 1097, /. 22, / :/ . Or-d, <j (179*} ; A. Ju*s. Eitphorl. 

 Tent. t. :}, fi<j. 8. Phyllanthus Epistylium Grixt'b. Fl. Br. II". 

 Intl. 33 (1859). A specimen from Swartz named by him in 

 Herb. Stockholm, and one in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Mrs. in west, Sicartzl 



Petiole 2-3 mm. 1. Stipules broadly triangular, acute or acuminate, 

 leathery ; persistent. Flowers : Male 4-8 in a cluster ; pedicels 4-8 mm. 1. : 

 glands 4, broadly concave upwards ; female generally solitary in the 

 clusters ; pedicel about 2 mm. 1. ; glands minute, oblong. ( 



broadly ellipsoidal, obtuse (fide Muell.). Seeds I in each cell. 







[P. distiehus Mm-ll. Arg. in DC. Prod,: xv. pt. 2, 413 (1866; : 

 tree 20-30 ft. high ;' older branches about as thick as a finger, 

 from which the leaves have dropped, leaving large prominent 

 scars ; younger branchlets slender, leafy, deciduous ; leaves 

 3-7 ' 5 cm. 1., ovate, acute, base somewhat oblique ; flowers 

 reddish, monoecious, minute, densely clustered ; clusters axillary 

 on leafy branches with long-stalked flowers, or on slender 

 rhachises of the inflorescence springing several together at the 

 axils of the scars of fallen leaves with short-stalked flowers : 

 sepals of male flower scarcely 1 mm. L, obovate to roundish, of 

 female flower about 1 * 2 mm. 1., elliptical, persistent ; filaments 4. 

 free ; anthers opening longitudinally ; ovary 4 (3)-celled : 

 styles 4, free, reflexed ; fruit 1*5 cm. in diain. Muell. Arg. in 

 Fl Bras. xi. pt. 2, 68 ; Hook. f. in FL Brit. Ltd. v. 304 ; Urb. 

 Si/ml*. Ant. ii\ 339 ; Watt Did. Econ. Prodr. Intl. ; Bt'iilct/ 

 Cyclop. Ami',-. Hort. fig. 1771. P. longifolius Jacq. Hori. Scltoenbr. 

 ii. 3(1, /. 194 (1797). Cicca disticha L. Mint. 124 (17*57) : Lum. 

 lllnxtr. t. 757, /'. 1 : A. Juss. EupJiorb. Tent. t. 4, /. 13, A ; Grind. 

 Fl. Br. W. Inil 32 : Elu-cde Hort. Nal. in. t. 47, 4s. 



Otaheite Gooseberr>-. 



In gardens ; Hope Garden-, //-/rr/.s ! Wanner regions of the world. 



Stipules narrowly triangular, acuminate, about 1 mm. 1. Disk of male 

 flowers of 4 free glands, of female narrowly saucer-shaped. Fruit : Peri- 

 carp fleshy, acid, when dry G-8-lobed and splitting up into 3 or 4 cocci. 



The fruits are not unlike gooseberries, but acid and astringent ; they 

 are eaten raw or dressed in various ways, pickled or made into preserve-. 

 The roots and seeds are purgative. (Watt)] 



12. P. nobilis Mrll.Anj. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 414 (1S6> 

 tree 20-40 ft. high; leaves 4-13 cm. 1., narrowly elliptical or 

 oblong-elliptical, acute to subacuminate at both ends ; flowers 



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