Phyllantlius EUPHORBIACEJ- 2G~> 



20. P. Coxianus Fa we. <( Itendlf in Jonnt. Bot. luii. 66 (1919) ; 

 pedicels 3-6 mm. 1. ; sepals 1 4-2 2 mm. 1. ; stamens half as long 

 as sepals ; filaments united above the middle, column 6-1 mm. 1. ; 

 anther-cells united ; disk of female flower cup-shaped, about half 

 the length of the ovary ; ovary about one-third the length of the 

 sepals ; styles united into a short erect column, one-third to one- 

 quarter length of ovary, branches much longer than column, 

 divided halfway into two or three spreading linear segments or 

 main branch again forked. 



In a garden, St. Ann, Priori Kamble, Claremout, 1700 ft., Fawcett & 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7025. 



Shrub, 10 ft. high. Bark of young shoots light brown, becoming ash- 

 coloured and roughish with conspicuous scars. Scaly cone about twice as 

 broad as the twig ; stipules triangular-ovate, blunt ; scale-leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, both 3-4 mm. 1. Penultimate brandies 8-17 cm. 1.,. 

 1-2 mm. br. Flowering branches in two vertical rows, elliptical, narrowing 

 to both ends, with apex generally subacumiuate, or lanceolate or oblau- 

 ceolate, 6-9 cm. 1., 1-5-2 cm. br.; notches 14-7 on each side, mostly above 

 the middle and somewhat dense, sometimes one or two occurring below 

 the middle, distinct; striated only by the principal, somewhat distant, 

 veins. Pedicels 1-4 at each notch. Male flowers : Sepals 6, unequal, 

 elliptical or obovate-elliptical, outer about 1*4 mm. 1., inner to 2-2 mm. 1. 

 Female flowers : Sepals 6, unequal, outer elliptical about 1'5 mm. 1., inner 

 broadly obovate-elliptical or roundish, about 2 mm. 1. 



This species is named in honour of the late Hon. H. E. Cox, owner of 

 the estate on which it was found. 



21. P. Swartzii Fawc. & Eendle in Journ. Bot. luii 67 (1919) : 

 pedicels 6-7 mm. 1. ; calyx obconical, narrowing gradually into 

 the pedicel ; sepals 1 7 mm. 1. ; stamens nearly equalling sepals ; 

 filaments long, united almost to apex ; anther-cells separate : 

 ovary together with styles nearly equalling sepals ; styles united, 

 as long as the ovary, stigmas sessile on the column, 2 3-divided, 

 recurved or spreading; disk of male flowers of flattened roundish 

 peltate glands, of female flower cup-shaped with lobed margin, 

 as long as the ovary. P. latifolius Muell. An/, in DC. Prodr. .a 1 . 

 pt. 2, 431 (1866); Urb. Symb. Ant. Hi. 291 in Obs. (non Sa.). 

 Specimens from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit, and Herb. Stock- 

 holm. 



Sea-coast, Swartz \ Lapland, 2000 ft., Harris I Fl. Jam. 9191. 



Tree 15 ft. high. Scales at apex of branches ovate, apex blunt or acute, 

 3-5 mm. 1. ; stipules at base of flowering branches more or less deciduous, 

 lanceolate or linear ; scaly cone two or three times as broad as upper part 

 of branch. Penultimate branches modified, slightly notched, linear, com- 

 pressed, about 1 dm. 1., 1-2-2 mm.br. Flowering branches in two vertical 

 rows, lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6*5 cm. ]., 1-1-5 cm. br. ; notches distinct, 

 8-12 on each side, extending below the middle ; striated only by the prin- 

 cipal somewhat distant veins. 1'fdicrls 1 or 2(-4) at each notch. Floi 

 red, 2 mm. 1. Male jlowers : Sepals 6, subequal, elliptical. J)i*k : gland 

 tiattened, roundish, peltate. Filanirntx '7 mm. 1. Female flowers : 

 as in male. 



