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calycis alternantes v. suppress. Stamina centralia. Ovarii 2-15-locularis loculi 2-ovulati. 
Capsula 2-ce-cocca. Semina ecarunculata, exarillata, albuminosa. Embryo subrectus; cotyle- 
dones complanatze.—Arbores v. szepius frutices, sepissime fruticuli v. suffrutices v. etiam sed rarius 
tamen herbe. Ramuli florigeri szepissime distiche nunc sparse foliosi, raro foliis ad squamas tantum 
reductis priediti, teretes, angulosi aut rarius foliaceo-complanati. Folia disticha aut angulo 3 periphe- 
riz inter se distantia, forma magnitudine consistentia et indumento varia, sæpissime tamen glabra, 
nunquam longe petiolata, integra, penninervia, bistipulata. Inflorescentiz axillares; vulgo in axillis 
foliorum site, raro in parte bienni aut trienni ramorum lignosorum site, monoice aut dioicæ, v. 
etiam in eodem ramulo inferiores aut intermedize unisexuales a reliquis sexu distincte, nunc aliz sexu 
mixte, aliæ unisexuales v. omnes bisexuales, nunc ad florem unicum reducte. Flores fasciculati aut 
solitarii ; pulvinuli fasciculigeri interdum elongati et racemulum brevem dense imbricatim bracteatum 
formantes.—Cicca et Xylophylla, Linn.  Bradleia et Emblica, Gertn. — Glochidion et Breynia, pro 
parte, Forst. 
One-third of all the Euphorbiacee hitherto discovered in tropical Polynesia, belong to this genus as now - 
eireumseribed, there being, besides the species described below, the following, viz. 1. Phyllanthus macro- 
phyllus, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 2. P. Wagapensis, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 3. P. Ka- 
nalophilus, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 4. P. Billardieri, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 5. P. Ca- 
ledonicus, Müll. Arg. (Bradleia Zeylanica, Labill. Sert. Austr. Cal. p. 76, t. 76. excl. syn), from New Cale- 
donia; 6. P. cuspidatus, Müll. Arg., from the Samoan Islands; 7. P. Gaudichaudi?, Müll. Arg., from the 
Samoan and Tongan groups; 8. P. Taitensis, Müll. Arg. '(Bradleia pubescens, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. 
(ined.) p. 329; vulgo Tahitens. * Mahame" dieitur), from Tahiti (Banks and Solander!); 9. P. Gray- 
anus, Müll. Arg., from Tahiti; 10. P. glaucus, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 11. P. Kanalensis, Müll. 
Arg., from New Caledonia; 12. P. bupleuroides, Baill., from New Caledonia; 18. P. macrochorion, Baill., 
from New Caledonia; 14. D. torrentium, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 15. P. salicifolius, Müll. Arg., 
from New Caledonia; 16. P. vespertilio, Baill., from New Caledonia; 17. P. loranthoides, Baill., from New 
Caledonia; 18. P. myrianthus, Müll. Arg. from the New Hebrides; 19. P. platycalyx, Müll., from New 
Caledonia; 20. P. Fagueti, Baill., from New Caledonia; 21. P. enews, Baill., from New Caledonia; 22. 
P. Baladensis, Baill., from New Caledonia; 23. P. Chamecerasus, Baill., from New Caledonia; 24. P. Pan- 
cherianus, Baill., from New Caledonia; 25. P. cataractarum, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 26. P. cor- 
nutus, Baill., from New Caledonia; 27. P. caudatus, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 28. P. Bourgeoisii, 
Baill., from New Caledonia; 29. P. ciecaoides, Müll. Arg. (Breynia disticha, Forst. Gen. t. 73), from 
. Tana (Forster!) ; 80. P. Deplanchii, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 81. P. Vieillardi, Baill., from New 
Caledonia; 82. P. Societatis, Müll. Arg., from the Society group; 38. P. rufidulus, Müll. Arg., from New 
Caledonia; 34. P. pacificus, Müll. Arg., from the Marquesas Islands (Barclay!) ; 35. P. urceolatus, Baill., 
from New Caledonia; 36. P. micranthoides, Baill., from New Caledonia; 37. P.-Sandwichensis, Müll. Arg. 
(P. distichus, Hook. et Arn.), from the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae! Nuttall! Barclay! Seemann! n. 
2284); 38. P. persimjlis, Müll. Arg., irom New Caledonia; and 39. P. chrysanthus, Baill., from New 
Caledonia. 
l. P. ramiflorus, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 289; floribus d. ?-que longiuscule pedicellatis 
parvulis, laciniis calycis d' ovatis concavis; ovario globoso 6-loculari glabro; columna stylari vix 
distincta; stylis brevissimis,conniventibus ; capsula depresso-globosa vertice foveola excavata 12-sul- 
cata.— Glochidion ramiflorum, Forst. Prodr. n. 361. Bradleia glochidion, Gertn. Fruct. vol. ii. 
p. 128. t. 109. Bradleia levigata, Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 329, et in Parkins. Drawings 
of Tahit, Plants (ined.) t. 103.— Nomen vernac. Tahitense, fide Solander, ** Ula-moe-mou.” 
Var. lanceolatus (Müll. Arg. l.c.) ; arborea; petiolis 4-5 mm. longis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
utrinque acuminatis mediocribus v. parvulis.— Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Molau."—Somosomo, 
Island of Taviuni, and Ovalau (Seemann! n. 415). Also collected in the Marquesas (Jardin). Wood 
used for making clubs. à 
Dr. Müller enumerates several varieties of this species, which, in my opinion, are scarcely more than 
there forms or stages of growth. At the British Museum there is a number of specimens representing a 
