Phyllanthus EUPHORBIACEAE Mallotus 



aa. Fr. a dry capsule. 



Pistillate fls. on pedicels 1-2 mm. long: lvs. linear to oblong, 



tapering to base and tip 3. P. simplex 



Pistillate fls. sessile: lvs. rounded at the base and rounded or 



apiculate at the tip 4. P. urinaria 



1. Phyllanthus flexuosus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Muell.-Arg. (Chen 631). Shrub, to 5 m.; 

 fls. IV-V; fr. black, fleshy, VII-IX. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. 

 Woodland. 



2. Phyllanthus glaucus Wall, ex Muell.-Arg. (P. fliiggeifornds Muell.-Arg.) i^KM 

 T^ (Ch'ing Hui Yeh Hsia Chu; Gray-green Phyllanthus) (H.F. 5:288). Shrub, 

 to 5 dm.; fls. IV; fr. fleshy. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Ki. Woodland. 



3. Phyllanthus simplex Retz. i£^T^ (Tan Yeh Hsia Chu; Simple-leaved Phyllan- 

 thus) (M.F. 285). Erect herb, to 5dm.; fls. on pedicels; fr. dry, IX-X. China, 

 Malaya, Polynesia; locally in Ku. Woodland. 



4. Phyllanthus urinaria Linn. 3IT$ (Yeh Hsia Chu; Pearls-below-leaves) (Be. F. 

 310). Erect herb, to 5dm.; fls. sessile; fr. dry, VIII. Tropical regions; locally 

 in An., Che. Grassland. 



5. Mallotus Lour. ^W\M (Yeh T'ung Shu) 

 Shrubs or trees with simple often glandular lvs.: fls. apetalous, staminate in 

 clusters, the pistillate solitary; stamens 20 or more; ovary 2-4-celled, becoming a 

 capsule, often spiny or scaly, with as many seeds. About 80 species, in the eastern 

 tropics; 15 in China. (Greek term meaning "wooly," referring to the pubescence of 

 some species.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Frtg. infl. of separate single spike- or raceme-like clusters termi- 

 nating small lfy. brs., sometimes with short brs. at the base, 

 b. Frtg. carpels conspicuously echinate; spines slender and 

 flexuous; carpels and spines stellate-hairy, the carpels 

 densely, so. 

 Lf. blades densely amber- or reddish-glandular and gray- 



stellate-tomentose beneath: seeds brown 1. M. apelta 



Lf . blades sparsely amber-glandular and glabrescent or with 



scattered stellate hairs beneath: seeds black 2. M. tenuifolius 



bb. Frtg. carpels crustaceous, brown-glandular and densely stellate- 



tomentose, not echinate; seeds dark brown or black 3. M. repandus 



var. scabrifolius 



aa. Frtg. infl. definitely branching, usually with 2-several axes. 



Lf . blades lanceolate, 3-nerved from the base, stellate-tomentose 

 and red-amber glandular-dotted beneath: frtg. carpels 

 encrusted with red glands 4. M. philippinensis 



Lf. blades sub-orbicular to rhombic-ovate, sparsely stellate- 

 tomentose and with scattered amber glands beneath: frtg. 

 carpels encrusted with amber glands 5. M. japonicus 



1. Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Muell.-Arg. (M. paxii Pamp.; M. steivardii Merr.) (E.P. 

 63:171; Pl.W. 2:525). Tree, to 5m.; fls. whitish, VI; fr. VII- VIII. Eastern Asia; 

 locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



2. Mallotus tenuifolius Pax M (Yeh T'ung; Wild T'ung) (Di.F. 429). Tree, to 



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