PhyllanlliHs. monoecia monadelphia. 655 



lanceolate. Female jlotoers long^-peduncled ; male sessile. 

 Jlnthers three pair. Female nectary a twelve-toothed capsule. 



Telitiff. Uchi userekee. 



Like the hist, it is a native of dry cultivated ground ; but 

 by uo means so common. It flowers during the wet and cold 

 seasons. 



Root frequently perennial. Stem somewhat woody, ob- 

 lique. Branches numerous,diverging from the base of the lit- 

 tle stem, spreading closely to the earth, Avith their apices as- 

 cending, many times longer than the stem, striated from the in- 

 sertions of the leaves, which gives them a compressed appear- 

 ance. Leaves simple, alternate, spreading, bifarious, sessile, 

 linearly lanceolate, smooth, entire ; about three-fourths of an 

 inch long, and one-fourth broad. Stipules two, obliquely- 

 cordate, withering. Floivers, male and female mixed, axil- 

 lary, oenerally from one to three of each. The female ones 

 long-peduncled. Tlic male ones nearly sessile. Calyx as 

 in the last species, except that in this, there are three distinct 

 filaments, united at the base; and the female nectary is 

 twelve-notched. 



J^ote, This plant agrees so well with Relzius's P. simplex^ 

 that 1 dare say, they are the same ; he may have changed 

 Konig's name, or Kiinig himself may have changed it from 

 simplex to depressa. 



The natives use the fresh leaves, flowers and fruit, with 

 common seeds, and sugar, of each equal parts, made into an 

 electuary, for the cure of gonorrhtea ; a tea-spoonful is 

 given twice a day. The fresh leaves bruised and mixed M'ith 

 butter milk, make a wash to cure the itch in children. 



3. P. gracilis. R. 



Perennial, erect, virgate. Leaves bifarious, oblong and 

 cuneate-lanceolate. Filament single, capsule three-cleft. 



Teling. Userekee. 



A rare, somewhat shrubby plant, growing under the shel- 

 ter of other bushes, and trees. Flowering time the end of the 

 rainy season. 



