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V. liorizontaliter déhiscentes. Kiidimentiim ovarii 0. Fl ? : calyx 

 maris v. rigidior ; ovarium o-v. 6-loculare ; styli distincti v. plus 

 minus connati, integri sœpius 2-fidi, erecti v. recurvo-patentes, 

 subulati, V. ^^»lanodilatati, superne introrsum stigmatosi ; ovula in 

 loculis gemina. Capsula sicca v. carnosa, demum sœpissime in 2 

 coccos 2-valves dissdiens, rarius vix dehiscens. Semina trans- 

 versini o-augularia, dorso convexa, angulo interiore recta, erarun- 

 culata, testa membrancea v. Crustacea ; albumen carnosum, embryo 

 rectus V. leviter incurvus, cotyledonibus planis rectis. — Herbse, 

 fructices. Folia integerrima, alterna, disticha. Flores parvi, axillares 

 V. ad nodos vamulorum glomerati, J subsessilis v. distincte pedi- 

 cellati, pauci, Ç in eadem axilla v. in ramulo distincto pauci v. 

 solitarii, longius pedicellati. 



Conspectus Phyllanthoriim Specter urn. 



Herbœ v. siiffrutiees. 

 Stamina 3. 



Filamenta tota longitudine monadelj^ha v. superne brevissime libera. 



Sepala 5 1- P Nirvri. 



Sepala 6 2. P. urinaria. 



Filamenta libera, basi brevitcr connata 3. P. simplex. 



Stamina 2. 



Disci glandiilse liberœ 4. P. Matsivmurœ. 



Disci glandulse connatœ 5. P. liukiuensis. 



Frutices. 



Stamina 2 6. P. flexuosus. 



Stamina 5 7. P. reticulatus. 



Arbores 8. P. Niinamii. 



1. P. Niruri Linn. (Tab. I. B.). Linn.S p. PL ed. 



-2, 1392; Thunb. Fl. Jap. 6Q', Aiton, Hort, kewensis, V. 335; 

 RoxB. Fl. Ind. 559 ; Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 210 ; Sieb. 



