Phyllanthus. Euphorbiacecs . 1 7 



Montane zone ; very rare. Uda-pussolawe Dist., at about 4cxx) ft. 

 Fl. April. 



Endemic. 



I have not met with this, and seen only the C. P. specimens. 

 Thwaites briefly describes fem. fl. and fruit, but there are neither on 

 his specimens in Herb. Perad. I am inclined to agree with Sir J. 

 Hooker, that this is merely an abnormal form of the last, not a separate 

 species. 



3. S. assixnills, Thw. Enum. 284 (1861). 

 Muell. Arg. 1. c. 242. C. P. 2855. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 112). 



L. i|-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute, very shortly petioled, 

 thin, glaucous beneath; male fl. on very slender ped. ; peri- 

 anth divided almost to base, segm. equal, cylindrical, obtuse, 

 curved, hollowed at base; fem. fl. : — per. -segm. oval, flat, 

 acute; ov. truncate, styles hooked; fr. not seen. 



Moist region ; very rare. Allagala, at 3000 ft. ; Hiniduma Patta. 

 Fl. May-Aug. ; greenish-yellow. 



Endemic. 



I have but scanty material for this species. The female fl. above 

 described are on a separate branchlet, but seem to belong to the species. 



4. S. rigriduB, Thw. Enum. 284 (1861). 

 Muell. Arg. 1. c. 243. C. P. 2135. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 336. 



A small, rigid, much-branched shrub, 1-2 ft. high; branches 

 angular, glabrous; 1. small, \-\ in., on very short petioles, 

 rotundate or broadly oval, obtuse, often somewhat tapering at 

 base; fl. monoecious (sometimes dioecious.'') on short slender 

 ped., which are clothed below with imbricate bracts ; fem. much 

 larger than male; male fl.: — per.-segm. irregularly triangular, 

 thickened at base, margin sinuate; fem. fl. : — per.-segm. 

 obovate, obtuse, aplculate; ov. truncate, hollowed on top with 

 short styles in the cavity. 



Dry and intermediate regions ; rare. Dambulla ; Hanguranketa ; 

 Nilgala, Uva. Fl. Jan., Feb. ; yellowish-green. 

 Endemic. 

 Leaves mottled with white in the centre. 



8. PKYIiZ.ANTKUS, Z. 



Shrubs, rarely herbs or trees; I. usually small, distichous 

 (except P. hakgalensis) ; fl. small, monoecious, apetalous, 

 axillary; disk various; male fl. : — sep. 4-6, distinct, imbricate; 

 stam. 3-5, fil. o, or free, and more or less connate, anth. cells 

 either parallel or divergent and dehiscence thus either parallel 



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