Phyllanthus.'l Eupkorbiacece. 2f 



19. p. Indicus, Muell. Arg. in LinncEa, xxxii. 52 (1863). 

 Karawu, S. 



Prosorus htdica, Dalz. ; Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 299, and Enum. 

 281. C. P. 2155 (3099). 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 305. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. x. C. f. 3-6 (P. indica). 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft, much branched; bark whitish; 

 young parts glabrous; 1. 2-4 in., on slender petioles, lanceolate 

 or oval, acute at base, subacute at apex, apiculate, glabrous, 

 thin, glaucous beneath; stip. small, membranous, deciduous; 

 fl. small, on long ped., in axillary umbellate clusters at base 

 of annual growth; male fl. more numerous, minute; sep. 4, 

 oblong, truncate, reflexed; disk annular, fleshy, large; stam. 4, 

 distinct, fil. long, anth. short, extrorse; fem. fl. : — sep. as in 

 male; disk smaller; ov. globose, styles large, bifid, reflexed; 

 fr. globose, over \ in., faintly 3-lobed, smooth, green, peri- 

 carp thin ; seeds 2 in each coccus, irregularly triquetrous, blue, 

 surrounded with an aril. 



Low country, up to 2000 ft., chiefly in the moist region ; rather 

 common. Pasdun Korale ; Deltota ; Uma-oya ; Topare. Fl. April. 

 Also in S. India. 

 Wood white, tough ; useful for building purposes. 



20. P. cyanospermusj Muell, Arg. in Liimcua, xxxii. 51 (1863). 

 Sudu-Uijan, XLulu-nlyan, S. 



Croton cyanospermtis, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 120. Zygospermuni seyla- 

 nicum, Thw. ex. Baill. Et. Euph. 619. Prosorus Gaerlneri, Thw. in Kew 

 Journ. Bot. viii. 272. Prosorus cyanospervta, Thw. Enum. 281. C. P. 

 2601 (2155 part). 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 305. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 10, C. f i, 2, 7-10 {P. 

 Gaertneri). Gaertn. Fruct. t. 107 {Croton cyanospermus). 



A deciduous tree, precisely like P. indicus in foliage ; fl. on 

 long ped. at base of annual growth, male in small umbellate 

 clusters, fem. solitary, often axillary ; male fl. much larger 

 than in P. indicus ; sep. 4, oblong, very obtuse; stam. 4, fil. 

 short, anth. long linear; fem. fl.: — sep. 4, rounded, very ob- 

 tuse ; ov. glabrous, styles large, reflexed ; fr. f in., nearly 

 globose, smooth, brown ; seeds coherent in pairs in each 

 coccus, covered with an arillus of a deep brilliant metallic 

 blue. 



Moist region, below looo ft. ; rare. Ambagamuwa Dist. ; Karawita, 

 near Ratnapura. Fl. March, April. 



Endemic. 



Very near P. indicus, but distinguished readily by the natives. The 

 seeds are a splendid metallic blue. 



