362 EUPHORBIACE^. 



ovules in each, differing from nearly all the rest of the 

 family in the raphe being dorsal (micropyle pointing 

 upwards and inwards). Fruit indehiscent. Seeds one or 

 two with fleshy endosperm and broad cotyledons. 



Species 2 to 5 in India and Malaya. 



Sarcococca pr uniform is Lindl. ; F.B.I, v 266, II i. A 

 shrub with smooth green branchlets, and dark green 

 three-nerved glossy leaves. Male spike when fully open 

 % inch : stamens Ye inch. Female spikes often on older 

 branches, shorter. Fruit Yz inch egg-shaped, surmounted 

 by two small curved stigmas a little to one side of the 

 top. t. 235. Wight Ic. t. 1877 (S. trinervia). 



Nilgiris : very common at Ootacamund. Pulneys : at slightly 

 lower levels. Fysofi SA^^ 981, 1028,3092. Bourne 175, 363, 

 434, 1770. 



Gen. Dist. Temperate Himalayas, Khasia, Deccan ghats from Kanara 

 southwards, Ceylon, Afghanistan, Sumatra. 



PHYLLANTHUS. f.b.i. 135 x. 



Herbs or shrubs with entire usually small thin leaves, 

 in two ranks all facing upwards. Flowers of both sexes 

 usually on the same plant, with perianth of five or 

 six parts separable into three sepals and three white and 

 thinner petals. Male flowers with three round glands 

 on the disc and three stamens with their filaments 

 free or more or less united : anthers vertical, opening 

 by slits. Female flowers also with disc glands and 

 ovary of three cells, each with two ovules with ventral 

 raphe : styles short, free or lightly connected. Fruit a 

 rounded capsule. 



Species about 500 in all the temperate and hot regions of 

 both the Old and the New Worlds. Some have edible fruits, 

 e.g., P. emblica (Amla, Fr. Myrobalam emblic) which is to be 

 found wild or cultivated at slightly lower levels, on the Nilgiris. 



