586 CXV. EUPHOEBIAOE^. 



Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 300 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bouib. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 370; Pi-ain, Beng. PI. p. 934; V\^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 217. Emhlica officinalis, Gaertu. Eruct. v. 2 (1791) p. 122, 

 t. 108 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1896 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 235.— Flowers : Mar.- 

 May. Veun. Avid; Amid: JSelli. 



Tliroiigliout the Presidency in deciduous forests, ofteu planted. Konkan : Dalsell 

 cj- Gihsoii ; Mallieran, Cooke ! ; Western Ghats, Woodrow. Deccan : Graham, Dal- 

 zcll i.\- Gibson. — DisTRiB. Throughout Tropical India, wild or planted ; Ceylon, China, 

 Mahiy Islands. 



Tiie fruit known as the Emhlic MijrohaUm\» used as a medicine, and fur dyeing and 

 tanning. It is also nuide into a sweetmeat with sugar, and sometimes used as a pickle. 

 Tile wood is vahiahle for various purposes. See Watt, Diet. Ec(m. Prod. 1. c. 



3. Phyllanthus Lawii, Grah. Cat. PL Bomb. (1839) p. 181. A 

 glabrous shrub usually growing along ri\er-banks ; branches grooved. 

 Leaves ^-A by jg^T^o ^^•■> distichous, overlapping, linear-oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, often apiculate, base rounded or subeordate ; nerves 

 obscure ; petioles scarcely -J-^ in. long ; stipules ^ in. long, lanceolate- 

 subulate. Plowers axillary, the males solitary or few together, the 

 female solittiry. Sepals of male and female flowers 6, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, those of the female flowers ^-^ in. long. Stamens 3, the filaments 

 united in a short column ; anthers erect with vertical slits. Styles 3, 

 distinct, -}^^ in. long, shortly and bluntly 2-tid, the short lobes usually 

 recurved. Capsules '. in. in diam., on a pedicel about J^ in. long, globose, 

 slightly depressed, gUibrous, Seeds J^ in. long, 3-gonous, rounded on 

 the back, glabrous. El. B. I. v. 5, p. 290 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 300 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 370 ; Prain, Beng. 

 PI. p. 934. Phijllantlms pohjphullus, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 234 {not of Willd.). 

 — Elowers : Sept. -Oct. 



Often forming dense thickets along the banks of rivers towards the Ghdts. 

 Konkan: S/ncksl, Laiv I, Dahcll I, Lamfwr/ 1 S. M. Chuntuy : Nalatwar near Kalad- 

 ghi, Gr((ham; Cast.lerock, Cooke I Kanara : hanks of the CJatpraba River, Graham; 

 common along tiie Kala naddi, forming dense thickets like tamarisk near the water's 

 edge, Talbot. — Distkiu. India (Behar, Central Provinces, W. Peninsula). 



4. Phyllanthus maderaspatensis, TAnn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 982. 

 Annual btit somelimes woody at the base, very variable in habit; stems 

 glabrous, 1-3 ft, long, erect, ascending or decuiubent. Leaves scattered, 

 variable, 5-I.I by ^-f in., glabrous, obovate-cuneate, rounded, truncate 

 or somewhat obcordate at the apex, mucronate, unich tapering into a 

 very shori"' petiole, glaucous and with a few lateral nerves conspicuous 

 beneath; stipules peltate, lanceolate, very acute. Elowers axillary, the 

 main Howers minute in small clusters, subsessile, the female larger, 

 solitary, shortly pedicellate. Sepals 6, obovate, obtuse, green with 

 white margins. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate. Styles 3, distinct, 

 very small, 2-lobed. Capsules g in. in diam., depressed-globose, 

 glabrous, 3-lol)ed. Seeds ^^r in. long, 3-gonous, rouiuled on the back, 

 muriculate in fine lines (beautifully marked like basket-work, Dalzell Sf 

 Gibson), brown. V\. B. I. v. 5, p. 292; Grah. Cat. p. 180; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 233 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1895, fig. 3 ; Trim. J^. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 20 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 931 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 221.— Flowers : July- 

 Aug. V^EiiN. Kanocha. 



Dalzell witliout locality in Herb. Kew. ! Stocka witliout locality in Herb. Kew. ! 

 DiiccAN : Cooke ! S. M. Countky : Badami, Woodrow. — Distiub. India (drier parts) ; 

 Ceylon, Tropical Africa, Arabia, Java, China, Australia. 



