CXT. MUPHORBIACB^. 587 



5. Phyllanthus Urinaria, Limi. Sjy. PI. (1753) p. 982. Annual, 

 1-2 ft. high, glabrous or nearly so. Stems erect, slightly branched ; 

 leaf-bearing branchlets short, flattened or slightly winged. Leaves 

 closely placed, distichously imbricate, sessile or nearly so, ^-^ by 

 y\p-| in., oblong or linear-oblong, rounded and apiculate at the apex, 

 pale beneath, glabrous, base rounded, usually oblique; stipules peltate, 

 very acute, from a broad base. Plowers minute, axillary, subsessile, 

 solitary, yellowish. Sepals •^— aV ii^- long, obloug, rounded, not 

 enlarged in fruit. Capsules g in. in diam., globose, scarcely lobed, 

 echinate. Seeds ^ in. long, 3-gonous, rounded on the back, trans- 

 versely furrowed. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 293 ; Grab. Cat. p. 180 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 4, p. 21 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 934 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 0, part 1, p. 224. 

 Phyllanthus leprocurpus, Wight, Icon. t. 1895, fig. 4. — Flowers : Aug. 



KoNKAN : Kalyaii, Shiva \; Matheraii, Bhiva\, Woodrow ; Bombay, Graham. 

 Dbccan ; Khandala, Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Tropics 

 generally. 



G. Phyllanthus simplex, Eetz. Ohs. Bot. fasc. 5 (1789) p. 29. A 

 glabrous i)erennial herb or an nnderslirub, usually \\'ith a long tap-root ; 

 branches compressed. Leaves distichous, numerous, ^-| by g-;j in., 

 subsessile, closely placed and often overlapping, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 apiculate; stipules peltate, sagittate, brown, scarious. Flowers usually 

 solitary, on slender axillary pedicels, the female larger than the male. 

 Sepals about ^ in. long, oblong, obtuse, those of the female flowers 

 slightly enlarged in fruit. Stamens 3, distinct ; anthers didymous, the 

 slits very short, so that when the cells are confluent the dehiscence 

 seems transverse. Styles short, 2-fid. Capsules ^q in. in diam., 

 globose, slightly 3-lobed, crustaceous, usually slightly rough with minute 

 prominences but not echinate. Seeds 2\y~T^6 ^"- '^ng, 3-gonous, rounded 

 on the back, covered with minute tnbercles in irregular lines, very dark 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 295; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 234 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 22; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 935; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 223.— 

 Flowers : A ug.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Worli (Eombay), Stocks]; Kalyan, Bhival S. M. Country: Budaini, 

 Cooke ! ; Dharwar, Woodrow. — Distkib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, 

 China, Pacific Islands. 



7. Phyllanthus Niruri, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 981. Annual 

 herb 1-2 ft. high, quite glabrous ; stem often branched at the base, 

 angular ; leaf-bearing branchlets slender, spreading. Leaves numerous, 

 subsessile, distichous, often imbricating, ^-^ by g-| in., elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse (rarely subacute), glaucous beneath, base rounded ; petioles very 

 short; stipules lanceolate-subulate, very acute. Flowers yellowish, very 

 numerous, axillary, the males 1-3, the females solitary. Sepals of male 

 flowers -Jq in. long, rounded, those of the female J^ in. long, oblong, 

 subacute, with white margins, not enlarged in fruit. Stamens 3; 

 anthers sessile on a short column. Styles minute, free, 2-lobed. Disk 

 of male of minute glands ; of female annidar, lobed. Capsules ^ in. 

 in diam., depressed-globose, smooth, scarcely lobed. Seeds -^ in. long, 

 3-gonous, rounded and with longitudinal regular ]}arallel ribs on the 

 back. Fl. B. 1. v. 5, p. 298; Grab. Cat. p. 180 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 234; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1894 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 23 ; Woodr. in Journ. 



