588 CXV. EUPHORBIACE.B. 



Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370 ; Prain, Beiig. PI. p. 935 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. (>, |)art I, p. 222. — -FlowtTs : July-Aug. Vebn. Bhui- 

 avcili. 



A common weed in gardens and cultivated land, Graham, Dalzell. Konkan : 

 Stocks \, Law I; Worli (Bomb;iy), Stocks! Deccan : Wbodrow; Poena, Cooke I — 

 DisTRiB. Tliroiigliout India ; Cejlon, Tropics generally except Australia. The plant 

 is much emjjloyed in native medicine. 



8. Phyllanthus debilis, Herb. Ham. ex Wall Cat. (1828) sub 

 n. 7892. A glabrous auuual 1-3 ft. high ; stem terete, naked below, 

 branched above. Leaves |-| by Jt-| in., thinly membranous, elliptic 

 or obovate, obtuse or acute, glaucous beneath, base usually acute ; main 

 nerves obscure; petioles -oV^ti in. long ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, 

 scarious. Flowers axillary, on sliort pedicels, the pedicels of the 

 females longer than those of the males. Sepals of female flowers 

 jig—y^ ill- long, with broad thin scarious margins, obovate-oblong, 

 enlarged in fruit ; sepals of the male much smaller. Disk-glands of 

 male flowers stellately lobed. Filaments short, free. Styles J^ in. 

 long, free, 2-fid, the arms recurved. Capsules ^ in. in diam., depressed- 

 globose. Seeds iTQ-^^^ in. long, 3-gonous, rounded aiul irregularly 

 ribbed on the back. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 299 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 370 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 935. 



Sind: Bhola riiranl, Woodrow. — Di.strh!. India (N.VV. Provinces, Sikkim, Bcliar, 

 Assam, W. Peninsula) ; Tropical Africa. 



9. Phyllanthus scabrifolius, Hoolcf. Fl. B. /.v. 5 (1887) p. 299. 

 An annual leafy herb 6-10 in. high ; stem erect, branched from the 

 base and upwards ; branches angular, clothed \\ ith short stiff \\hite 

 hairs on the angles. Leaves |-| by | in., subsessile, broadly elli|)tic or 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, pale when dry, scaberulous beneath and 

 with undulate nuirgins ; main nerves 4-5 pairs, distinct on both surfaces ; 

 petioles minute ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, membranous. Flowers 

 very shortly pedicellate. Se[)als oblong or obovate-oblong, with white 

 scarious margins, those of the female flowers J^ in. long, of the males 

 shoi'ter. Filaments short, united to the middle, the apex recurved; 

 anther-cells at length confluent. Styles 3, distinct, ^J,y in. long, 2-fid, 

 the lobes recurved. Disk of male of rounded glands, of the female a 

 low crenate cu|). Capsules ^ in. in diam., depressed-globose, smooth or 

 slightly granulate. S(>eds -J^ in. long, broad, 3-gonous, rounded, and 

 with 7-9 parallel ribs on the back and concentric ribs on the faces. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 370. 



Konkan: Stocks] Deccan: Dongergaon near Ahniednagar, Woodrow. 



There is but one sheet in Herb. Kew. marked Konkan, Stocks. Woodrow, how- 

 over, reports tlie plant from Ahmednagar in the Deccan. — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula), apparently endemic. 



10. Phyllanthus indicus, Mncll. Ar,j. in Linno'a, v. 32 (1863) 

 p. 52. A much-branched d('cidu<nis glabrous tree 30-40 ft. liigh ; bark 

 white, scaly, smooth, exfoliating in plates. Leaves membranous, 2^-6 

 by l|-3 in., distichous, elliptic or elli])tic-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or 

 acuminate, often apiculate, glabrous, glaucous beneath, base acute; 

 main nerves 6-10 pairs; petioles :J in. long; stipules lanceolate, deci- 

 duous. Flowers dioecious, pedicellate, pale-green, the males in fascicles 



