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8. PHYLLANTHUS Linn. (Emend. Gamble). 
Shrubs or small trees: 
Leaves green beneath: 
Anth. cells opening by slits; young parts 
glabrous; fruit ¢ in. ; lvs. oblong . Is P; BOLYPHYLLUS. 
Anth. with transverse dehiscence ; young 
parts finely pubescent; fruit § in.; 1. 
lanceolate, light green : 
; . 2. P. MYRTIFOLIUS. 
Leaves glaucous beneath, dark green 
above 3. P. DEALBATUS. 
Herbs : 
Capsule muriculate; female fis. subses- 
sile; anth. dehiscing vertically . . 4. P. URINARIA. 
Capsule smooth : 
Anth. dehiscing verticaily; female fls. 
pedicellate : 
L. under 3 in. 
Le Gver 2m. é P 
Anth. dehiscing transversely : 
Perennial; fil. free; stip. peltate . 7. P. GARDNERIANUS. 
Annual; fil. connate; stip. lanceolate ; 
female fils. shortly pedicellate : 
L. oblong-oval . ‘ . : ; 
L. rotundate . : ; : St 
3. P. dealbatus sp. nov.* 
Small tree, 8-10 ft. high; bark grey; young parts glabrous; 
1. distichous, subsessile, 4-2 in. long, about 4 in. broad, 
glabrous, dark green above, glaucous beneath, cuneate at 
base, acute at apex; stip. minute; male fls. pedicellate; calyx 
6-lobed; stamens 3, united into a column, vertically dehiscent ; 
female fls. shortly pedicellate; calyx-lobes 6; fruit } in. diam., 
dehiscent; seeds trigonous. 
Rasagala, Balangoda. Fl. Sep.—Jan.; green. 
Endemic. 
MADERASPATENSIS. 
. RHEEDII. 
nYr 
gc ha) 
8. P. NIRURI. 
P. ROTUNDIFOLIUS. 
Page 22.—For P. simplex Retz. read: 
7. P. Gardnerianus Baill. Etudes Gen. Euph. p. 628 (1858); 
Gamble Fl. Madr. p. 1290 (1925). Macrea Gardneriana Wight Ic. 
t. 1902 f. 3 (1852). M. oblongifolia Wight, 1. c. f. 1. nec P. oblongi- 
folius Dennst. nec Pax. P. Gardneri Thw. Enum. p. 282 (1860). 
P. simplex Thw. 1. c.; Trim. Ceyl. IV, p. 22 (1898) non Retz. 
8a. REIDIA Wight. 
(Eriococcus Hassk.) 
Shrubs; stip. small, often numerous and persistent; fls. 
fascicled, the male with long pedicels widening upwards; 
* P. myrtifoli affinis, foliis latioribus, subtus dealbatis differt.— 
Typus: Rasagala, Balangoda, Trimen. 
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