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PHYLLANTHUS. 475 
2. Phyllanthi sp. 
Ramules flexuosi, teretes, viridi, novelli utifolia rubro- 
tincta. 
Fol. subdistantia alterna, petioli sub 3-lineales, supera 
. canaleculata stipulæ ovato-acuminate supera medium petioli 
basi coherent. inzequalia. The smaller ones are all on the 
same side of each branch, lamina lanceolato-oblonga acumi- 
nata, integra subcarnosa, glabra 34-44 long. 10-13 lineas lata ; 
V. secondarize utrinque conspicuz oblique, subtus V. ter- 
tiariis anastomosant. connexze. 
Flores monoici mas. et fem. aggregati in axill. inconspi- - 
cui. . Pedicelli mascul. graciles, sub 4 lineal. fzem. crassiores, 
eviores. Perianth masculum fuscescens, e sepalis 6, bise- 
ratis oblongis, a medio reflexis, zstivat. apice leviter im- 
bricatis, 
Columna stamina sepalis interior paullo brevior, ob- 
longa. Antherz sepalis opposite magne lineares, extrorsz, 
apex 6-lobus immersus. Pollen granulosum albidum, 3.pli- 
»Catum, an interdum 5-plicat. Rudim. fem. 0. 
Per. fzem. sepala erecta carnosa magis herbacea subovata, 
breviora, stam, 0. 
Ovarium parce pilosiuscule sabrotantalh, RUE duplo 
brevius stylus luteus columnaris, crassus apice paullo magis 
-Inerassato 6-fido, fissuris emarginatis, sepalis triplo lon- 
gior, textura stigmat.» propria 0? vel vix conspicienda, 
Ov. 6-loeulare, ovula a collateralia, fora- 
ame supero. 
Inner tissue of style very conductive of a congeries of 
 boyau-like tubes 
— Fructus Swat basi sciatic cinct. ‘subplacentieformis, à 
o depresso e centro ‘columnam rente I2-sulca- 
Sub 6-lobus, lobis sepalis alternis, loculicidim 6-val- 
vis (valvis sepalis oppositis) centro carinatis.  Endocarpi4 
um osseum distinctum dorso- dehiscens, semina bina angula- 
ta ‘ coccinea includens. Semina appense tegument externe 
