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Phyllanthus.] EUPHORBIACEAE. 401 
T1.J. Curcas, L. — DC. Prod. XV, Sect. II, p. 1080. — A shrub or small 
tree, glabrous, with a milky juice. Leaves on long se grind cordate 
or peltate, 3—5‘ long and broad, angular or obtusely : e shorter 
than the leaves, with numerous small yellow flowers. Gays auboly 3 5-lobed 
Petals united at the base. Stamens 10, the 5 inner united into a column. 
Capsule ovoid, about 1‘ long. — Benth. in Fl. Hongk. p. 309. 
Occasionally found near settlem A native of America, but naturalized in man 
parts of India. The oil of the seeds is very drastic, causing re artisan and enka 
the eating of a few nuts will, produce symptoms of poisoni 
6. PHYLLANTHOS, L. 
Flowers monoecious or rarely dioecious, in axillary clusters or solitary. 
Segments of perianth or calyx 6 (—9), or rarely 5 or 4 in the male flowers, 
imbricate in the bud, in one or two rows. Disk extrastaminal, prominent 
or consisting of small distinct glands, or wanting. 
Male fl. Stamens 3, rare ely 2--15, united into a central column or free. 
Fem. fl. Ovary 3-, hay 2—15-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles 
free, or united at the base, more or less 2-lobed. Capsule separating into 
2-valved cocci or loculicidally dehiscent. — Herbs, shrubs or trees. ate a 
alternate, entire, usually small and distichous, ee the smaller branches 
the appearance o pinnate leaves, in some American species eas 
wanting. Stipules small, usually paccubick Si: small. 
A very large genus, copiously diffused over the tropical and subtropical regions of 
both Worlds. 
Flowers dioecious; stamens free Eigen aac s ges co 2A contents. 
Flowers monoeci ious ; maine aniied bi a ae ee 
1. P. Sandwicensis, Mueller Argov. in DC. Prod. XV, Sect. IT, p, 389. — 
A low, glabrous, often prostrate shrub, 1—3 ft. high, with the leaf- bearing 
branches compressed, two-edged, margined or winged. Leaves distichous, 
the lowest ones generally ie ovate or lanceolate, of very variable 
Size, '/2—31/2‘  3—15”, on petioles of 1” or less, acute, slightly con- 
tracted or rounded at the base. Stipules small, 1/2—1", ¢ irdeto. Flowers 
dioecious. Male fl. numerous on axillary cushions, their prs i232" 
Calyx reddish, rotate, 1'/2—2‘ in diameter, deeply parted into 6 lanceolate 
lobes. Disk of 6 free quadrangular glands. Stamens 3, free. Fem. fl. 
few or solitary on pedicels of 2—5”, the calyx 2-3’ in diameter, with 
6 linear- oblong lobes. Disk annular crenate. Capsule globose depressed, 
I'/2“ in diam. Styles free, spreading, deeply bifid, the branches somew what 
acute. Seeds trigonal, smooth at the convex back. — P. distichus, Hook. 
& Arn. in Bot. Beech. p. 95. (non L.). 
On all islands. In dry localities the lenves are much crowded and small. Nat. na 
«Pamakani», low, glandlike, cordate and apieulte, 
sometimes horseshoe-shaped, often with one shank longer, resembling an ggcrnt ee usium 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islan 
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