096 



f: 



cxxii. EUPnoRBiACEyE (iiutchinson). {Phyllanthus, 



spinescent 



or ovate- 



14. 

 42. 



nodes ; 

 nodes ; 

 of 



43. 



. 44. 



Leaves usuiill} less than ^ in. lon^, lanceolate 

 or obovate ; pedicels very short. 

 Flowering branchlets asperulate 

 Flowering branchlets smooth. 

 Leaves with a hardened 



apex ... 

 Leaves not spiny at the apex 

 Leaves |— Ij in. long, ovate 

 elliptic ; pedicels 2-4 lin. long . 

 Flowers monoecious. 



Stems prostrate and rooting at the nodes, or 

 if erect then the leaves minutely ciliolate 

 and the ovary warted. 

 Stems prostrater rooting at the nodes; 



ovary smooth . 

 Stems erect, not rooting at the 

 ovary warted . 

 Stems erect, never rooting at the 

 ^ ovary smooth. 

 Disk of the female flowers consistin^ 



separate glands .... 



Disk of the female flowers annular, saucer- 

 shaped or cupular, entire, lobed or 

 toothed. 

 Stems arising from a thick woody rhi- 

 zome. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, ^-f in. long, 

 1-^-3 lin. broad; stems winged; 

 sepals oblanceolate-spathulat 

 Leaves oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 

 cordate at tlie base,^l| in. long, 

 5-10 lin. broad; stems terete; 

 sepals ovate .... 

 Shrubs or annuals, without rhizome. 

 Leaves almost linear-lanceolate. 

 Leaves ^-^ in. long. 



Stems smooth ; stigmas not 

 swollen .... 



Stems asperulate ; stigmas glo- 

 bose ..... 

 Leaves |—1^ in. long . 

 Leaves ovate, broad and rounded or 

 truncate at the base, ^-1^ in. 

 long, \-\ in. broad . 

 Leaves rounded, obovate, elliptic or 

 oblong-oblanceolate, smaller than 

 in the preceding. 

 Ovary shortly stipitate, or if ses- 

 sile then the female disk 5-6- 

 lobed. 

 Ovary sessile; disk 5-6-lobed . 

 Ovary shortly stipitate. 



Styles rather short, suberect 



from the base, recurved . 54, 

 Styles long and bilobed, spread- 

 ing from the base . . 55 



41. P. Binieri, 



P, virgulatus. 

 P. svffrutescens. 



52. P. myrtaceus. 



P. prostraius. 

 p. Urinaria, 



45. P. maderaspatensis. 



. 46. P. Dusenii. 



47. P. welwitschianus. 



48. P. Gossweileri, 



P. omahaTcensis, 

 P. Chevalieri. 



51. P. miitenianus. 



i 



53. P. Pseudo-niruri. 



P. odontadenius. 

 p. lencanthus. 



