312 EUPHORBlACEJE. \Fhyllanthus . 



Hongkong, Champion, Hance. In ravines of Mount Gough, Wilford ; also on the ad- 

 jacent continent, but not known out of S. China. 



7. P. (Reidia) leptoclados, Benth., n.sp. A slender divaricate or pros- 

 trate glabrous shrub, the smaller branches almost filiform. Leaves obliquely 

 ovate or oblong, 3 to 6 lines long, mostly mucronate, glaucous underneath. 

 Pedicels filiform ; the females solitary, full \ in. long, the males 2 or 3 toge- 

 ther and shorter. Male flowers : Perianth-segments 4, acuminate and denti- 

 culate. Glands 4, broad and truncate. Anthers 2, on the top of a short 

 central column. Female flowers : Perianth-segments 6. Disk annular, trun- 

 cate, entire or lobed. Styles spreading, divided into 2 slender lobes. Cap- 

 sule depressed-globular, 2 lines diameter. Seeds minutely tuberculate. 



Hongkong, Wright. Near Amoy, Hance. 



8. P. Emblica, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 671. A tree, either wholly 

 glabrous or the smaller branches pubescent. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 about \ in. long, remarkably distichous. Male flowers very numerous, on 

 pedicels of about 1 line. Perianth -segments 6, less than 1 line long. Glands 

 very small. Anthers 3 to 5, oblong, erect on a short column. Female 

 flowers mixed singly with the males in the upper axils. Perianth the same. 

 Ovary half-immersed in an annular disk. Style with 3 thick recurved 2- 

 lobed branches. — Emblica officinalis, Gsertn.; Wight, Ic. t. 1896. Dichelac- 

 t'ma nodicaulis, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 376. 



Hongkong, Champion, Hance, and others ; hut perhaps only where planted. Frequent in 

 India, but there chiefly in gardens. 



15. CICCA,Linn. 



Flowers monoecious, in axillary clusters or solitary. Perianth-segments 4 

 or 5, imbricate in the bud. Disk of small distinct glands. Male flowers : 

 Stamens 4 or 5, distinct. Female flowers : Ovary 2- to 5 -celled, with 2 

 ovules in each cell. Styles bifid and spreading or short and erect. Fruit 

 a drupe or berry. — Trees or shrubs, with the foliage and inflorescence of Phyl- 

 lanthus. In some species the lateral short flowering branches are leafless and 

 assume the appearance of racemes. 



A small tropical genus, common to the New and the Old World. 



1. C. microcarpa, Benth., n. sp. A glabrous shrub P with slender 

 branches. Leaves obliquely ovate, entire, distichous, glaucous underneath, 

 about 2 in. long on the larger branches, scarcely 1 in. on the principal flower- 

 ing ones, and sometimes wanting on the smaller ones. Flowers usually 1 

 female and several male in the same axil, on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines, 5-merous 

 or rarely 4-merous, the males very minute. Stamens 5 or 4, with short free 

 filaments. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles very short and 

 erect, as in some Glochidions. Fruit globular, depressed, \\ lines diameter, 

 apparentlv indehiscent, with a thin succulent epicarp. — Melanthesa, sp., Seem. 

 Eot. Her.' 410. 



Hongkong, Seemann. In a ravine on the south side of the island, Wilford. Not known 

 from elsewhere. 



16. MELANTHESA, Blume. 



Flowers monoecious, in axillary clusters or solitary. Perianth campanu- 



