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basi germ, nee ad latere Type Sph. pcruma- 

 na Raf. Hirt. do Pers. H. racemosaR. P. Cos- 

 mibuena R P, bad name. 



536. THEVETIA Ad. Scop. Neck. diff. ad Cer- 

 bera cal. 5phyl. cor. clavata infund. nect. Sdent. 

 stellato. stig. capit. 5gon, emarg. drupa, nux 

 21oc. Types Th. linearis Raf. Cerb. thevetia 

 L. auct. 2 Th. ahuaL and probably some others. 



537. PHYLLANTHUS L. from 7 linnean sp. in- 

 creased to over 60 by a strange medley, even 

 Xylophyla, Kirganelia and Conarnia being 

 thrown into it ; whereby it is become as absurd 

 as Croton ! and more difficult to rectify by the 

 few good descriptions of flowers. However I 

 had long ago attempted it and shall now give a 

 sketch of my labor, which must be deemed very 

 imperfect. See till 552, mostly shrubs. 



538. PHYLLANTHUS Raf. monoic. cal. Gpart. 

 pet. nullis, stam. 3 monadelphis, fl. fern, stylis 3', 

 bifidis caps. Scocca, foL florifens most of 

 the species. 



539. EMBLICA Gaertn. Raf. diff. antheris 3 

 coalitis ad apex filam. unicum, fruct. baccatus, 



fol. pinnatis Types 1 Embl. arborea Raf. Ph. 

 emblica L. 2 E. annua R, Ph. bacciformis L. 

 3 E. racemosa R. and probably some others. 



540. NIRURIS Raf. diff. cal. Gfido vel 6dent. 

 caps. Giocularis. Several sp. blended in Ph. 

 niruri, some even of different Genera ! such as 

 Kirganelia and Mceroris. Type 



541. Niruris indica Raf. fruticul. pinnulis 

 petiol. fl. axil, solit. pedunc. India, a 2d sp. is 

 N. annua. 



542. MCERORIS Raf. diff. cal. 5phyl. glandulis 

 5 ad basis, caps. 31oc, 6valv. 



543. Matrons stipulata Raf. Phyll. niruri, 

 Swartz. Herbacea, foliolis obi. Baucis subsess. 



