Ckiitanthns.] 77, EUPnoRBiACE^, 177 



CLEISTANTHUS, Hook. f. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, penniveined, lateral nerves 

 prominent. Flower.s small, in axillary clusters or short spikes, 

 monoieous. Calyx-segments 5, valvate in bud. Petals 5, minute. 

 Disc of the male flat, of the female conical. Stamens 5, united in a 

 column in the centre of the disc. Ovary 3-celled, long-hairy ; 

 styles 3 bifid. Fruit a 3-celled, 6-valved capsule. Seeds exarillate,. 

 albuminous. 



C. malabaricus," Mncll, Arg, in DC, Prod, XV. II, 508 ; Fl. Br. I, 



5. 270 ; Bodd. Fl. Sylv, 203. In tbo evergreen forests of the Konkan and 

 North Kaiiara, usually near strennis and rivers, common in the forests 

 near the Falls of Gairsoppah. Fl. Nov., Dec. Fr. Jany., Feb. 



ACTEPHILA, Blume, 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, large. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters, petals present or 0. Male fl. Sepals 5-6, imbricate. Petals 

 as many inserted under the 5-lobed disc or 0. Stamens 5, on the 

 disc. Pistiliode 3 -cleft. Female fl. Ovary sessile on the 5-lobed disc ; 

 styles bifid. Capsule long peduncled 3-lobed, loculicidally dehis- 

 cent. 



A, excelsa, Muelh Arg. in Linn^a XXXII. 78 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 282 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 189 ; Anomospermum cxcelsum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 233. Konkan ghdts. 



PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. 



Trees, shrubs or herl>s. Leaves entire, stipulate, usually distichous. 

 Petiole short. Flow^ers in axillary clusters, mon or dioicous. Calyx- 

 segments usually 5-G, imbricate, in 2 series. Stamens 8-5, free or 

 connate. Disc of distinct glands alternating with the calyx- 

 segments. Female fl. Sepals of the male. Ovary 3 or more celled ; 

 styles free or connate, usually 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit 

 dehiscent, sometimes fleshy. Seeds without arillus or strophiole. 



Shrubs with small leaves. 



Scandent, Leaves 1 in. Fruit a small black, 4-8-celled 



berry P. reticulatun. 



Erect. Leaves 1-5-in, Fruit a small 3-celled crustaceous 



capsule, cells 2-valved ... ... ... ... ... P. Laivii. 



Trees. Leaves large or small. 



Leaves J-^ in. Fruit large, fleshy, globose, with 3 



bony, 2-celled cocci ... .,, ... ... ... P. Emblica. 



Leaves 2-3-in. Fruit large, fleshy, globose, with a 3-4- 



celled bouy endocarp ... ... .. .. ... P. distichiis. 



Leaves 3-6-in. by 1-3 in. Fruit dry globose, bursting 



irregularly, Jin. .. ... ... P. indicus, 



P. reticulatus, Poir. Encycl. V. 298 ; Fl. Br. I. o. 288 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 453 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 190; Anisonema reticulatum, A. Juss. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 234. Pavan, M. ; datwan Guj ; kale-madh-'ka-jhar, H. 

 Throughout the presidency and Sind in deciduous forests, of ten in hedges, 

 very common. Flowers throughout the year. 

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