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139, Phyllanthus Niruri Iinn., Sp. Pl. 981; Roxb., Flor. Ind. 
ii, 659 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., v, 298. 
Anderut ; Alcock ! Akati; Fleming! Kadamum ; Fleming! Kiltan : 
Fleming ! Minikoi ; Fleming ! 
A weed of cultivation almost cosmopolitan in the tropics, not occurring in 
Australia, 
140, Phyllanthus rotundifolius Klem mm Willd, Sp. PL, iv, 
584 ; Hook. f., Flor. Brit. Ind., v, 299. 
Kiltan ; Fleming ! 
A weed of cultivation distributed throughout tropical Africa, Arabia, 
Southern India and. Ceylon, 
141, PHYLLANTHUS DISTICHUS Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr., xv, pt. ii, 
413; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., v, 804. P. longifolius Jacq., Hort. Schoenb., 
ii, 36, f. 194 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iti, 672. Cicca disticha Linn., Mantiss. 124. 
Minikoi ; cultivated, Fleming. 
In gardens throughout Malaya, India and the Mascarene Islands, 
142, Claoxylon Mercurialis Thwaites, Enum, 271; Hook. f., 
Flor. Brit. Ind., v, 412. TZragia Mercurialis Linn., Sp. Pl. (ed. ii) 1391 
(in parte); Roxb., Flor, Ind., in, 576. Mercurialis alternifolia Desv. in 
Lamk, Encyc. Meth., iv, 120. Acalypha Mercurialis A, Juss., Euphorb, 
Tent. 46.  Micrococca Mercurialis Benth. im Hook., Niger Flora 503. 
Microstachys mercurialis Dalz. and Gibs., Bomb. Flor. 227. 
Akati; Fleming! Bitrapar; Fleming! Kadamum ; Mleming! Kiltan ; 
Fleming ! Minikoi ; Fleming ! 
A tropical weed distributed throughout Africa, Arabia and India ; there are 
also specimens at Calcutta from the Malay Peninsula. JMercurialis alternifolia 
Desy. is not the same plant as Mercurialis alternifolia Hochst., Un. It., which 
is an Acalypha (A. Hochstetteri Ivell.-Arg.). 
143. Acalypha indica Linn., Sp. Pl. 1003; Roxb., Flor. Ind., 
ii, 675; Hook. f., Flor. Brit. Ind., v., 416. 
Akati; Fleming! Kadamum ; Mleming! Minikoi ; Meming ! 
A weed of cultivation common in tropical Africa and §.-E. Asia. 
144. Acalypha fallax Muell.-Arg. i Linnea, xxxiv, 43 ; Hook, 
f,, Flor. Brit. Ind., v, 416. A. indica Prain, Laccad, List. 7, nec Linn, 
Anderut ; Alcock ! Akati ; Flenung ! Minikoi ; Fleming ! 
A weed of cultivation confined to South-Eastern Asia. 
145. Ricrnus communis Linn., Sp. Pl. 1007; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii, 
689; Hook. f., Flor. Brit, Ind, v., 457. The Castor-oil Plant; vernac. 
“ wndel ” (Robinson). 
