(428) 
Specimens were collected by Mr. Percy Wilson and the writer in 
May, 1904 (no. 1912). 
Phyllanthus saxicola sp. nov. 
Annual, glabrous: stem 0.5-3.5 dm. tall, simple or oa 
branched: leaves relatively ne erect or nearly so; blades 
leathery cuneate, 5-9 mm. long, obtuse, entire, bright green, short- 
petioled: flowers very short=pedicelle ed: calyx of the pistillate 
flowers less than 2 mm. wide at m ee lobes obovate: dis 
rather angular: capsule spheroidal, barely 2 mm. wide: seeds less 
than 1 mm. long, nearly as wide as long, pa ‘lose. 
A species related to Phyllanthus Carolinensis, but smaller 
throughout. It differs from P. Carolinensis in the small leathery 
approximate leaves, the smaller calyx with broader lobes, and the 
smaller seeds. The type-specimens were collected on projecting 
coral-sand rock in the everglades between Cocoanut Grove and 
Cutler, in November, 1903 (Smail & Carter, no. 775). 
Croton arenicola sp. nov. 
Annual, sometimes partially woody at base: stem 1 
tall, simple to the inflorescence or branched at the base, the ake 
like the stem stellate-glandular, forking above: leaf- blades thickish, 
ovate, varying to oblong-ovate, those of the upper leaves typically 
ovate, 1-3 cm. long, coarsely crenate or sometimes crenate-dentate 
with few scattered stellate hairs at maturity: petioles 1-4 as long 
as the blades, pubescent like the branches: flowers monoecious: 
the staminate with dane colare bracts 1-2 mm. long, sepals oval to 
oblong, about 2 mm. long: petals oblong to oblanceolate, white, 
somewhat larger than the ‘sepals : stamens 9-12, filaments pilose at 
the base: pistillate flowers solitary or clustered below the stami- 
nate: sepals spatulate, accrescent: petals mainly obsolete: capsules 
globose- oval, 4.5-5 mm. long: seeds 3-3.5 mm. long, punctate. 
Plants belonging to this species have heretofore been referred to 
Croton betulinus Vahl; the most closely related Crofoz occurring 
in North America is C. glandulosus septentrionalis, from which 
this species may be separated by the typically ovate and crenate 
blades of the upper leaves. The type-specimens were collected in 
pinelands between Cutler and Black Point, in November, 1903 
(Small & Carter, no. 822). Other specimens belonging to this 
are: 
Cape Florida, Hexderson, early last century; Aridttoz, no. 312. 
Miami, Curzzss, no. 5840. 
Between Cocoanut Grove and Cutler, Small & Carter, no. 549. 
