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  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
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  The 
  Croton 
  lanceolatum, 
  Cavan. 
  ic. 
  6, 
  p. 
  38, 
  t. 
  557, 
  f. 
  2, 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  a 
  second 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  but 
  produces 
  only 
  five 
  ? 
  stamens 
  and 
  

   five 
  glands 
  exterior 
  to 
  the 
  germ 
  and 
  stamina, 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  filaments 
  ; 
  but 
  

   this 
  species 
  ought 
  perhaps 
  to 
  be 
  re-examined 
  in 
  a 
  living 
  state, 
  as 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  are 
  minute. 
  

  

  *MASCHALANTHUs.f 
  Monoica. 
  Calix 
  sexpartitus 
  ; 
  stamina 
  mona- 
  

   delpha, 
  tria; 
  torus 
  glandulosus, 
  sex 
  ad 
  duodecim-dentatus: 
  styli 
  tres; 
  

   capsula 
  trilocularis 
  ; 
  loculis 
  dispermis. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  obovalus 
  (Phyllanthus 
  Carolinianus, 
  Mich. 
  Fl. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  2, 
  

   p. 
  209). 
  Annuus. 
  Foliis 
  obovatis 
  obtusiusculis 
  ; 
  floribus 
  subgeminis 
  

   axillaribus 
  sessilibus 
  ; 
  caule 
  erecto 
  ramoso 
  tereti. 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  *polygonoides. 
  Suffruticosus.humilis; 
  foliis 
  cuneato-oblongis 
  

   acutiusculis, 
  stipulis 
  membranaceis 
  subulatis 
  ; 
  floribus 
  axillaribus 
  pe- 
  

   dunculatis 
  subquinatis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  calcareous 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  

   Red 
  river. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Root 
  woody 
  ; 
  stem 
  

   very 
  short 
  (four 
  to 
  six 
  inches), 
  sending 
  out 
  numerous 
  branches 
  from 
  

   the 
  base, 
  which 
  towards 
  the 
  root 
  are 
  crowded 
  with 
  sphacelous 
  stipules 
  ; 
  

   branches 
  filiform, 
  terete 
  and 
  decumbent 
  ; 
  pedicells 
  capillary. 
  Mascu- 
  

   line 
  calix 
  minute, 
  the 
  segments 
  membranaceous 
  on 
  the 
  margins; 
  

   stamina 
  three, 
  monadelphous; 
  glandular 
  disk 
  6-toothed?; 
  petals 
  none. 
  

   Female 
  flowers 
  mixed 
  with 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  staminiferous, 
  or 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  on 
  a 
  distinct 
  plant; 
  the 
  calix 
  larger 
  and 
  foliaceous 
  ; 
  petals 
  none. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  aspect 
  and 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   Polygonum 
  aviculare. 
  To 
  this 
  genus 
  ought 
  probably 
  to 
  be 
  referred 
  

   several 
  other 
  species 
  included 
  in 
  Phyllanthus. 
  

  

  *Lepidanthus4 
  Dioica. 
  Calix 
  quinquepartitus 
  ; 
  petala 
  quinque; 
  

   stamina 
  quinque, 
  libera; 
  torus 
  glandulosus, 
  decemdentatus 
  ; 
  styli 
  tres, 
  

   bifidi 
  ; 
  capsula 
  trilocularis 
  ; 
  loculis 
  dispermis. 
  

  

  Frutex 
  humilis; 
  folia 
  alterna 
  integra, 
  stipulis 
  minutis; 
  flores 
  axil- 
  

   lares. 
  

  

  L. 
  phyllanthoides. 
  Descript. 
  Shrub 
  much 
  branched, 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  

   feet 
  high 
  ; 
  branches 
  ferruginous 
  and 
  brittle 
  ; 
  branchlets 
  striate, 
  a 
  little 
  

  

  t 
  From 
  ftnirxtlMi 
  axilla, 
  and 
  avfloc 
  a 
  flower, 
  the 
  flowers 
  being 
  strictly 
  axillary, 
  and 
  not 
  

   produced 
  upon 
  foliaceous 
  expansions 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  

  

  % 
  From 
  -Kurts 
  a 
  scale 
  or 
  petal, 
  and 
  avflos 
  a 
  flower 
  ; 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  petals 
  in 
  

   this 
  genus 
  which 
  are 
  wanting 
  in 
  Phyllanthus. 
  

  

  