EUPHORBIACE^. 33 



-Ashrab; leaves 2"-3" long; fascides many-flowered.-HAB. Naturalized in Jamaica!, 

 AL; b. Vincent!, Gmld.; [mtrodnced.froiu the East Indies !]. 



8. C. antillana, Juss. Leaves eUiptical-lanceolate or obovate-lanceokte, bluntlsli- 

 ./owera^iffiaow, usnaayaxiflary: <? numerous in the fascicle, ? 1-3; ? calyx spreading' 

 at length reflexed; fflameuts surrounded bj a disc; ovary 5(-3)-ceUed: style-branches 

 blunt; berry globose.— /wj. Euph. f. Vib: anal.—k tree or shrub; leaves 3 "-3" long 

 chartaceous, at length leathery; pedicels 2'" long, nearly as long as the petiole.— Hab Ja- 

 maica 1, Pd., Al., in woods; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!, Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



6. PHYLLANTHUS, L. 

 (Xylophylla, L. Epistylium, Sw. Anisonema, Juss. Orbicularia, Baill., etc.) 



Calya; 6-5(4-9)-partite. Petals 0. iS^ameB* monadelphous, usually 3, or 2-15- an- 

 thers extrorse. Owi/ 3(-10)-ceUed: styles bifid, or laciniate. Pericarp capsular, rai-ely' 

 baccate. Seeds trigonal, usually attached below the top, ecarunculate.— Leaves eatire, sti- 

 pulate, often distichous, in Xylophylla abortive ; flowers mostly monoecious, axillary, fasci- 

 culate or solitary, rarely glomerate. 



I reduce to Phyllanthus several genera which Jussieu and later authors had separated ;' 

 for a division, though perhaps admissible, is not to be constructed upon the number of or- 

 gans, which is variable, or disjoins allied species ; nor upon the stamiual column, from the 

 structure of which some more new genera might be formed if this principle were followed 

 out. 



Sect. 1. EpiSTYLitTM. — Galyx $ 4-, ? h-partite. Staminal column bearing 2 adnate 

 anthers at the top: anthers divaricate, mith the cells distinct. Styles 3, olcordate, 

 depressed-leafy. — Stipules triangular, persistent; fascicles androgynous, along axillary^ 

 aphyllous branches. 



9- P- Epistylium, Gr. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, leathery,, shortly 

 petioled ; fascicles in axUlary racemes ; anthers two : cells oblong. — Epistylium axiUare, Sm. ! 

 — A shrub ; 3'-4' high; leaves about 3", racemes 3"-l", pedicels 3'" long; calyx greenish- 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in the western mountains. 



Sect. 2. CATASimuM. — Oalyx $ At-, $ ^-partite. Staminal column entire: anthers Z, 

 adnate, decurrent. ' Styles and stipules of Epistylium. — Fascicles androgynous, along 

 lateral, aphyllous brauohes. 



10. P. cauliflorus, Qr. Leaves ovate-oblong, poiated, glabrous, leathery;, racemes 

 lateral on the stem ; column 3-angular above, by the inner edges of the oval anther-cells 

 promimulous. — ^Epistylium cauliflorum, Sw. — A. tree, about 30' high, devoid of branches be- 

 low the top of the stem : branches simple, with distichous, distant leaves ; leaves 4"-3"j ra- 

 cemes 6"-4", pedicels 6"'-8"' long ; 5 calyx red.' — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., in the western 

 mountain-woods. 



Sect. 3. Euphyllanthus. — Cahjs: 6-S-partite. Staminal column entire: anthers 3, 

 transversely dehiscent. Styles 3, bifid.- — Pedicels axillary, or along aphyllous branches, 

 fasciculate or solitary, the S shorter : flowers of both sexes mixed, $ larger^ 



11. P. nutans, Sw. Shrubby; leaves ovate or elliptical, glabrous, glaucous beneath: 

 stipules leafy, roundish, deciduous ; flowering branches usually racemiform, nodding j ^ 

 pedicels 1-3, hair-Kke, 4-6 times as long as the petioles; calyx-segments 6, oval; an- 

 thers adnate to the top of the column, depressed-globose; capsule globose. — SI. t. 158.y. 3; 

 Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 193. — A shrub, a few to 30' high ; leaves membranaeeons, larger ones 3" 

 -4" long ; $ pedicels 8"'-10"', red calyx 2"' long ; seeds polished. — Hab. Jamaica !, Maef., 

 Pd., Al., Wils., in rocky woods, and along rivulets ; [Cuba !, Venezuela !]. 



12. P. Conami, Sa. Shrubby ; leaves elliptical, pointed, subcimeate at the base, gla- 

 brous (or puberulous) ; stipules subulate, marcescent ; fascicles axillary : ? pedicels subsoli- 

 tary, hair-like, 3-4 times as long as the petioles ; calyx-segments 6, minute, ovate or 



