1^4 



(2) S. TEiNEETius. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Linnsea, V. 32. p. 72.— Dec. 1. c. p. 242. 



Syn. Ehyllanthiis trinervius, Wall. Cat. No. 7922. 



Spec. Char. Shrub : branchlets slightly angled : leaves tripll — 

 quintuplinerTed : segments of the male calyx afterwards reflexed, 

 linear-elliptic : ovary cylindric, truncated : stipules linear-lanceo- 

 late, long-acuminate : leaves ovate-lanceolate, abruptly narrowed 

 at the base : flower-bearing branchlets elongated, bearing many 

 bracts. 



Snhet. Shasia hills. 



(3) S. Q-UADBANOtJLAEis. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c— Dec. 1. c. p. 242. 

 Syn. Phyllanthus quadrangularis, Willd. 



Spec. Chae. Undershrub : branches tetragonal, branchlets 

 acutely tetragonal : stipules lanceolate-ovate or acuminate : male 

 calyx 6-lobed, orbicular-depressed : lobes emarginately bilobulate : 

 leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, membranaceous : flowers few. 



Malabar. Concan. 



(4) S. CEEATOHTNrM. (Baill.) 



Ident. Baill. Etud. ,gen. Euph. p. 635.— Dec. 1. c. p. 243. 



Syn. Ceratogynum rhamnoides, R. W. — Phyllanthus tenellus. 

 Wall. — P. Leschenaultii (par. tenellus). Mull. Arg. in Linnma 

 I. c. p. 38. — P. rotundifolius, Wall. — P. bacciformis, do. — P. 

 Myrtillus, do. 



Mngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1900. 



Spec. Chae. Undershrub : male calyx deeply 6-parted : seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, almost connivent into a sphere : glands 

 membranaceous, separated from the staminal column and inserted 

 at the base of the calycine segments, hooded : segments of the 

 female ^calyx broad rhombeo-ovate, acute : leaves broad ovate, 

 obtuse or subcordate at the base, shortly acute at the apex : 

 pedicels all solitary, nearly twice equalling the calyx. 



Peninsula. 



GENUS V. ANTIDESMA. 



Dioecia Fentandria. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. Erom Anti, instead of, and Besmos, a chain, the bark 

 being used for ropes. 



Gen. Chae. Segments of the male calyx imbricated: petals 

 suppressed : stamens opposite the segments, inserted round the 



