A. T. GAGE. EUPHORBIACEAE. 
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EUPHORBIACEAE 
BY 
A. T. GAGE. 
Breynia Forst. 
Breynia racemosa Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV, ii, 444. — Melanthesa racemosa Bl. Bijdr. 592, etc. 
Diitch New Guinea: valley of the Oro River, [Pulle n. 11 43, Febr. 19 13]. 
Phyllanthus L. 
Phyllanthus papuanus Gage n. sp. 
Tab. CLXXXII. 
Frutex i- — 2 m. altus. Rami teretes, brunnei, glabri, i — 4 mm. crassi; ramuli tenues, 
leviter compressi, anguste alati, angulose flexuosi, fusci, glabri, internodiis 0.4 — 1.5 cm. longis. 
Folia in ramis rudimentaria minuta triangularia, squamiformia, stipulis similibus; folia in 
ramulis alternatim bifaria, breviter petiolata, stipulata; lamina equilateralis, lanceolata, tenue 
coriac£a, in sicco leve-brunnea, concolor, omnino glabra, 3 — 6 cm. longa, 0.7- -1.5 cm. lata, 
apice acuminato, margine integro leviter recurvato, basi subcuneata; costa média in utraque 
pagina tenuis prominens; nervi latérales tenues, subobscuri, in costae mediae utraque parte 10, 
leviter excurvatae et intra marginem anastomosantes; nervuli obscuri ; petiolus subteres, glaber, 
2 — 3 mm. longus ; stipulae late lanceolatae, tenue coriaceae, glabrae, circa 2 mm. longae. 
Flores axillares, in racemulis parvulis strobiliformibus congestis bracteolatis vel in nodulis 
dispositi; racemuli i — 2 mm. longi ; bracteolae minutae triangulares, dense imbricatae, ovatae 
acutae, glabrae, + carinatae; flores pediallati ex bracteolarum axillis émergentes; pedicelli 
teretes, glabri, circa i mm. longi; calyx ovoidea, 1.5 — 2 mm. longa; sepala 6 biserialia, 
membranacea, glabra intégra, subaequalia, 3 exteriora anguste ovata, 3 interiora late ovata; 
glandulae 3, contra sepala exteriora dispositae, minutissimae, subglobosae corrugulatae, sessiles; 
columna staminalis tenuis teres, glabra, vix i mm. longa; antherae columnam superantes 3, 
oppositae, circa 0.5 mm. longae. Flores 9 in nodulis axillaribus superioribus solitarii vel fascicu- 
lati, breviter pedicellati; pedicelli validi, teretes, glabri, curvati, circa i mm. longi; calyx 
globose-ovoidea ; sepala 6 — 8, biserialia, sepalis floris masculini similia; discus annulosus, glaber, 
membranaceus, circa 3 mm. latus, ovarii basim cingens, irregulariter fissus; ovarium glabrum, 
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