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euphorbiacea:. 
[. Phyllanthus , 
10. P. lanceolatus, Poir. ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 378. A 
dioicous shrub, with numerous erecto-patent angular branchlets, 
Leaves subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, obtuse, emarginate, l|-2 in. long, 
narrowed from the middle to the base ; petiole very short ; stipules 
deltoid-cuspidate, persistent. Flowers of both sexes in dense axillary 
fascicles, with cupular bracts ; pedicels finally J— | in. long. Expanded 
female perianth in. across ; segments oblong, obtuse. Capsule 
in. thick, depresso-globose ; seeds smooth. Male flowers not more 
than in. long, broadly campanulate. Stamens 3, with free anthers, 
but filaments connate towards the base. 
Mauritius, in shady forests, frequent. Endemic. 
11. P. oppositifolius, Baill. ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 378. 
A much -branched dioicous shrub, 10-15 feet high, with a distinct wing 
on each side running from node to node of the branchlets. Leaves 
opposite, cordate-ovate, sessile, acute, 1-2 inches long, membranous, 
green on both surfaces. Flowers of both sexes in dense axillary clusters 
with cupular bracts ; female pedicels finally ^ in. long. Expanded 
female perianth T \ in. across ; segments oblong, obtuse, much imbri- 
cated. Capsule brown, depresso-globose, ± in. thick. Male perianth 
smaller than the female, on a filiform pedicel in. long. Stamens 
3, with connate anthers. Glands of the disk 5, round, large. 
Mauritius, in woods near Moka, Colville bridge, etc. Endemic. 
* P. distiehus , Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 413 (Cicca disticha, 
Linn. ; Bojer , PLort. Maur. 278), is casually subspontaneous both in 
Mauritius (Sieber, 301 !) and the Seychelles (Horne, 310 !). It is a 
shrub with stout branchlets, minute monoicous flowers in nodose 
racemes from the old wood, ovate membranous acute glabrous leaves 
2-3 in. long, segments of the male perianth roundish, and a 4-celled 
globose black capsule the size of a large pea. The native country is 
not known clearly. There is a form ( Cicca nodiflora , Lam.) with small 
leaves on the floriferous branchlets. Cherimlolier. 
6. AGYNEIA, Vent. 
Flowers monoicous. Perianth calvcine, deeply 6-lobed, persistent. 
Male flower with square emarginate perianth- lobes, 3 stamens with 
filaments connate in a column, a disk with a gland opposite each sepal 
and no rudimentary ovary. Female flower with deltoid perianth-lobes. 
Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; styles 3, spreading, bifid. Cap- 
sule membranous. Seed without caruncle or arillus. — A single 
species. 
1. A. bacciformis, A. Juss. ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 238. 
A glabrous annual, with wiry tufted branched ascending or spreading 
