CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEJS. 
Phyllantkus.\ 
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in male. Ovary 3- or 4-celled; ovules 2 in a cell. Styles free or 
connate, usually bifid. Fruit of 3 or more crustaceous cocci. 
Seeds trigonous. Species over 300, all tropical countries. 
Herbs, occasionally wiry at base; leaves disti¬ 
chous small. 
Quite herbaceous; leaves oblong or elliptic 
obovate; capsule smooth 
Slightly woody at base; leaves linear-oblong; 
capsule echinate . • 
Strongly woody at base; leaves coriaceous; 
capsule smooth • 
Nine inches to 2 ft. tall with long branches, 
leaves close set very narrow . 
Leaves linear or oblong-linear; flowers pedi¬ 
cellate . . • ■ • _ • 
Leaves cuneate-obovate; flowers sub-sessile 
Dwarf shrubs i to 2 ft. tall; leaves distichous, 
*5 in. long; flowers pedicellate 
solitary. 
Sepals ovate-lanceolate usually deep red, 
lacerate . . 
Sepals obovate, tips toothed 
Shrubs or small trees; leaves i in. or more 
long. 
Capsule small -I in. through or less, fleshy. 
Pedicels very short. 
Leaves elliptic blunt, *2 in. long, glabrous 
Leaves ovate, base broad pubescent 
beneath ...••• 
Pedicels slender rather long . • • 
Capsule -25 in. through, dehiscent. Pedicels 
short under *i in. long. 
Flowers very small sub-sessile; leaves 
1 in. long, oblong-lanceolate acu¬ 
minate . • • ■ 
Flowers small sub-sessile; leaves 4'5 
in. long ...*•• 
Pedicels 1 in. long; leaves sub-coriaceous 
glaucous beneath . 
Capsules long-pedicelled, dehiscent, 'i to *5 
in. long. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate glaucous be¬ 
neath, 4 in. long . . • • 
Leaves lanceolate glaucous beneath, 2 in. 
long . . • • , • 
Leaves ovate pale beneath, 1*5 in. long , 
Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath, 1*25 in. 
long . . - • ■ • 
Capsule very large, 1 in. long, valves thin. 
Leaves inaequilateral lanceolate long- 
acuminate, 4 in. long 
(1) P. Niruri 
(2) P. urinaria 
(3) P. chamsepeuce 
(4) P. simplex 
(5) P. maderaspatensis 
(6) P. pulcher 
(7) P. filicifolius 
(8) P. dalbergioides 
(9) P. erythrocarpus 
{10) P. reticulatus 
(11) P. frondosus 
(12) P. coriaceus 
{13) P. campanulatus 
(14) P. elegans 
(15) P. gracilipes 
(16) P. Hamiltonianus 
(17) P. Hullettii 
(18) P. gomphocarpus 
(1) P. Niruri Linn. Sp .PL 9 & 1 i Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 298. 
Glabrous weedy herb 12 in. tall. Leaves distichous oblong or 
elliptic-obovate sub-sessile, tip and base round, '25 in. long, *i in. 
wide; petioles minute or none. Stipules subulate, base broad. 
Males flowers solitary or in pairs nearly sessile, very minute. 
