200 cxxvm. euphorbiace.55. [Phyllanthus. 
Female flowers twice as large. Sepals in males orbicular. Anthers 3, 
sessile on a short column. Disc of minute glands. Females, sepals 
oblong-obovate, edges broad white. Disc annular lobed. Styles 
bifid. Capsule minute depressed globose, hardly lobed. Hab. 
Waste ground, paths, common; Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca 
(Griffith). Province Wellesley, Prai Docks (Burkill). Lankawi, 
Kwah (Curtis). 
(2) P. urinaria Linn. Sp. PI. 982; Hook. fd. F.B.I. v. 293. 
Herb, glabrous wiry at the base, 6 to 12 in. tall; stem angled. 
Leaves herbaceous sessile distichous imbricate oblong to linear 
oblong rounded at both ends, glaucous beneath, -25 in. long, *08 in. 
wide. Stipules acuminate. Flowers very minute axillary sub- 
sessile, *08 in. wide. Sepals orbicular in male, oblong in female. 
Disc in male of glands, in female narrowly lobed. Stamens very 
shortly united. Capsule globose minutely echinate. Hab. Waste 
grounds, paths, etc., common; Singapore. Malacca (Griffith). 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Penang. Native name: Ambin Buah. 
(3) P. chamsepeuce Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, vol. iii. p. 325. 
A small shrub 8 in. tall with a stout woody stem; branchlets 
strict. Leaves distichous sessile coriaceous oblong mucronate, 
edges pubescent; nerves conspicuously elevate. Flowers minute, 
shortly pedicelled. Bracts linear acuminate nearly -12 in. long, 
much longer than the flowers. Sepals 6 obovate blunt, thin, median 
line thicker. Stamens 3 nearly completely free; filaments very 
short. Ovary sub-globose; stigmas 3-lobed sessile. Capsule very 
small globose. Seeds 3, trigonous brown, backs wrinkled. Hab. 
On rocks in rapid streams; Pahang, Tahan River; Kelantan River, 
Jeram Panjang (Ridley). 
Gage considers this as only P. urinaria, and it might be a remarkable 
modification of that species, from which it differs in its stout woody stem 
•1 in. through, and coriaceous acute narrower leaves. 
(4) P. simplex Retz. Obs. v. 29; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 295. 
Stem slender, woody below with slender erect branches 9 in. 
to over 2 ft. tall. Leaves distichous sub-sessile linear or oblong- 
linear slightly narrowed, but blunt at both ends; midrib pro¬ 
minent beneath, nerves very conspicuous; -5 in. long, -08 in. 
wide. Stipules peltate sagittate. Male flowers minute on capil¬ 
lary pedicels -08 to *1 in. long. Female flowers on stouter and 
longer pedicels, in tufts of 2 males to a female, or above females 
solitary. Sepals oblong. Stamens free. Disc of large round 
glands in male, annular in female. Styles short free recurved. 
Capsule globose smooth or echinate, *08 in. through. Hab. Grassy 
meadows; Pahang, Pulau Tawar. Perak, Kwala Kenering. 
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga (Ridley). 
(5) P. maderaspatensis Linn. Sp. PI. 982; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 292. 
Herb glabrous, 1 to 2 ft. tall, branched. Leaves sub-sessile 
