Nis, 
XYLOPHYLLA falcata. 
Sickle-leaved Sea-side Laurel. — 
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MONCECIA MONADELPHIA. 
Nat. ord. Eveuorsim, Jussieu gen. 384. Div. I. Styli plures definiti, — 
seepius tres. 
EupHorBiacem. Brown gen. rem. app. Flind. voy. 555. 
XYLOPHYLLA. Mase. Cal. 6-partitus. Cor. 0. Nect. glandule 
6, globose. Frm. Cal. et Nect. ut in masc. Germ. superum. Styli tres. 
Stigmata tripartita. Caps. 3-loc. Sem. 2, in singulis loculamentis. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. 5. 336. : 
Frutex facie Cacti Phyllanthi; folia (aut potits ramuli:aphylli dilatatt 
complanati foliis similes, undé nomen) simplicia alterna, utrinque dentata, 
stipule simplici carinate subvaginanti-azillaria; flores in foliorum dentibus 
conglomerati, quidam steriles et ided masculi, Juss. 1. c. 387. 
X. falcata, foliis sparsis Jineari-lanceolatis subfalcatis crenatis, floribus sub- 
sessilibus triandris monoicis. Swartz prod. 28. 
Xylophylla falcata. Hort. Kew. 1. 376. ed. 2. 5. 336. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1501. 
Andrews’s reposit. 331. 
Phyllanthus falcata. Swartz fl. ind. occ. 2.1115. Willd. enum. 2. 996. 
Phyllanthus Epiphyllanthus. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 1392. 
Phyllanthus americana, planta flores é singulis foliorum crenis proferens. 
Comm. hort. 1. 199.t. 102. Catesb. car. 2. 26. t. 26. 
Frutex 5-6-pedalis, ramosus, cortice cinereo. Rami sparst, teretes, strictt, 
glabri. Fol. subsessilia, sparsa, s. versus apices ramorum subconferta, 4-5- 
pollicaria, lineari-lanceolata, subfalcata, erectiuscula, crenata, crenis re- 
motis floriferis, striata, lineata, saturaté viridia, nitida. Flores ad crenos 
conferti, subconglomerati, brevissimé pedicellati, sanguinei, monoici, mascult 
et feminet mixti; hi pauciores. Mascot. Cal. 6-phyllus, patens. Foliola 3 
exteriora dimidio minora, ovato-acuta, pallidiora; 3 interiora ovata obtusa 
pallidiora. Glandule 6, ovate, rubra, ad basin foliorum calycis. Fil. 
cylindricum erectum purpureum apice vix trifidum. Anth. 3, didyme, lobis 
subrotundis, luteis. FeMmrner. Cal. ut in mare, sed pariim major. Germ. 
subrotundum, margine crenulato bast cinctum. Styli 3, reflext. Stigmata 
bifida. Sw. fl. ind. occ. |. c. ; 
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A hothouse shrub, introduced from the Bahama islands 
before 1699; at which time it was cultivated in the Royal 
Garden at Hampton Court. 
Five or six feet high, branching; - bark cinereous. 
Branches scattered, round, stiff, smooth. Leaves subses- 
sile, scattered, sometimes rather crowded towards the top 
of the branches, 4-5- inches long, linearly lanceolate, subfal- 
cate, inclining to be upright, crenate, with wideset flower- 
bearing crene or notches, fluted or striate marked with lines 
