PHYLLANTHUS

(Lat.), n. m. and f. Fi2l(fu8l)-laanth(lanth)'- u3s(u4sV From $vAAov, a leaf, and avflos, a flower. Fr., phyllanthe (1st def.). Ger., Blatt blume (1st def.). 1. A genus of the Euphorbiacece. The Phyllanthece (Fr.,phyllanthees), the Phyllanthidece of Baillon, are a section (tribe) of the Euphorbiacece. 2. Of Sprengel, a section of the genus Cactus. The Phyllanthidce of Lindley (the Phyllanthoidece of Salm-Dyck) are a tribe of the Cactece. [B, 42, 121, 170, 180 (o, 35).] P. conami. Fr., phyllanthe du Bresil, bois d enivrer. The tipsy-wood of Brazil. The leafy branches and bruised roots are used to stupefy fish. [B, 173, 180, 275 (a, 35).] P. distich a. Country gooseberry; a tree of the East Indies, where it is cultivated for its subacid fruit. The root is a violent cathartic, and the leaves are used as a sudorific. The seeds are purgative. [B, 172 (a, 35).] P. einblica. See EMBLIC A officinal is. P. madras pate i is is. A species the leaves of which are used in India for headaches, and the seeds as a demulcent. [B. 193 (a, 35); " Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A pc.," xxvii, p. 159 (a, 50).] P. microphyll us. Fr., phyllanthe d petites feuilies. Ger., kleinblattrige Blatt blume. A species growing on the Orinoco and in Brazil, where the leaves and seed are used in diabetes. [B, 173, 180 (a, 35).] P. multi flor us. Fr.,2)hyllanthe multiftore. Ger., vielbliithige Blatt blume. An East Indian species. The root is considered alterative, and is used in vesical affections. [B, 172, 173, 180 (a, 35).] P. iiiruri. Fr., phyllanthe niruri, her be du chagrin. Ger., wei e Blatt blume. An Indian species. The root and leaves are used as a diuretic and deobstruent, especially in jaundice; the young shoots in dysentery; and the juice of the stem, mixed with oil, in ophthalmia. The leaves and herb are stomachic; pulverized with the root and combined with rice-water, they are used as a poultice for ulcers and swellings. [B, 172, 173, 180 (a, 35).] P. oblonffifolius. Ger., ovalbldttrige Blatt blume. An Indian species. The bark of the root, stem, and branches, together with the leaves and the fruits, are used in baths for gout, etc. The root-bark is used as a stoluachic tonic. [B, 180 (o, 35).] P. pedunculatus. Ger., langstielige Blatt blume. A Malabar shrub used as a pectoral. The leaves and root are applied to swellings. [B, 180 (o, 35).] P. retusus. A large East Indian tree. The root, which is astringent, is used, together with the leaves and fruit, as a pectoral. The bark is employed as a poultice. [B, 180 (a, 35).] P. rhamnoides. Fr., phyllanthe rhamno'ide. Ger., weydornahnliche Blatt blume. An East Indian species. The leaves are used as a discutient and, warm, with castor-oil, in anthrax. [B, 173. 180 (a, 35).] P. simplex. Ger., einfache Blatt blume. A species the leaves of which are used in India for itch in children. [B, 172, 180 (a, 35).] P. squamifolius. Ger., schuppenbldttrige Blatt blume. A Cochin-China species. The leaves, flowers, and fruits are reputed emollient and discutient. [B, 180 (a, 35).] P. uriiiaria. Fr., phi/llanthe urinaire. Ger., harntreibende Blatt blume. A species closely allied to P. niruri. The entire plant is used in the East Indies as a powerful diuretic in syphilis, etc., and in Cochin-China as an emmenagogue. [B, 121, 172, 173, 180 (a, 35).] P. virosus. Fr., phyllanthe vireux. A species furnishing an East Indian fish poison. The bark is astringent. [B, 173 (a, 35).] [s. 264]