FL, Keys, 20061210
Buttonwood, few flowers. 

Lawn in front of I-2 and I-3. 

Staminate fl, at 30x. Stipule, at 30x. Pistillate fl, at 30x.  (Composite of sev photos focused at different levels.)Pistillate fl, at 30x.  (Composite of sev photos focused at different levels.)Sev nice pistillate fls and young fruits. Some nice developing fruits. Sev v nice pistillate fls. Sev nice pistillate fls. 

Phyllanthus tenellus [] 

In full bloom, some fruits ripe. 
 GEN peren
 LF alt, thin, ellip, min narr, faintly glauc bel, scale-like scar stips
 INFL few in axils, long pedicels, monoec
 SEP 5, mostly free, lance, 1mm, white scar
 PET none
 STAM 5
 OV 1, sup, 3 chamb
 STYLE 3, each forked
 FR v faint 3 lobes, round, glab, green, 6 seeds
 SEED brownish, wedge, faintly pap

Glands and ovary, at 30x.  These appendages are not as well developed as usual. Glands, at 30x.  Note large appendages. Three fully mature seeds.  Note v weak texture. Stem and infl, a bit ratty. Stem and infl, a bit ratty. 

Chamaesyce hypericifolia [] 

In full bloom, man ripe fruits. 
 GEN peren
 ST glab, 1 main erect stiff stem, arching over on top
 LF oblong to sl oblance, v finely dist serr, glab to sl glauc bel, obtuse, 25x10+1mm
 STIP 1-1.5mm, barely longer than wide, red to white, all but one joined, hairy or finely lacerated tip
 INFL tight clust br'd infl in term axils
gland v min, rounded to sl oblong-wide, greenish
apps 0.4x0.6mm, white turning pink, oblong to fan, rounded
 OV glab to spotty-glauc, 3 obtuse sharp angles with obvious grooves, 1.25x2mm
 STYLE split halfway
 SEED reddish, rugose

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