aupnacuwe. EUPH. PHYLLANTHE/E (aucr. MULLER.) — 233 
Phyllanthopsis Baill. Etud. gén. Euph. p. 612. — Phyllanthi sect. Phyllan- 
thopsis Scheele in, Linn:ra, 1852. vol. 25. p. 584. — Lepidanthus Nutt. sched. 
ez Torr. Mex. bound. swrv. p.193. — Phyllanthi sp. Klotzsch, Sond. — 
Agyneie sp. Mig. ; 
Calycis masc. laciniz sstivatione imbricativz. Petala laciniis calycis 
isomera. Disci extrastaminalis glandule petalis oppositas. Stamina in 
receptaculo haud elevato circa basin rudimenti ovarii inserta, laciniis 
calycis opposita. Antherze birimosz, loculi longitrorsum adnati. Ovarii 
loculi 2-ovulati. Stigmata discreta. Fructus capsularis, cocca bivalvia. 
Semina exarilata, ecarunculata, albuminosa. — Frutices et suffrutices 
v. suffruticuli utriusque hemispharii. Caules majores elati, virgato-v. 
subvirgato-ramosi, specierum humiliorum erecti aut decumbentes, scepe 
irregulariter imove intricatim ramosi, cum reliquis partibus aut glabri 
aut pilis simplicibus varie, vulgo sparse, vestiti. Folia bistipulata, alterna, 
petiolata, simplicia, penninervia v. subdistinote trinervia, integra, am- 
bitu scepius plus minusve ovata. Flores monoici, in axillis foliorum siti, 
masc. fasciculati v. subglomerati, rarius racemosi, vulgo solitarii, ge- 
mini v. ternati, feminei masculis vulgo longius pedicellati. Calycis 
lacinic utriusque sexus 5-6 : petala totidem, calyce breviora, faam. minuta. 
Disci glandule sepe membranacesz, integra v. bilobs, libere v. varie 
connata. Filamenta 9-6, inferne monadelpha v. rarius libera. Antherz 
juveniles distincte introrsum birimoss, evolutz satis exacte lateraliter 
aperientes, loculi subglobosi. Ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, integrum 
v. 3-lobum v. 3-partitum. Ovarium 3-loculare, substipitatum. Styli 3, 
inferne in columnam connati, parte libera semel dichotome divisi. Stig- 
mata capitata, minuta. Semina rugoso-asperula. — A Phyllantho differt 
presentia petalorum. 
Sect. I. PskUDO-PHYLLANTHUS. 
Glandule utriusque sexus in urceolum membranaceum crenatum connata. 
Filamenta basi libera, a dorso compressa, a basi apicem versus sensim acumi- 
nata. Rudimentum ovarii validiusculum, apice disciformi dilatato-3-lobum. — 
Frutex capensis. 
1. A. ovALIS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 32. p. 78. Jan. 1863), calycis laciniis 
margine ciliatis fructigeris haud ampliatis reflexis, petalis orbiculari-obovatis 
basi cuneatis lacinias calycis fere semisquantibus masc. glabris foem. mar- 
gine ciliolatis, rudimento ovarii et ovario pilosulis, stylis brevibus bilobis, 
capsulis glabris reticulatis, seminibus ruguluso-foveolatis. 5 Ad caput Bonz- 
Spei (Drége n. 8220! Eckl. et Zeyh. Euph. n. 31! Zeyher n. 246! 3819! 
Krauss!). Phyllanthus ovalis Sond. in Linnea, 1850. vol. 23. p. 135. Cluytia 
ovalis Scheele in Linnza, vol. 25. p. 583? ex Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 3. p. 153. 
Andrachne capensis Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 3. p. 163 (1863. Apr.). Phyllanthus 
capensis Spreng. sched. ex Baill. l. c. (conf. etiam ad Phyllanthum hetero- 
phyllum). Phyllanthus Dregeanus Scheele in Linnea, 1852. vol. 25. p. 585. 
Andrachne? Dregeana Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 3. p. 164. Planta pluripedalis; 
rami tereles, erecti, virgati; ramuli 8-25 cm. longi, densiuscule foliosi, te- 
retes, leves. Stipulae ovate, fusco-purpurascentes, griseo-pubescentes, vix 
14 mm. longe. Petioli 4-7 mm. longi, interdum cum limbo arcuato-reflexi. 
Foliorum limbus 1-22 cm. longus, 1-2 cm. latus, rigide membranaceus, 
ellipticus v. obovatus, utrinque subangustatus et obtusus v. acutiusculus, 
supra viridis, subtus pallidior, glaber, venosus, costa tenuissime, ante mar- 
ginem confluentes. Pedicelli 10-18 mm. longi, solitarii-ternati. Calyx evolutus 
2 mm. longus, fructiger apertus in orbem dilatatus diametro vix 4 mm. 
zequans, lacini: firmz, fusco-marginatze, subpurpurascentes. Capsule 7 mm. 
lat, 5 mm. longe, prominenter reticulate, olivaceo-fuscz. Semina 4 mm. 
longa, rubella v. fuscidula v. nigricantia. Cotyledones late ellipticee, margine 
undulate. (v. s.). 
