338 DICOTYL. stu EXOGENE. PHYLLANTHUS: 
bis equantes, strictiuscule patuli. Calyx fructiger ápertus 4 mm. latus, lacinize 
elliptica, rotundato-obtusd, margine hyalinz; fascia füsca v. fuscescens 
margine hyalino duplo latior. Capsule fere 34 mm. late. (v. s.) 
179. P. CAPILLARIS (Müll Arg. in Flora Ratisb. 1864. p. 487), pedicellis 
elongatis omnibus tota longitudine capillaribus, calycis foem. laciniis hyalino- 
marginatis, urceolo hypogyno integro, capsulis depresso-globosis exiguis, 
seminibus puncticulato-asperis. 
«, montanus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), foliis majusculis oblongo-obovatis, fascia 
. viridi laciniarum calycis fructigeri marginem hyalinum bene zquante. 
2X In Africa occidentali aequatoriali ad rivulum Cameroon montis Came- 
roon cum var. B. (Mann n. 758! in hb. Hook.). (v. s.) 
8, genwinus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), foliis orbiculari-v. latiusculo-obovatis par- 
vulis, laciniarum calycis foem. fascia dorsali viridi angusta marginem 
hy alinum haud zquante. $ In Guinea (Thonning! in hb. Schumach. 
in hb. hafn., hb. Juss., hb. DC) et in regione zequatoriali ad Cameroon 
River (Mann n. 2226! in hb.:Hook.), nec non australius in Angola distr. 
montano .Golungo-Alto juxta margines dumetosos Palmatorum locis 
humidiusculis prope Sange et Bango (Welw. n. 336!). P. capillaris Schu- 
mach. Beskr, Plant. Guineens. p. 417. Caulis herbaceus v. basi lignes- 
cens, 1-4-pedalis, gracilis, tenuiter ramulosus. Ramuli angulosi, pubes- 
centes, patuli, tenues, parum elongati. Stipule lineari-subulate, petiolos 
superantes. Foliorum limbus circ. ] cm. longus v. paulo longior, apicem 
versus ramorum et ramulorum gradatim minor et ambitu distincte latior, 
Obtusiüsculus; saepius brévissimé acutatüs, basi plus minusve acutus, 
glaber, subtus fusco-glaucescens. Coste secundarie ssepius ih foliis 
evolütis subtus prominentes. Petioli vix 1 mim. superantes, cüm stipulis 
patentibus v. subreflexis glabr Pedicelli utriusque sexus capillacei, 
insignitertenues, masculi foliis breviores, feeminei demum folia superantes, 
12-15 mm. longi, patuli, omnes glabri. Calyx fructiger apertus diametro 
21 mm. equans. Stylorum rami graciles, reflexi, rectiusculi. Capsule 
tantum 2 mm. late, 1 mm. longe, inequaliter et leviter sexsulcatz, 
obscure fuscescentes, glabrzs. — A proxime affini P. nummulariefolio 
calycibus fcem. et capsulis minoribus et pedicellis fructigeris apicem 
versus non incrassatis preter alia statim dignoscitur. (v. s.) 
180. P. rENELLvs (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 32. p. 7), pedicellis masc. geminis 
Ícem. solitariis v. cum uno masc. mixtis, calycis laciniis anguste obovatis 
acutiusculis late hyalino-marginatis, glandulis florum masc. reniformibus, 
urceolo hypog:no integro, stylis bifidis v. bipartitis, capsulis parvis depresso- 
globosis, seminibus punctato-scabris inter puncticula subfoveolatis. 
«, Roxburghii (Müll. Arg. 1. c.); caule circ. sesquipedali subtereti, ramulis 
teretiusculis, foliis obovatis v. ellipticis basi nonnihil angüstatis apice 
obtusis v. acutiusculis membranaceis glabris subtus pallidioribus, pedi- 
cellis fructigeris apice vix incrassatis tenuibus folia minora subzquanti- 
bus. 2f v. C) In insulis Mascarenis Afric  austro-orientalis (Boivin n. 
1405!), unde in hort. India orientalis (Roxb.) nec non in nonnullis 
Europa introductus fuit. P. tenellus Roxb. Flor. ind. v. 3. p. 668. 
Tota planta gracilis, laxiuscule foliosa, obscure viridis. Foliorum limbus 
8-10 mm. longus, sepius 5-6 mm. latus. Petioli vix ] mm. squantes. — 
Limbus foliorum speciminum cultorum interdum dimidio v. subduplo 
major. Similis P. Niruri. (v. s.) 
8, Natalensis (Müll. Arg. l. c.), caule saepius circ. pedali magis anguloso, 
ramulis distincte angulosis, foliis oblongo-ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis 
acutiusculis basi obtusis membranacéis subtus fusco-glaucescentibus 
haud scabridulis, pedicellis fructigeris firmioribus sub calyce distinctius 
incrassatis calycem circ. bis foliaque dimidia semel zquantüibus. 27 Inter 
Arundines àd Port Natal (Krauss! Gueinzius n. 500!). Folia 6-8 mm. 
longa, 2-& mm. lata. Pédicelli fructigeri 25-34 mm. longi: Capsule 
21-3 mm. late. (v. s.) 
y, Nossibeensis (Müll. Arg. l. c.), caulibus sesquipedalibus superne cum 
