PuvuLANTHUs. EUPH. PHYLLANTHEJE (vcr. MULLER). 339 
ramulis numerosis erecto-patulis obscure iomehntellis, foliis oblongo- 
ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis aculis basi obtusis membranaceis subtus 
fusco-glaucescentibus margine subscabris, pedicellis fructigeris firmis 
calycem bis v. ter dequantibus. 2? In insula Nossibé juxta partem sep 
tentrionali-occidentalem — Madagascarie sita (Boivin n. 2191! in hb. 
Boiss.). Menarda nummularifolia var. c. Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 2. p. A47. 
— A var. precedente vix nisi indumento differt, ceterum nonnihil P. 
simplicem zemulat. (v. s.) 
8, Garipensis (Müll. Arg. 1. c.), caule vix pedali, ramulis suberectis , foliis 
anguste ellipticis utrinque obtusis v. apice acutiusculis suberectis, 
pedicellis fructigeris cálycem semel v. sesqui éequantibus quam folia 
triplo et ultra brevioribus. 2^ Ad Caput Bona Spei (Dregel, Burchell Cat. 
geogr. plant. Africz austr. extratrop. n. 2383 !). P. Garipensis E. Mey. in 
Drége exs. ex Müll. Arg. in Linnza, l.c. Folia 3-5 mm. longa, 11-21 mm. 
lata. Calyx fructiger 11-2 mm. latus. Capsule et semina ut in varr. 
pracedentibus. Stamina interdum 4. (v. s.) 
z, parvulus, ramulis scabro-pubescentibus, foliis ovatis basi rotundato- 
obtusis apice acutis submucronulatis «crassiusculis utraque pagina 
scabridulis evenosis, pedicellis calycem fere bis cequantibus quam folia 
circ. triplo brevioribus. 2 v. () Ad Caput Bone Spei (Zeyher n. 1508!). 
P. parvulus Sond. in Linnca, 1850 vol. 23. p. 132. P. tenellus & scabri- 
folius Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 32. p. 7. Caules tenues, flexuosi, firmuli, 
circ. semipedales v. aliiores, tota longitudine ramosi et ramulosi. Rami 
ramulique breves, oligophylli. Stipulae circ. 1 mm. longe, petiolos 
superantes, demum patule. Folia 3-5 mm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata. Calyx 
fructiger in orbem dilatatus diametro 24 mm. sequans, i. e. adeo lati ac 
pedicelli sunt longi.:— Nomen parvulus pro varietate prioritate gaudet 
et nunc antepositum est. (v. 8.) 
t, Arabicus, caule paucipollicari tenello glabro vix superne cum ramulis 
levissime scabridulo, ramulis elongatis flaccidis subintricatis tenellis, 
foliis ellipticis utrinque subobtusis tenuissime membranaceis subtus 
glabrescentibus, pedicellis fructigeris folia subeequantibus tenuiter capil- 
laceis. C) In Arabia (Forsk.! in hb. coppenh.). P. Maderaspatensis Forsk. 
Descript. plant. Cent. 6. p. 159, non L. Caulis circ. 6 cm. longus, patule 
ramosus. Rami pauci, 1-2 cm. longi. Ramuli subcapillacei, 4-7 mm. 
longi. Folia 3-9 mm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, i. e. magnitudine valde lu- 
dentia. (v. s.) 
7, exiguus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), ramis numerosis adscendentibus breviusculis 
scabridulis, folis exiguis oblongo-ovatis v. ellipticis basi sape leviter 
cordatis apice acutiusculis firmis glabris, pedicellis fructigeris calycem vix 
superantibus. 2^ Ad Caput Bon: Spei (hb. Willd. fol. 17957!). Rami 2- 
4-pollicares, rarius longiores. Folia 3-44 mm. longa, 11-2 mm. lata. 
Calyx foe. florendi tempore 1 mm: longus, demum rubellus ; masculus 
duplo v. fere triplo minor, rubellus. Capsule 21 mm. late. (v. s.) 
181. P. ÀNcoLENsiS (Müll. Arg. in Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864. p. 329), floribus 
solitariis breviter pedicellatis, calycis laciniis late ellipticis masc. hyalinis 
foem. late albido-marginatis, disci masc. glandulis orbicularibus liberis feem. 
in urceolum subintegrum connatis, antheris exiguis, connectivo infuscato-sub- 
glanduloso, ovario levi, stylis divergenter bifidis, capsulis depresso-globosis 
leviuscule j-suleatis ceterum ambitu teretibus, seminibus minute verrucu- 
loso-puncticulatis. (-) In Africa occid. benguelensi, in distr. montano Huilla, 
in pascuis siccioribus interdum inundatis inter Lopollo et Ferraó de Sola 
(Welw. n. 332!). Caules circ. semipedales v. paulo altiores, inferne parce 
v. non divisi, tota longitudine ramulis folii-üorigeris brevibus onusti, preeter 
apicem leviter papillosum cum omnibus partibus glabri. Ramuli circ. 10-15- 
phylli, 2-2: cm. longi, numerosi, patuli. Foliorum subsessilium limbus tan- 
ium 24-4 mm. longus, duplo longior quam latus, oblongo-ovatus, acutius- 
culus, asi obtusus, rigidulus, haud mucronulatus, intense viridis. Stipulz 
lanceolato-setacez, integrae. Pedicelli fructigeri lacinias calycis cequantes. 
Calyx masculus foemineo subduplo minor, fructiger deplanato-apertus 2 ; mm. 
