PmyuANTHUS. EUPH. PHYLLANTHE/JE :/avcr. MULLER). 351 
Sect. XXX. AxisoLoBIUM Müll. Arg. in Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 330. 
Calyx 6-partitus ; lacinize 3 interiores reliquis multo majores, petaloidez, in- 
tensius colorata. Glandule disci utriusque sexus evolute. Stamina 3; filamenta 
in columnam connata; anthera? apice in conum communem abeuntes, pendula, 
longitrorsum birimose, rime subverticales. Styli validiusculi, inferne connati, 
apice 2-4-lobi. — Suffrutex Africae occidentalis, a sectione Catheto nonnisi calyce 
insigniter anisolobo diversus, ceeterum habitu quemadmodum vaccinioideo insi- 
gnitus. Caules numerosi, subsimplices, fusci, tota longitudine subdistiche foliosi. 
Folia rigidula, subsessilia, oblongo-elliptica, dense costata denseque venulosa. 
Flores monoici. ' 
209. P. WeLwiTSCHIANUS (Müll. Arg. in Seem. Journ. of Bot. 18064. 
. 330), stipulis scariosis basi semihastato-productis laceris, floribus in axillis 
Prada geminis y. ternismediocriter pedicellatis, calycis laciniis exterioribus 
late ovatis concavis rigidis interioribus subduplo majoribus obovatis tenuio- 
ribus omnibus margine ciliato-denticulatis, glandulis masc. liberis rugosis, 
urceolo foem. undulato crasso, ovario lzvi glabro, capsulis leviter tridymis valde 
nervosis, seminibus minute glanduloso-puncticulatis. 5 In Africa occid. ango- 
lensi, in distr. montano Pungo Andongo in pascuis dumetosis inter Quitage 
et Bumba parcius (Welw. n. 330!) et in Benguelz distr. montano Huilla, in 
rupestribus solo argillaceo tectis de Morro de Monina prope Lopollo (Welw. 
n. 3311). Suffrutex semipedalis usque sesquipedalis, e radice lignosa crassa 
pluricaulis, glaucescens. Caules lignosi, firmi quidem sed teniusculi, saepius 
simplices v. basi pauciramosi, erecti v. adscendentes, purpurascenti-fusciduli 
v. purpurei, cum omnibus partibus glabri. Petioli 2-3 mm. longi. Foliorum 
limbus 24-3 cm. longus, 12-18 mm. latus, oblongo-ellipticus, rotundato- 
obtusus, mucronulatus, basi obsolete cordatus, rigidulus, supra intense viri- 
dis, subtus glaucescenti-v. flavidulo-pallidior, utraque pagina prominenter 
Sed tenuiuscule venulosus; coste secundarize approximate, marginem versus 
dendroideo-ramose. Pedicelli foom. 3-6 mm. longi. Calyces 2 $ mm. longi. Co- 
lumna stylaris ovario sublongior, styli superne longius liberi. Capsule mature 
8 mm. late, 5mm. lenge. Semina 4 mm. longa. (v. s.) 
Sect. XXXI. PaRacouPHIDIUM Müll. Arg. in Linnzea, v. 32. p. 3. — 
Phyllanthi sect. Gomphidium Bàill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 9. p. 234, pr. p. 
Calyx fom. 6-partitus, lacini 3 interiores longiores et intensius coloralz. 
Glandule florum masc. 3, parve. Stamina 3; filamenta libera; anthere erecte, 
verticaliter birimoscz. — Frutex Nove  Caledonie, similis speciebus sectionis 
Gomphidii, sed stylis bipartitis distinctus. 
210. P. ViEILLARDI (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 2. p. 236.), floribus monoicis cre- 
berrimis longe pedicellatis in axilla foliorum et in ligno ramulorum sitis, 
laciniis calycis exterioribus multo brevioribus carinatis acutis interioribus 
petaloideis crassis subcarnosis, glandulis masc. squamiformibus liberis intus 
concavis, disco florum foem. obsoleto, ovario turbinato superne incrassato 
loculis prope basin sitis. 5 InNova Caledonia juxta cataractas in monte Kanala 
(Vieillard n. 1193 in hb. Mus. paris. non autem hb. DC., ubi hoc sub numero 
adest P. cataractarum). Folia alterna, brevissime petiolata, e basi rotundata 
ovata, obtusa. v. rotundato-obtusa, venosa, glabra, supra lucida, levia, subtus 
opaca et in sicco lutescentia. — A P. catàractarum ex descriptione differt foliis 
glabris, supra lucidis et presertim stylo 6-partito i. e. stylorum trium parte 
libera profunde bipartita. 
Sect. XXXII. EwBLICA Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 626; Müll. Arg. in 
Linnza, v. 39. p. 3. — Genus Emblica Gaertn. Fruct. 2. p. 192. t. 1080; 
Adr. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. p. 90. 1. 5. fig. 15; Endl. Gen. pl. n. 5850 ; 
Wight Icon. plant. Ind. or. t. 1896.— Dichelactina Hance Plant. Clun. 
austr. 1. p. 2. 
Calyces 6-5-partiti, lacinia subequales. Disci florum masc. glandule 6 v. 3 v. 
rarius obsoleté, florum foem. semper evolute, in urceolum varium connate. 
