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SPENCER MOOilK: MONOCllLAMYDEJi:. 393 



4r-5x2-2'5 cm, obovato-obliinceolatis ol>tusis basi in petioliim 3-5 mm. loiig. 

 cuneatini Jesinentibus coriaceis opacis ; glomeridis bisexualibiis phiri- vel 

 innlti-floris ; pedicellls utrin^^que sexus petioles siibrequantibiis ipso sub flore 

 dilatatis ; sepalis cj panim iiiroqualibns bite ovatis obtusis 2 mm. long". ; disci 

 glanJuli^ mediocrltcr ovoliitis ; staminihus 5 iihimeiitis liberis qiiani antboriJG 

 late oblonga} obtus^B fere 1 mm, long, brevioi'ibus ; sepalis ? inter sc 

 inrcqnalibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis usque 2*25 mm. ; disco cvoluto ; ovario 

 doprcsse globoso glabro circa 1 mm. diam.j $t}jlis 3 liberis indivisis npice 

 baud incrassatis 1'25 mm. lono-. 



Kuakue ; forest near rivcr\s edge ; 50 £t. ; uncommon ; serpentine. 946. 

 Tlie glands of the ? tiowers, fairly ^vell developed, are not strictly coriTci 

 for \ Ihterogloclddion^ ])ut there syems no other section for the reception of 

 tills species. In the case of 209G, however (River Ngoye ; riverside scrnb ; 

 400 ft. ; serpentine), apparently a form of this ^\ith larger leaves (up to 

 G'5x3"5 cm*), the disc is less developed, and ma}- fairly be termed rudi- 

 mentary. 



Phyllanthus (§ Heteroglochidlon) serpentinus S. Moore, sp. nov. 

 Fruticidns monoicus copiose ramosus glaber ; vamidis vix semispitlmmeis 

 ascendentibus vel patentibus tcnuibus superne aliquantuhim compressls ; 

 foliis l'5-3 cm.long. G-13 mm. hit. subsessilibus lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceo- 

 latis raro ovatis obtusis basi obtusis rotundatisvo coriaceis ; glomeridis 

 perpauciflorls uni-vel hisexualil)ns floribns omnibus breviter pedicellatis (ped» 

 1 mm. long.) ; sepalis S suborl)icularibus intcrioribus 1*5 nnn. long, quain 

 exterlora majoribus; staminibus 5 liberis intra discum annularem sat j^romi- 

 nentem inscrtis antberls reniformibus '75 mm. long, quam filamcnta longl- 

 oribus ; sepalis ? circa 1 mm. long, ovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ; disco 

 obsolete; ovario globoso glabro 2 mm. diam. stylis 3 brcvissimis simplicibus 

 liberis roseis onustls ; capsida parva obscure sulcata glabra circa 4 mm. diam. 



Poume ; serpentine scrub; 500 ft. 2385. Witli its small leaves, flo^vers^ 

 and fruit very distinct in this section. 



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) GNEissicrs S. Moore, sp. nov. Arhuscida vel 



foliis 3'5-Gx2-2'5 cm. rarisslme suboppositis petlolatls (pet. 5-10 mm. long.) 

 ovato-lanceolatis acumlnatls apice obtusis vel retusis basi rotundatis pergama- 

 ceis ; glomerulis pauci- vel pluri-floris biscxualibus masculisve ; floribus 

 pendentibus ; pedicelUs tcnuibus c? 4'5 mm. ? 2-2'5 mm. ; sepalis S 5 sub- 

 requalibus suborbicularibus 2' 5 mm. long, ; staminihus 4 filauientis ghuululis 

 disci prouiincntls basi circuindatis quam anthers ovoideiiGobtusissima? '75 mm. 

 long, brevioribus ; sepalis $ inter se imparibus '75-1*5 mm. long. late ovatis 



aplce coloratis ; disco obsoleto ; ovario ; stylis 3 liberis verislmiliter 



brevibus indivisisque j capsida parva dej)rcsse globosa glabra G mm. diaiu. 



