694 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). [ Phyllanthus. 
tyStamens 4. 
Male flowering branchlets usually leafy to- 
wards the apex, produced in clusters on 
the younger wood in the axil of a leafy 
flowerless shoot “ - . 11. P. profusus. 
Male flowering branchlets not or scarcely 
leafy, produced in clusters on the older 
wood and not in the axil of a leafy flowerless 
shoot . . : : . 12. P. Tessmannii. 
+tt+Stamens 3, filaments free or unite . 
Filaments quite free. 
Flowers diccious . ‘ - - ‘ . 13. P. meruensis. 
Flowers monccious : ; : s . 16. P. Kessnerr. 
ilaments connate. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous, not 
more than]} lin. broad. . 14. P. virgulatus. 
Leaves obovate, elliptic or sabonbroulars more 
than 1} lin, broad. 
Leaves mucronate < ° 5 = . 15. P. macranthus. 
Leaves not mucronate. 
Male flowers solitary; staminal column 
slightly produced beyond the insertion of 
the anthers ; flowering branchlets less 
than lin. long . 17. P. Hildebrandtu. 
Male flowers 3-4: together | in each ee axil ; 
staminal column not produced ; flowering oe 
branchlets 1-2 in. long c ¢ . 18. P. sepialis. 
**F lowering branchlets not produced in fascicles. 
tStamens 3,4 or 5: filaments free or slightly connate 
at the base, or rarely some free and the others 
connate, never «ll connate. 
Disk of the male flowers annular : . 19. P. diseoideus. 
* Disk of the male ‘flowers consisting of: separate 
glands. 
fStamens 5, rarely 4. 
Two or three of the filaments connate to the 
apex, the remainder free and shorter 52255 
All the filaments quite free. 
Flowers digcious . . s . 20. 
Flowers mouecious. 
Pedicel slender, 2 lin. long or more. . 
Branchlets puberulous or pubescent . 21. P. capillaris. 
Branchlets glabrous or very slightly 
asperulate. 4 
seeds on te 
mgerdetn ee in sag 2 oy. PF mnaaléel jfolius. 
Capsule about 23 lin. in diam. ; 
seeds smooth . 23. 
Pedicel shorter and stouter, usually less 
thati 14 lin. long. 
Branches spiny . : : 
Branches not spiny. 
Styles short and very divergent, 
spreading over the top of the 
ovary, free to the base - : 
P, reticulatus. 
P. graminicola. 
P. somalensis. 
4, P. Dinklagei. 
24. P. pentandrus. 
