704 OXXI, EUPHORBIACER (HUrcHINsoN). —_ [Phyllanthus. 
Unyoro, Uganda, represents a species evidently very closely allied to P.:physocarpus. 
The capsules are very large (13 in. in diam.), and the seeds, although very similar, are 
not quite identical, the portion near the middle on the ventral side not being con- 
tractedas in that species. It may possibly be P. polyanthus, Pax, which I have 
not seen. 
11. P. profusus, V. #. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 113. 
Branches subterete, woody, glabrous; flowering branchlets produced in 
fascicles in the axils of a sterile branchlet, up to 8 in. long, slightly 
flattened. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acutely acuminate, rounded 
or slightly cuneate at the base, 1-3 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, chartaceous, 
glabrous on both surfaces, paler below ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, 
looped and branched about half-way between the midrib and margin, 
very slightly raised below ; petiole 1 lin. long, glabrous; stipules small, 
slightly oblique, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Male flowers very numerous, 
fasciculate on crowded branchlets produced from the axil or a little 
above the axil of a sterile branch, whitish or pale green; pedicel very 
slender, up to 4 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 4, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 
1 lin. long, } lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 4, rounded 
and slightly fleshy, faintly pitted. Stamens 4; filaments free ; anthers 
dehiscing at the side. Female flowers not known.—Stapf in Johnston, 
Liberia, ii. 648. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Sinoe Basin, Whyte! withina radius of 20 miles 
from Kakatown, Whyte ! 
12. P. Tessmannii, Hutchinson. Branches subterete, covered with 
a greyish-brown bark ; leafy branchlets rather deeply grooved or angular, 
glabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, shortly and gradually acum!- 
nate or obtuse, truncate or subcuneate at the base, 1}—4 in. long, }-2 in. 
broad, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, pallid below; lateral 
nerves 7-9 on each side, looped and freely anastomosing well within the 
margin, slightly raised below; veins slender, rather lax, distinct on the 
lower surface; petiole 1-14 lin. long, subterete, glabrous ; stipules 
oblong-spathulate, 2-14 lin. long, soon deciduous, margin jagged or 
fringed in the upper part. Male racemes of fascicles leafless, or slightly 
leafy toward the top, very slender, produced in clusters on the older 
wood, about 3} in. long; axis of each raceme glabrous; bracts spathu- 
late, 3 lin. long, slightly 4—5-lobed and fringed in the upper half. 
Sepals 4-5, ovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, membranous, 
with a distinct slender midrib and lateral nerves. Disk-glands 5, sub- 
orbicular, fleshy, smooth or very slightly pitted. Stamens 4; filaments 
quite free to the base; anther-cells distinct, parallel, dehiscing longt- 
tudinally. Female flowers not known.—P. gracilipes, Pax in ‘Engl. 
Jahrb. xlv. 235, not of Miill. Arg. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas: south-west district, Chevalier, 14624! 
Spanish Guinea: Campo region, Zessmann, 710! 925! 9404! 
13 P.meruensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 526. A shrub; branches 
angular, glabrous; flowering branchlets up to 4 in. long, angular or 
narrowly winged, smooth, Leaves elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, slightly 
narrowed to both ends, mucronate, 4-7 lin. long, 2—4 lin. broad, mem- 
