712 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (IUTCHINSON). | Phyllanthus. 
25. P. angolensis, Mill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 329. A 
slender annual herb 6-8 in. high; stem and branches puberulous. the 
latter short, ascending, not more than } in. long. Leaves very small, 
ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, more or less rounded at the base, 14 lin. 
long, ? lin. broad, rather thick, slightly scabrous on both surfaces ; 
petiole very short, minutely puberulous; stipules subulate-filiform, 
1-1} lin. long, slightly puberulous towards the base. Male flowers: 
solitary or subsolitary in the axils of the leaves on the lower part of the 
branches; females solitary in the upper part. Male sepals 5, 1-seriate, 
elliptic, rounded at the apex, 4 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, 1-nerved, mem- 
branous, glabrous. Disk-glands 5, thin, smooth. Stamens 4; filaments 
free; anthers dehiscing obliquely. Female sepals 5, similar to the 
male. Disk entire, flattened, thin, glabrous. Ovary depressed-globose, 
glabrous; styles free to the base, very smal), bilobed, lobes slightly 
recurved, subacute. Capsule 1} lin. in diam., depressed-globose, faintly 
striate. Seeds laterally compressed, convex on the back, minutely 
pitted, giving the appearance of a very close striation, # lin. long, lin. 
broad on the back.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 339; Hiern in 
sa Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 957. Diasperus angolensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
- li. 598. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; among low bushes between Lopollo and 
Ferrao da Sola, Welwitsch, 332! 
26. P. purpureus, Mill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 329. A 
shrub 5-6 ft. high, with bright purple stems and branches; stems 
numerous, straight; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, mucronate, 3-13 in. long, 14-34 lin, broad, thinly coriaceous, 
glabrous on both surfaces, greenish and slightly shining above, yellowish- 
brown below ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, very faint and not 
at all raised; petiole } lin. long, glabrous; stipules subulate-lanceo- 
late, subacute, about 1 lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers: pedicel 
about 14 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 5, ovate or ovate-oblong, mem- 
branous, glabrous. Disk-glands 5, transversely oblong or ellipsoid, 
very thick and fleshy, slightly pitted, glabrous. Stamens 5; filaments 
free ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Female flowers : pedicel a little 
longer than in the male. Sepals 5, broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 
rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, ? lin. broad, 1-nerved, membranous, 
glabrous. Disk crenate or lobed, glabrous. Ovary smooth, glabrous ; 
styles connate in the lower half, very thick; free portion very thick, 
bifid at the apex, slightly wrinkled or rough. Capsule depressed- 
globose, smooth, about 2 lin. in diam. Seeds flattened laterally, smooth. 
—Miill. Arg. in DO. Prodr. xv. ii. 349; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1. 
958. Diasperus purpureus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 600. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in gravelly places and in the bed of 
the River Maiombo, near Pedra de El Rei, Welwitsch, 329! 
27. P. alpestris, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mem. fare 
An undershrub 4-8 in. high ; stems woody, short, arising from a t 4 
woody rhizome; branches short, flowering ones compressed, shortly 
