Phyllanthus.] | CXX1t, EUPHORBIACEA’ (HUTCHINSON). 719 
39. P. Boehmii, Pax in Lngl. Jahrb. xv. 525. A glabrous annual; 
stem slender up to 15 in. high, slightly suleate; flowering branchlets 
distant, up to 2 in. long, very slender, slightly angular or winged, 
bearing about 8 pairs of leaves. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 
rounded at the apex, slightly narrowed to the base, 2-4 lin. long, 1-2 lin. 
broad, thinly chartaceous, with reddish margins; lateral nerves not 
visible ; petiole about } lin. long; stipules filiform-subulate, about twice 
the length of the petiole. Flowers monecious, males small and two or 
three together towards the base of the branchlets, females larger and 
solitary in the upper half of the branchlets ; pedicel of the female 1 lin. 
long, of the male much shorter. Male flowers: Sepals 5, small, 1- 
nerved, oblanceolate, rounded at the apex. Disk-glands 5, rounded, fleshy, 
smooth. Stamens 3; filaments connate to near the top; anthers dehiscing 
longitudinally. Female flowers: Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, 
} lin. long, $ lin. broad, without a distinct midrib. Disk fleshy, cupu- 
lar, undulately lobed, minutely beaded. Ovary globose, distinctly lobed, 
smooth; styles erect or xuberect, bilobed, lobes not swollen at the 
apex, Capsule 13 lin. in diam., surrounded by the membranous persis- 
tent sepals. Seeds marked on the back with about 15 very close lines. 
—Pax in Eng]. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 
Aer Zand. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Selamuka, near Debra Tabor, Schimper, 
! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ugunda; swamp near Gonda, 
Bohm, 149! 
40. P. Dekindtii, Hutchinson. An annual up to I ft. high, more 
or less branched ; stem and flowering branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 
elliptic or obovate-elliptic, obtuse or slightly mucronulate, a little nar- 
rowed at the base, about 2 lin. long and 1} lin. broad, with purplish or 
Carmine minutely serrulate margins, glabrous, lateral nerves not visible ; 
petiole very short ; stipules subulate, about } lin. long. Flowers mone- 
clous, males small and one or two together towards the base of the 
branchlets, females larger and solitary in the upper part of the branchlets. 
Male flowers : pedicel 4 lin. long. Sepals 5, oblong-obovate, rounded at 
the apex, % lin. long, membranous. Disk-glands 5, coarsely warted. 
Stamens 3; filaments connate to the apex; anthers dehiscing at the 
side, Female flowers: Sepals larger than those of the male. Disk 
crenulate, flat. Ovary shortly stipitate, subglobose, smooth; styles 
Spreading over the top of the ovary, bilobed, not swollen at the tips. 
Capsule slightly trilobed, 1 lin. in diam., smooth. Seeds marked with 
about fifteen lines on the back. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Teuscz, 38! Hauilla: Mounyino, 
Dekindt, 2731 283: 
41. P. Dinteri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 75. A woody under- 
shrub about 3 ft, high ; stems much branched ; flowering branchlets up 
to 2 in. long, distinctly asperulate. Leaves obovate, subacute, 2-3 lin. 
long, 1-2 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent or asperulate ; lateral nerves 
3-4 on each side, slightly prominent below; petiole short, glabrous; 
