726 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON). [Phyllanthus. 
Male and female flowers few together in each leaf-axil; pedicel up to 
1g lin. long, thicker towards the apex, glabrous. Male flowers: Sepals 6, 
joined at the base, subequal, in a single series, oblong, rounded at the 
apex, 1} lin. long, } lin. broad, 1-nerved, membranous. Disk-glands 6, 
large, flat, covered with 5-8 wart-like protuberances, very minutely 
pitted, } lin. in diam. Stamens 3; filaments united to the top; 
anthers dehiscing obliquely. Female flowers: Sepals much broader 
and more imbricate than in the male, in 2 series of 3 each, subequal, 
several-nerved, 1? lin. long, 14 lin. broad, rounded at the apex. Disk 
irregularly crenate or lobulate, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly 
lobed, glabrous; styles thick, slightly recurved, free to the base, 
thickened and fist-shaped or slightly bilobed at the apex, glabrous. 
Capsule not seen. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usagara Mountains, raised and 
grown at Kew from seeds collected by Bishop Hannington ! also Hort. Mitten ! 
52. P. myrtaceus, Sond. in Linnea, xxiii. 134. A shrub; 
branches flattened and slightly winged, glabrous ; flowering branchlets 
flexuous, compressed. -Leaves ovate or rarely ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 
more or less rounded at the base, 3-1} in. long. }—} in. broad, sub- 
membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous below ; lateral nerves 
6-7 on each side, slender, looped ; veins not distinct; petiole 4-3 lin. 
long, glabrous; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 lin. long, denti- 
culate, glabrous. Flowers dicecious. Male flowers axillary, solitary oy 
in pairs: pedicel filiform, up to 2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 6, in 2 
series, subequal, outer ovate, inner slightly obovate, obtuse, | lin. long, 
4+} lin. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 6, nearly 
flat and orbicular, slightly warted above. Stamens 3; filaments connate 
in the lower two-thirds into a slender column ; anthers subglobose, cells 
diverging, dehiscing obliquely. Female flowers solitary: pedicel 3-4 lin. 
long, slightly thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Sepals 6, in 2 series, 
outer ovate-elliptic, subobtuse, 2 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, inner obovate, 
rounded at the apex, 24 lin. long, 13 lin. broad, more distinctly veined 
than the outer. Disk thick, undulately lobed, glabrous. Ovary smooth ; 
styles spreading, slender, bilobed, lobes terete, not swollen at the tips. 
Complete capsule not seen. Seeds smooth (Sonder).—Miill. Arg. 
in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 397; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 192, 
P. revolutus, ¥. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 153, 211; Sond. 
lc. 135, name only. P. Bachmanni, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 520. 
Diasperus myrtaceus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 600. 
Mozamb. Distr. G:izaland: Pene and Chimanimani Mountains, Swynnerton, 
1522! 1523! 61554! 
Occurs also in Natal and Pondoland. 
53. P. Pseudo-niruri, Mill, Arg. in Flora, 1864, 539. An 
annual about 1 ft. high; stem erect, terete in the lower part, deeply 
grooved, flattened or slightly winged in the upper part, glabrous ; 
branches winged. Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, obtuse, subacute 
or rounded at the base, 4-6 lin. long, 2-4 lin. broad, membranous, 
