Phyllanthus. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEEZ (HUTCHINSON). 727 
glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, distinct on 
the lower surface, scarcely evident above; veins very slender, scarcely 
visible ; petiole } lin. long, glabrous ; stipules subulate from a broadened 
base, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers very small, 2 or 3 together in 
the axils of the lower leaves, shortly pedicellate ; females larger, solitary 
in the axils of the upper leaves. Male sepals 6, 1-seriate, ovate-elliptic, 
3 lin. long, 1-nerved, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 6, pitted. 
Stamens 3; filaments connate; anthers dehiscing extrorsely or towards 
the side. Female sepals 2-seriate, 3 outer ovate-elliptic, subacute, ? lin. 
long, } lin. broad, 1-nerved, membranous, glabrous, 3 inner a little 
narrower and longer than the outer. Disk deeply 6-lobed, glabrous. 
Ovary globose, glabrous; styles very slender, free to the base, bilobed, 
lobes recurved. Capsule not seen.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr, xv, ii. 
365; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 145; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C. 236. P. Niruri, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ. Nile, App. 647, not of 
Linn. Diasperus Pseudo-niruri, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 600. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Unyoro, Speke ¢ Grant/ German East Africa: 
Kilimanjaro, Merker, 611! Usambara, Holst, 13! 
54. P. odontadenius, J/ill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 331. 
Annual ; stem 2-3 ft. long ; branches slender, ascending, flattened and 
winged, glabrous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, 4-3 in. long, 
3-5 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 
7-8 on each side, slightly raised on the lower surface ; veins not visible ; 
petiole 3 lin. long, glabrous ; stipules subulate or filiform, very acute, 
1 lin.long. Male flowers few together in the axils of the lower leaves 
of the branches ; pedicel very short. Sepals 6, subequal, oblong, 3 lin. 
Jong, } lin. broad, very obtuse, membranous, l-nerved. Disk-glands 
very small, lobulate. Stamens 3; filaments connate ; anthers dehiscing 
extrorsely. Female flowers solitary in the leaf-axils of the upper two- 
thirds of the branches, much larger than the males; pedicel about 
1 lin. long, thickened towards the top, angular or flattened, glabrous. 
Sepals 6, in 2 series, the outer ovate, 14 lin. long, # lin. broad, the inner 
oblong, 1} lin. long, } lin. broad, all obtuse, membranous, and 1-nerved. 
Disk annular, closely crenate, glabrous. Ovary globose, glabrous ; 
styles short, slender, suberect, free to the base, bilobed, lobes filiform, 
glabrous. Capsule enclosed by the whitish persistent sepals, globose, 
about 1} lin, in diam., slightly trilobed. Seeds subtriquetrous, convex 
on the back, longitudinally 6-striate, } lin. long, 4 lin. broad.—Miill. 
Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 365; Hiern in Cat, Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 959; 
Pax in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 48, ii. 56. P. san- 
thomensis, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 56. Diasperus 
odontadenius, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 600. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aburi Hills, Johnson, 471! Togo, Bittner, 134! 
Southern Nigeria: between Ibadan and Abeokuta, Schlechter, 12345! Cameroons: 
Barombi, Preuss, 260! 
ower Guinea, Island of St. Thomas, Chevalier, 14518! Angola: San 
‘Salvador, Biittner, 276! Pungo Andongo; deep sandy places on the Calemba Island 
in the River Cuanza, near Condo, Welwitsch, 317! 
