Phyllanthus. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). 729 
subcordate at the base, 1} lin. long, 1} lin. broad, the inner oblanceolate, 
subacute, 13 lin. long, ? lin. broad, all with a broad green midrib and 
membranous. Disk entire, rather thick, fleshy, not at all crenulate. 
Ovary smooth, lobed; styles slightly spreading, rather stout; stigmas 
swollen and slightly bifid at the apex. Capsule depressed-globose, 
slightly lobed, about 1} lin. in diam. Seeds with 6 longitudinal lines 
on the back. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: mountains near Hamara Burgi, in the valley of the 
River Sagan, Riva, 1590! 1758. 
57. P. aspericaulis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 218. A small 
shrub; branches angular, distinctly asperulate ; flowering branchlets 
14-2 in. long, asperulate. Leaves obovate, mucronate, cuneate at the 
base, 2-4 lin. long, 14~3 lin. broad, chartaceous, asperulate on the nerves 
on both surfaces; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, spreading; petiole 
# lin. long, glabrous; stipules lanceolate, # lin. long, membranous, mar- 
gins serrate-ciliate, Flowers monecious, axillary, one female and about 
two males in each Jeaf-axil, the males much smaller than the females; 
pedicel short, glabrous. Male flowers: Sepals 6, ovate, with a rather 
broad midrib. Disk-glands 6, fleshy, rounded, slightly warted. Stamens 
3; filaments connate for a little more than half their length; anther- 
cells diverging, dehiscing at the side. Female flowers: Sepals 6, larger 
than those of the male, subacute. Disk fleshy, annular, undulate. Ovary 
6-lobed, subglobose, smooth ; styles short, suberect, slightly swollen and 
bifid at the apex. Capsule depressed-globose, slightly 6-lobed. Seeds with 
6-7 longitudinal lines on the back. 
Mozamb. Distr. (German East Africa: East Ukerewe ; among granite rocks 
above Kugunguli, Uhlig, 117! 
58. P. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 77. A small glabrous 
annual or subshrub; stems more or less quadrangular; flowering 
branchlets rather slender, up to 44 in. long, angular, smooth. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at both ends, sometimes minutely 
mucronate at the apex, $-3 in. long, 3-5 lin. broad, thin ; lateral nerves 
about 8 on each side, slender and not or very slightly elevated on the 
lower surface; petiole 3 lin. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
reddish-purple, a little longer than the petiole. Flowers moncecious, 
3 er 4 males together, females solitary; male pedicel short, female 
17 lin. long. Male flowers: Sepals 6, ovate-oblong, subacute. Disk- 
glands 6, flat, rounded, conspicuously warted. Stamens 3; filaments 
©onnate in the lower two-thirds, free above ; anthers at length spreading, 
the dehiscence continuous at the top of the cells. Kemale flowers: Sepals 
6, in 2 distinct series, the outer 3 ovate, the inner oblanceolate, obtuse. 
Disk large and conspicuous, cupular, the margin incised like the teeth 
of a comb, the whole enveloping nearly half of the ovary when some~ 
What young. Ovary lobed, smooth; styles free to the base, somewhat 
slender and suberect, bilobed, lobes linear and not at all swollen at the 
*pex. Capsule rather deeply 3-lobed, about 1} lin. in diam. Ripe 
seeds not seen.—Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 
