Phyllanthus. CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON), 735 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Katanga district ; basin of Lake Moero, 
Verdick. 
69. P. Pynzertii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 267. 
A tree; branches glabrous, longitudinally sulcate ; branchlets solitary 
or more often in fascicles, provided at the base with 3 triangular 
subacute bracts, middle bract a little more developed than the others. 
Leaves ovate or oblong, more or less shortly acuminate, rounded or 
subcordate at the base, 14-3} in. long, 3-12 in. broad, glabrous on both 
surfaces, paler beneath. Male flowers: Sepals 1 lin. long. Stamens 
free tothe base. Disk entire. Female flowers and capsules not known. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equateur district; Eala, Pynaert, 379, 
1159. Bangala district ; Bumba, Pynaert, 25. 
70. P. Verdickii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, 
i, 274, ¢. 63. An undershrub; branches more or less compressed. 
Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, mucronate, rounded or wedge-shaped 
at the base, very shortly petiolate, 5-7 lin. long, 14-2} lin. broad ; 
stipules filiform, } lin. long. Male flowers generally at the base of 
the branchlets, 2 or 3 in each leaf-axil, shortly pedicellate: Sepals 5, 
obovate, 2? lin. long. Stamens 3; filaments connate; anthers free. 
Female flowers in the upper part of the branchlets; pedicel up to 
1} lin. long. Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, accrescent, attain- 
ing when in fruit 1} lin. long. Ovary glabrous; styles 3, enlarged at 
the apex. Capsule 14 lin. in diam. Seeds more or less reniform, about. 
? lin. long, striate. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Katanga district ; Lukafu, Verdick, 407. 
71. P. oxycoccifolius, Hutchinson. Stems arising from a woody 
rhizome, elongated, about 24 ft. long, terete, glabrous; flowering 
branchlets distant, spreading, up to 3 in. long, subterete, glabrous ; 
internodes about 14 in. long. Leaves broadly ovate, acute or mu- 
cronate, rounded or subcordate at the base, 3-6 lin. long, 2-4 lin. 
broad, rigidly chartaceous, strongly reticulate, with a thickened reddish 
margin, glabrous; petiole about } lin. long; stipules lanceolate-subulate, 
acute, 1 lin. long, glabrous. . Male flowers not known. Female flowers: 
Sepals subfoliaceous, broadly obovate, rounded at the apex, 2}-3 lin. 
long, 2-3 lin. broad, glabrous, with a distinct midrib and lateral nerves. 
Disk thick and fleshy, entire, conspicuously beaded. Ovary 3-lobed, 
Smooth, shining ; styles slender, free to the base, bilobed for about one- 
third their length, lobes slightly swollen at the tips. Capsule about 24 lin. 
in diam. Seeds trigonous, with about 15 lines on the back, 1 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Munongue, here and there in open thickets, 
Gossweiler, 3597 1 
72. P, retinervis, Hutchinson. Stems slender, woody, about 6 in. 
long, apparently arising from a woody rootstock, subterete, glabrous ; 
Owering branchlets 1-1} in. long, bearing 3-5 pairs of leaves, slightly 
angular, glabrous, Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at 
