386 EUPHOEBiACE.-E (Hutcliiiison). [AndracJme. 



1. A. ovalis (MlilL Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 233); a shrul), 

 about 5 ft. high ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves ovate, ovate- 

 elliptic or obovate, obtuse at the apex,.cuiieate at the base, |—2 m. 

 long, ^-1^ in. broad, entire, rigidly membranous, bright green, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, looped 

 and l)ranched well within the margin, slightly prominent on both 

 surfaces; petiole 2-5 lin. long, terete, glabrous; stipules ovate- 

 triangular, acute, minutely ciliolate, ^ lin. long ; flowers monrC' 

 cious ; male pedicels 1-2^- lin. long, glabrous ; sepals 5, oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, f lin. iDroad, membranous, glabrous, 

 margins jagged or ciliolate ; petals obovate, rounded at the apex, 

 narrowed to the base, membranous, glabrous, a little smaller than 

 the sepals; disc cupular, membranous, crenulate on the margin, 

 glabrous ; stamens connate in their lower part ; rudimentary ovary 

 tripartite, the segments swollen at the tips, very sparingly 

 pubescent ; female pedicels 4-7 lin . long, glabrous, thickened 

 towards the apex ; sepals, petals and disc more coriaceous than 

 those of the male ; ovary sparingly setulose ; styles extremely 

 short, bifid; capsule trilobed, lobes slightly keeled, about 5 lin. 

 in diam., reticulate; seeds wrinkled. PhyllantJius oralis, Sond. m 

 L//niaea, xxiii. 135; Drege^ Ztvei Pji. Documentey 142, P. dregcamt^y 

 Scheele in Linneea, xxv. 585. P. cajpensis, Spreng. ex BailL Adan- 

 mnia^ iii. 163. Cluytia ovalis, ScJieele m Linn^a, xxv. 583; BaiU- 

 Adansonia, iii, 153. Andrachie capensis, BailL Adausoniaj iii- 163. 

 A. dregeana, BailL Lc. 1G4. Cluytia Galpini, Pax in B^dL Serb. 

 Botes, vi. 736, partly. 



South Africa : without precise locality, Znjhcr, 246 ; Harvey ! Ecldon »f* 

 Zeifher, 31 1 



Coast Regiox: George Div. ; George, ScUUcUer, 2362 ! Prior \ Knysna Div. ; . 

 Kaatjes Kraal, Burchdl, 5216 ! 5226 ! Uitenhage Div. ; near Uitenhage, BarcheU, 

 4272! Alexamler{PH<yi^)\ Zcyher \ Springfields, Paterson, 1034a! 2197! George- 

 town, Alexamlei^ {Prior)\ Albany Div. ; Blue Krantz, BurckeU, 3644 ! Zwartkops 

 rjver, Zei/hcr, 3S19 ! King Williamstown Div. ; Buffalo River, Dregel and with- 

 out precise locality, Sim, 2229 1 Komgha Div. ; near Keimonth, Schlechter, 61SS ! 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal ; Houtbosch, Eclaaann, 5922 ! Umvoti Creek, 

 near Barberton, Galpin, 961 ! 



Eastern Region : Tembuland ; between ib.rley and Umtata River, Dreu^t 

 8220 I Natal ; near Mount West, Sdikchtcr, 6826 ! and without precise locality^ 

 Gerrard, 1161 ! 1162! Cooper, 1108! 



XIL PHTLLANTHUS, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious or sometimes dioecious. Petals absent. Di^c 

 always present in the African species. Male flowers: Sepals 4-6, 

 free or slightly joined at the base, imbricate, when 4 or 6 often ni 

 2 series. Disc of separate glands (annular in 1. P. discoideus) '? 



