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Ph}jUa7it7ms.'] euphorbiace.e (Hutcliinson). 380 



or rarely glabrous ; leaves ovate-elliptic to obovate-oblanceolate, 

 rounded or very shortly acuminate at the apex, varying from 

 rounded to cuneate at the base, 1-4 in. long, f-l^- in. broad, 

 thinly chartaceous or membranouSj glabrous on both surfaces 

 except the sometimes puberulous midrib below ; lateral nerves 

 6-12 on each side, spreading, slightly raised on both surfaces 



veins slender and rather close; petiole 1^-2 iin. long, tomentulose 

 or glabrous; stipules soon falling oflF, oblong-linear, l^-^^l Iin. long, 

 membranous, glabrescent ; flowers dicecious ; males numerous, in 

 fascicles in the axils of the leaves, females similarly arranged but 

 only about 2 in each fascicle; male pedicel very slender, 1-1^ Iin. 

 long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, female stouter, 2-3 Iin, long, 

 glabrous or rather densely puberulous ; bracts large, ovate-orbicular, 

 membranous, soon falling off; male flowers: sepals 4, obovate- 

 oblong, ^ Iin. long, glabrous; disc fleshy, entli-e, glabrous; stamens 

 4; filaments free to the base; anthers dehiscing longitudinally; 

 female flowers : sepals 4, larger than those of the male ; disc large, 

 fleshy, flat, entire, very minutely puberulous ; ovary ellipsoid, 

 glabrous ; styles connate at the base, the free parts spreading and 

 flattened, bilobed; capsule 3— 4-lobed, 4 Iin. in diam., glabrous; 

 seeds triquetrous, rounded on the back, smooth and blackish. 

 Mull Arg. in BG. Prodr, xv. ii. 416 ; Fkalho, PI Uicls, 249; Pax 

 in Bolet Soc: BroL x. 157; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Wehc. I 960; 

 S. Moore in Joitrn, Linn, Soc, xl. 192 ; Hutchinson in Dyer^ Fl. Troj), 

 Afr, vi. i. 707. P. anomaluSj 3IuIL Arg. Ic, 418 {as to Kirk's 

 specimen from LaJce Nyasa) ; Pax in EngL Pft. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 

 P. amnpondensisj Sim, For. FL Cape CoL 325, t cxli. Jig, ii. Cicca 

 discoidea, BailL Adansonia, i 85, Seciirinega 'baiUonianaj MiilL 

 Arg. Z.c. 451. Diasperiis discoideus, 0, Kiintze, Eev. Gen, PL ii. 

 599. Flagged ohovata^ BailL Adansonia, ii. 41 {not XylophjVa 



olovata, Willd.), F, major, BailL ttude Gen, FupJiorh, 593, and 

 Adansonia, ii. 42, and iii. 164. F, nitida, Pax in EngL Jalirh, xix. 

 76, and in EngL PJl. Ost-Afr. G. 236. F, haiUoniana, Pax, l,c. 

 in obs. 



South Africa : without precjise locality, Lalancle ! 



Eastern Region: Delagoa Bay, Junod, 59! Lorenzo Marques, Schkchter, 

 11598! 11634! Natal; Umcomaas, Gcrravd, 1176! Pondoland ; Egossa Forest, 

 Sim, 2608 ! 



Very common and widely spread in Tropical Africa. 



2. P. flacourtioides (Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin,_ 1915, 48); 

 shrubby ; branches terete, glabrous ; young branchlets quite glabrous, 

 blackish when dry ; leaves elliptic or oblong ellipticj more or less 

 rounded at both ends, ^—2 in. long, ^1 in. broad, entire, thinly 

 chartaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, arcuate, slender, distinct on both surfaces; veins laxly 

 reticulate below ; petiole about 2 Iin. long, glabrous ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, somewhat membranous, about 2 Iin. long, glabrous, 

 with a distinct midrib and rather hyaline margins; flowers probably 



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