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Phyllanthus^ euphokbiace^ (Hutchinson). 391 



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1 P. reticulatus (Poir. Encycl. v. 298) ; an erect much-branched 

 shrub; stems pubescent, at length nearly glabrous; flowering 

 brancblets sometimes produced in fascicleSj but more often solitary, 

 up to 2^ in. long, densely crisped-pubeseent ; leaves oblong or 

 elliptic, mostly rounded at both ends, ]— 1-| in. long, 3|-7 lin. broad, 

 somewhat membranous, glabrous or crisped-pubeseent ; lateral 

 nerves 7-9 on each side ; petiole pubescent ; stipules lanceolate, 

 acute ; flowers monoecious, axillary, one female and two or three 

 males in each fascicle ; pedicel slender, up to 2 lin. long, slightly 

 pubescent or glabrous ; male flowers ; sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, 

 1-nerved, about ^ lin, long ; disc-glands 5, obovate, flattened, smootl 

 stamens 5 ; two or three of the filaments partially connate, 

 the others free and shorter ; anthers dehiscing at the side, cells 

 cohering at their tips, diverging at the base ; female flowers : sepals 

 as in the male ; disc of separate glands similar to those of the male ; 

 ovary depressed -globose, glabrous ; styles very short, erect, and 

 crowded; fruit fleshy or coriaceous, 8-16-seeded, about 3 lin. in 

 diani., seeds irregularly trigonous, punctulate. Pax in EngL Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. a 236 ; Dunind <& De Wild, in Bull Soc. BoL Belg, 

 xxxvii.^103; Be Wild d Bumnd, Beliq. Bewei'v. 205; Be Wild. 



Miss, K Laiirenl, 127, Etudes FL Bus- et Moyen-Congo, i. 275; 

 ii. 268 ; Gihbs in Joitrn. Linn, Soc. xxxvii. 469 ; HutcJiinson in Byer, 

 FL Trap, Afr, vi. i, 700. Phyllanthis multiflorns, Willd. Sj). PL iv. 

 581. P, jjrieurianuSy Mull. Arg. in Linnsea^ xxxii. 12. P. alater- 

 noidesy BeicJib, ex BailL Adansonia, i. 83, P. reticfdatns, var. 

 genuinnsj Miill, Arg. in BG^ Prodr. xv. ii. 344 ; Hiern in Cat Afr, 

 PL Welw. i, 958. Anisonema reticidatum^ A.Juss. Eujph, t i^Jig. 11. 



K. prieu- 

 0. Kitntze, 



Bev, Gen. PL ii. GOO. 



Vau. J3, glaber (Miill. Arg. in Llnuica, xxxii. 12) ; entirely glabrous, otherwise 

 similar to the typical plant. MiilL Arg. in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 345 ; Ilkrn, Ic. ; 

 Mntckinson, I.e. 701, PhylUnthm polyspermy s, ScJmmach. d: Thonn. Beskr. Gain, 

 PL 416. Kiryanelia prituriana, var. fjlalra, BailL Adansoma, i. 83- K. zanzi- 



Artemis, BailL Lc. ii. 48. 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal; nea^vBarherton, Pole Eimis, 29 i2\ BariUDavy, 

 8040 [ between Thabina and Sutherlands Middle Veld, Burtt-Banj, 5443 ! 

 Shiluvane, Junod, G54 ! 



Eastkrn Region: Delagoa Bay; Sanderson, 67 il near Lorenzo Jlarriues, 

 Bolus, 9769! 9770! Van j3 : Lorenzo Marines, Bohia, 9771! Junod, 54! 

 and without precise locality, Fiyi'hes, 48 ! 



Widely spread in the Tropics of the Old World. 



Kirganelia reticulata^ BailL Iltnde Gen. Euphorh. 613. 

 i'iana^ BailL Adansonia, i. 82. Biasjperns reticidafus, 



5. P. parvulus (Sond. in Liunjea, xxiii. 132); a small plant 

 (annual?), 2-4 in. liigh, branched from the base, with a Ion 

 taperinof taproot; branches slender, minutely pubernlous; leaves 

 ovate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, rounded at the base, 

 2-21 lin. long, 1^-1^ lin. broad, dull and very slightly scaberulous 

 on both surfaces, with one or two indistinct pairs of lateral nerves ; 

 petiole .1 lin. long; stipules subulate, very acute, | lin. long, 



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