394 EuriiOEBTACE.^ (Hntcliinson). [Fhyllanthns. 



j 



BoL 104. P. dilatatus, Kloizsch, Lc, 106. P. scopariuSy Welw, 

 Apont. 591, no. 110. P. teneUus, var,, Pax in Banm, Kunene-Sawh. 

 Expect 282, not of Roxh, P. Niruri, N, E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 

 1 39, not of Linn, Menarda linifoliay BailL I.e., name only. 

 Dlasperns pentandrus^ 0, Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PI. ii. 600. 



Kalahari Regiox : Transvaal ; Komati, Bohts, 9772 ! Klippan, Rehmann, 



5338 ! Houtbosh, Rehmann, 5916 ! 



Eastern Eegion : Delagoa Bay, SchlecJdcr, 11970! 12156! Scoftl Lorenzo 

 ^larques, Mrs. Iloivard, 58 ! Chinyandjana, Jimod, 493 ! and without precise 

 locality, Junod, 185 ! 



"Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 



9. P. Burchelli (MilU. Arg. in Linnjea, xxxii. 7) ; an annual, up 

 to 6| in. high, branched from the base ; stems grooved, glabrous ; 

 flowering branchlets 1^-2 in. long, slender, smooth; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, very obtuse at both ends, 2-5 lin. long, 1-2 lin. broad, 

 thin, often more or less glaucous-green on the upper surface when 

 dry, glabrous, with indistinct lateral nerves ; petiole about \ lin. long ; 

 stipules subulate, acute, ^ lin. long, glabrous ; flowers monoecious, 

 axillary, the males in the lower, the females in the upper part of 

 the branchlets ; male flowers : pedicel ^ lin. long, glabrous ; sepals 5, 

 suborbicular, i lin. broad, membranous, glabrous ; disc-glands flat, 

 rounded, very thin, smooth ; stamens 5 ; filaments free ; anthers 

 dehiscing at the side ; female flowers : pedicels | lin. long, glabrous ; 

 sepals 5, broadly ovate, subacute, about |- lin. long, membranous, 

 with a broad thicker midrib ; disc saucer-shaped, entire, thin, 

 glabrous ; ovary lobed, smooth ; styles 3, spreading horizontally 

 from the base, bipartite, with linear segments not swollen at the 

 tips. Milll. Arg. in BO. Prodr. xv. ii. 340. P. garipensis, E. Meyer 

 in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Bocumente, 93. P. tenellus, vars. natalensis, 

 ifaripensis and exiguus^ MiilL Arg. in Linnxa^ xxxii. 7, and in BC. 



Prodi: XV. ii. 338-9. 



Coast Eegton : Komgha Div. ; Keimoutli, Flanagan, 52 ! near Kefani River 

 mouth, Galpin, 5805 ! 



Wi^STERN IlEGio>r : Great Namaqualand ; Tiras, Schinz, 890 1 Little Namaqua- 

 knd ; Orange River, near Verleptpram, Drege ! and without precise locality, Wyl^V • 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West ; Asbestos Mountains, at ihe Kloof 

 village, BurcheU, 2041 ! Asbestos Hills, Mffrhth, 2073 ! Bechuanaland ; Chue Yiey, 

 Bitrehell, 2383 ! Transvaal ; Potgeiters Rust, Alhs LeendeHz, 1272 ! Eoshveld, 

 Klippan, Rehmann, 5337 I near Pretoria, Burtt-Bavy, 3970 1 Barberton, Galjnn, 

 566! 



Eastern Region: Transkei : Kentani, Miss Peglcr, 1165! Pondoland ; Port 

 St. John, Galpin, 3436! Natal; Coatt land, SutherlandX Durban Botanic 

 Gardens, Rogers, 873 ! near Durban, Schlechter, 2793 ! Wood, 270 ! Gcrrard, 

 59 ! 649 ! ^"ianderson, 137 ! by the Umiaas River, Kranss, 336 I Berea, Wood, 

 813 ! near Isipingo, Bchlechter, 2988 1 



10. P. glaucophyllus (Sond. in Linnsea, xxiii. 133); stems 

 numerous, slender, up to 1 ft. long, arising from a woody rhizome, 

 flattened, glabrous ; leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, mucronate, 

 rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 3-9 lin. long, 2-5 lin- 



