390 EUPiiOKBiACE.E (Hiitcliinson). [Phyllanthm. 



and broad, and marked with 9-10 fine lines of dots on the back. 

 ^Ymd. Sp. PI iv. 575 ; Boxh. Fl, Lid. ed, Carey & J. Boxh, iii. 654 ; 

 Grah. Cat, Bomb, PL IBO; Wight, L-, t. Um,fig. 3; Dah, d: Gibs, 

 Bomb, PL 233; Benth, FL Rongk 311, and FL Austral vi. 103; 

 MulL Arg, in Linneea, xxxii. 19, and In DC, Prodr, xv. ii. 362; 

 Schveinf. BeHr. FL Aethiop. 37 ; OUv. in Trans, Linn, Soc. ser. 2, 

 BoL ii. 349; Hook, f, FL Brit. Lid, v. 292; Watt, BicL Econ. 

 Prod. India, Yi. i. 221 ; Penzig in Aiti Congr. BoL Geneva, 1892, 

 3G0 ; Pax in EngL Hothgebin/^^fl. Trap, Afr, 282, and in Engl Pfl. 

 Ost'Afr. C, 236 ; Trim. Handb, FL Ceylon, iv. 20 ; ScJiweinf. in BidL 

 Herb. Boiss. vii. App, il 302 ; Hiern in CaL Afr, PL Welw. i. 959 ; 

 Prain, Bengal PL 935 ; CooJce, Fl. Bombay, ii. 586 ; S, Moore in 

 Journ. Linn. Sac. xl. 192 ; Hutchinson in Dyer, FL Trop. Afr. vi. 

 722. P, andrachnoides, Willd. Sp, PL iv. 575. P. caneatus, WiUd. 

 Eniun. PL Hort. BeroL SappL 65. P. Thonuingii, Schum. d Thonn. 

 BesJcr. Guin. PL 418. P. javanicas, Poir. ex Spreng. Syst, Veg. iii- 

 21. P. gracilis, Boxb. Fl. Lid, iii. 654. P. obcordatus, WiUd. ex 

 Boxh, Lc. 656. P, longifolius, Sond. in Linncea, xxiii. 135, not of 

 Lam. P. incurvus, Sand. Lc, not of Thiinb. P. Jietrrophyllus, 

 E. Meyer ex Sond. Lc, in syn,, name only. P. Gueinzii, MiilL Arg, 

 in Linnsea, xxxii. 18, and in DO. Frodr. xv. ii. 363. P. venosus^ 

 HochsL ex A. Bicli. Tent, FL Abyss, ii. 254; Scltweinf Beitr, Fl. 

 Aethiop. 37. P. arahicus, Hovlist. ex BailL Adansonia, i. 86. P. 

 vaccinioides, KlutzscJi in Peters, Beise Mossarnb, BoL 105, not of 

 Sond. Diasperus maderaspafensis, 0. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PI, ii. 600. 



Coast Region : Bathurst Div. ; Glenfilling, Drege ! Albany Div. ; near 

 Grabamstown, Schkchtcr, 2680 ! between Grahainstown and Coldstream, Bohts, 

 10653 1 East London Div. ; East LoDdon, Rattray, 687 ! Komgha Div. ; near 

 Komgha, Flanagan, 659! Kei Hill, Schonland, 1358 ! British Kaffraria ; Krielis 

 Country, Bmvker, 2641 ! and without precise locality, Cooper, 292 ! 3139 ! 



Central Region : Somerset East Div. ; Little Fish River, Scott Elliot, 536 ! 



Western Region ; Great Namaqnaland ; Schaf riverbed at Seeheim, Pearson, 

 3739 ! plateaii west of Gobas Station, Pearson, 3741 ! Akam River, Pearson, 4766 ! 



Kalahaki Region: Griqualand West; various localities, Burchell, 1739 1 

 1786! 2021 ! Orange River Colony; Draai Fontein, Rchmann, 3647! Bechuana- 

 land ; Mafeking, Bupatquet, 23 ! Transvaal ; near Pietersburg, Schlechter, 4364 I 

 Fourteen Streams, Burtt-Davy, 1586! Springbok Flats, Burtt-Davy, 1195! 

 Potchefstroom, Burtt-Davy, 1817! 9697! Christiana, Biirtt-Davy, 12847! near 

 Crocodile Kiver, Schhchter, 3915 ! Houtbosh, Rehmann, 5917 ! near Lydeuburg, 

 Wilms, \Z\^ ! Komati Poort, ScUecUtr, 11785 ! Kirlt, 71 ! 



Eastern Region: Transkei Div. ; Kentani, Miss Pegler, 1139 ! 1145 partly ! 

 Tembuland ; near Emgwali River, Bolus, 10280 I Pondoland ; Port St. John, 

 Galptn, 3429 ! Griqualand East ; near Clydesdale, Tyson, 2862 ! Natal ; near 

 Durban, Wahlherg ! Gerravd, 11771 Giieinziu^, 162 1 Inanda, Wood, 1142! near 

 Glencoe, Wood, 5177! near Phoenix, Scklerhter, 3025! Clairinont, SchUcMer, 

 3052! near Newcastle, WilmB, 2272! and without precise locality, Sutherland I 

 Gcn-ard, 374] 1011! 



Widely distributed throughout the warmer regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. 



Prodi 



whip-like branches arising from a rhizome ; branches somewhat 

 flattened, obtusely angular, often greenish when dry, glabrous; 

 leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or subacute, |-li i^- l^^o^ 



