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Pkyllonthm.] euphorbiace/E (Hutcliinson). 397 



.|-3 lin. broad, coriaceous, 1 -nerved, mostly without visible side 

 nerves, glabrous ; stipules obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acute, sub- 

 cordate at the base, up to 1 lin. long^ glabrous, reddish ; flowers 

 usually monoecious, one female and one or two males in each leaf^ 

 axil, rarely dioecious; male pedicels :^J lin. long, reddish, glabrous ; 

 sepals 6, obovate, reddish, glabrous, with narrowly membranous 

 margins; disc-glands 6, rounded, nearly smooth; stamens 3; fila- 

 ments connate to the apex; anthers free from each other, dehiscini;- 

 longitudinally ; female flowers : pedicels 1 lin. long or sliglitly 

 more in fruit, at length recurved, reddish ; sepals as in the male 

 but larger and more coriaceous, with prominent hyaline margins 

 especially in the fruiting stage ; disc composed of 6 separate 

 rounded smooth glands ; ovary smooth; styles somewhat spreading, 

 bilobed nearly to the base, free, not swollen at the tips; fruits 

 depressed, 6-lobed, li-lf lin. in diam., smooth; seeds triquetrous, 

 rounded on the back, marked with numerous longitudinal lijies of 

 dots. Tltunh. Fl. Gap, ed. SchtU, 499 ; Mull. Arg, in DC, Prodr, 

 XV. ii. 362. P. Jongifolhts, Lam, III t 756, fg. 3; Miill Arg. U. 

 361. P. gemsfoides, Sond, in Limisea, xxiii. 134. P. midticanlisj 

 MulL Arg, in Linnsea^ xxxii. 18, inch var. parvifolhcs, Midi, Arg,^ 

 and in DC l,e. 360. P. multteatdisy vars. genuinus and jjarvi- 

 foUus, MiilL Arg. in DC he. 360, 361. Diasperm glaucoplyllus^ var, 

 stenophi/llus, O, Kunize, Bev. Gen. PL iii. 285. 



South Africa ; without precise locality, Thunherg ! Zei/her, 229 ! Vtrreaux \ 

 Marhth ! 



Coast Region : Riversdale Div. ; hills near Zoetemelks River, Barchdl, 67^6 ! 

 near Riversdale, Schlechter, 1890! Uiteuhage Div. ; Zwaitkops River, Dreyea^l 

 Zwartkops River and between Krakakamma and Van Stadens River Mountains, 

 Zeyher, 1506 ! Ecklon & Zeylier, 32 and 33 ! Alexander {Prior) ! near Enon, Dre^je ! 

 Addo, EcJchii, 598! Dregecl Elands River, Zeyherl Tzamas, SchUcMer, 2521! 

 and without precise locality, Zeyher, 364! Port Elizabeth Div. ; between Kraka- 

 kamma and upper part of Maitland River, Burchell, 4579 1 Port Elizabeth, 

 Brige, 6 ! Redhouse, Mrs, Patersoa, 319 ! Bathurst Div. ; between Riet Fontein 

 and the sea shore, Burcliell, 4088 ! GlenfiUing, Bregedl Trapps Valley, MU-< Dah/, 

 636 ! 637 ! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOivan,^ 1429 I Queenstown Div. ; 

 mountains near Queenstown, Galpin, 1668 ! Komgha Div. ; Kei River, Flanagan, 

 1358 ! Kei Bridge, Rogers, 4512 ! British KafTraria, Cooper, 41! 



Central Region: Somerset Div.; Klein Bruintjes Hoogte, Dregeel Cradock 

 Div. ; near Jlortimer, Miss Kermt ! Graafi' Reinet Div. ; near Gra/iff Reinet, 

 Bolui^^ 476 ! 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West ; Kloof Village, Asbestos Mountains, 

 Bnrchell, 2032! 20S9 I Kuruman, Marhth, 2069 I Orange River Colony; Thaba 

 Unchu, Zeyhsr, 1507 ' Tran.svaal ; various localities, Bni-'he ! Zeyher ! Behrmnn, 

 4020 ! 4831 ! 5093 1 5339 ! 5396 ! Miss LeendcHz, 297 1 725 ! Gafplu, 565 ! 

 Bolns^ 12282! 122S4 ! ScldecJder, ?jB?j7 \ 11774 ! Jmod, 5471 1027! 



Easteun Region: Natal ; near Durban, Guelnzlusl near Colenso, Wood, 4414! 

 Btntker, 2316 1 Schlechter, 68911 Biggarsberg, Wood, 4268! Coast, Wood, 741! 

 and without precise locality, Oerrard, 57 1 1177 ! Delagoa Bay, Sddechter, 12169 ! 



Occurs also in Tropical Africa and tiie Mascarene Islands, 



13. P. myrtaceus (Sond. in Linntea, xxiii. 134); a shrub; 

 branches flattened and slightly winged, glabrou.s ; flowering 

 branchlets flexuous, compressed; leaves ovate or rarely ovate- 



