398 EUPiiOEBiACE.E (Ilutclihison). [Phyllantlins. 



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elliptic, obtuse, more or less rounded at the base^ i~~^\ ^^' l^^gj 

 ■^— ^ in. broad, submcmbranous, glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous 

 below; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, slender, looped; veins not 

 distinct ; petiole A-f lin. long, glabrous ; stipules lanceolate. 



acnminatej about 1 lin. long, denticulate, glabrous ; flowers 

 dioecious; males axillary, solitary or in pairs; pedicel filiform, 

 up to 2 lin, long, glal:)rous ; sepals 6, in two series, subequal, outer 

 ovate, inner slightly obovatej obtuse, 1 lin. long, |-f lin, broad, 

 entire, membranous, glabious ; disc-glands 6, nearly flat and 

 orbicular, slightly warted above ; stamens 3 ; filaments connate 

 in the lower two-thirds into a slender column ; anthers subglobosCj 

 cells diverging, dehiscing obliquely ; female flowers solitary ; pedicel 

 3-4 lin. long, glabrous; sepals 6, in two series, outer ovate-elliptic, 

 subobtuse, 2 lin, long, \\ lin. broad, inner obovate, rounded at the 

 apex, 2i lin. long, 1| lin. broad, more distinctly veined than the 

 outer ; disc thick, undulately lobed, glabrous ; ovary smooth ; styles 

 spreading, slender, bilobed, lobes terete, not swollen at the tips ; 

 complete capsule not seen ; seeds smooth {Sonder). Miill. Arg. ht 

 DC, Prodr, xv. ii. 397; S. Moore in Journ, Linn. Soc. xl. 192; 

 Sim, For, FL Cape CoL 325; IMcJiinson in Dyer, FL Tro^, Afr. 

 vi. i. 726. P. revolutus, E. Meyer in Drege, Zioei Pfl, Doeimente, 

 153, 211 ; Sond, Z.c. 135, name only, P. Bachnanni, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrh. xxiii. 520. Dia,sperns myrtaeeus^ 0. Kuntze^ Bev. Gen. PL 

 m 600. 



Easteex Kegion : Kentani Div. ; Cebe Forei^ts, Mws PegJer, 1119 ! Pondoland ; 

 TJmsikaba River, Dref/el and without precise locality, BachmanUy 167 ! Natal ; 

 near Durban, Gueinzius, 520 ; coast-land, Sutherlandl Inanda, Wood, 1586 ! 

 Highlands of Natal and Emyati, Gerrard^ 1162 ! Nototi River, Gcrrard, 33 ! 

 Amanzimtoti, Miss Franks in Jlerh. Wooil, 11910 ! Oakford, Umhloti River, 

 J^ehvmnn, 8533 ! and without precise locality, Grrravd, 379 \ 1924] Brege, 4629 ! 



Occitre also in Soutli-Eastem Tropical Africa. 



14, P. meyerianus (MiilL Arg. in Linn^oa, xxxii. 42); stems 



suberect, evidently from a rhizome, woody, glabrous ; lateral 

 flo^yering braBclilets numerous, solitary or rarely 2-3 together, 

 slender, spreading, densely leafy, glabrous ; leaves ovate-elliptic or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded at both ends, l|-5 lin. long, 1-2 lin. 

 broad, glabrous, with 3-4 pairs of fairly distinct lateral nerves ; 

 petiole \ lin. long, glabrous; stipules subulate or subulate-filiform, 

 acute, about J lin. long, glabrous ; flowers monoecious, usually one 

 or two females to each branchlet, the remainder males ; male 

 flowers : pedicels | lin. long, glabrous ; sepals 5, broadly obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, | lin. long, | lin. broad, membranous, glabrous ; 



disc-glands 5, rounded, flat, strongly warted ; stamens 3 ; filaments 

 connate to the apex ; anthers dehiscing at the side ; female flowers : 

 sepals 5, oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, about \ lin. 

 long and | lin, broad, membranous, glabrous ; disc slightly lobed 

 (nearly annular), flat, reddish, glabrous; ovary smooth; styles 3, 

 spreading from the base, slender, bilobed, not swollen at the tips ; 



