PhyllanthiLs] cxv. euphorbiace^. 957 



6. PHYLLANTHUSL. ; Bentb. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 272. 

 " Quilendula," pi. " Hendula," is said to be an annual climbing 

 species of tbis genus, tbe leaves of wbicb, mixed witli " Diloa 

 (a kind of ferrugmous river mud), tbe natives of Angola and 

 Bengaella employ as a black dye; tbey boil in tbe mixture 

 tbe clotb articles wbicb tbey wisb to dye black (Welw. ms.). 

 Compare " Maloa," ante, p. 378. 



1. P. pentandrus Sebum. & Tbonn. in Danske Vid. Selsk. iv. 

 p. 193 (1829) {Phylanthus). 



Diasperus pentandrus 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. n. p. 600 1891 . 

 P. p., i genuinus Muell. arg. in DC Prodr^ xv. 2, p. 337 (1866). 

 P. foliis Lini, Hornemann, Ind. PI. Gum. Obs. p. 25 (1819). P. 

 scojxcrius Welw. Apontam. p. 591, n. 110 (1859). _ 



L0ANDA.-In hot sandy places in short grass near Imbondeiro dos 

 Lobos, rather rare : fl. and fr. Jan. and Feb. 1858 Jso. 324. 



pSgo ANDOXGO.-In sandy bushy places between Condo and 

 Ouisonde, sporadic; fl. and fr. March 1857. , ^^o- 3^2. ^n ^and^r 

 Ses close to the river Lombe near Lombe ; A- ^nd^r. March 1857. 

 Ko 323 An annual, erect or suberect, slender herb, 1 to 2 ft. high 

 branched like a broom; leaves oblong-Unearsubglaucescent In s 

 places at the river Cuanza ; fl. and fr. March 18o7. Coll. Carp. y^U. 

 2. P. capillaris Sebum. & Tbonn., I.e., p. 191 (Phylanthus). 

 R, genuinus Muell. arg., I.e., p. 338. 



P. elegans pedicellis capillaribus pendulis, Plornemann, Z.c.,p.25. 

 Diasperus capillaris 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 598. 



PATTTxro Alto— A prettily green undershrub, U to 4 tt mgn 

 wUh g^ee^h'flowert In capVary peduncles At the outskirts o 

 thickets in moist spots, in an excursion to Fonte de Capopa not 

 pkntiful fl Tnd fr. Dec 1854 ; in wooded moist places about thickets 

 nearSanke A- and fr. Dec. 1854; also by secondary thickets and at 

 ?he edges'of palm groves, near Bango, fi. and fr. May 1856. No. 336. 



3. P. angolensis Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot. ii. p. 329 (1864), 

 and in DC, ^.c, p. 339. 



Diasperus angolensis 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



HuiLLA.-In pastures rather dry but flooded ^'^.^^.SJ^}!^^ fTZl 



rpr;rTal7frD:c.^C.-.^o-S % =>.>'£ 



4. P. loandensis Welw. ex Muell. arg. m Journ. Bot., I.e., 

 p. 329, and in DC, I.e., p. 342. 



Diasperus loandensis O. Ivuntze, I.e., p. ^yj. . c, ^ o ^^ 



L0AXDA.-An undershrub, woody at the base ; stem erect 2 to 3 ft. 



hioh branched • branches virgate, elongated, very slender, erect- 



^;?L!iig. In hilly bushy places on a clay soil ^^^^^^^^f:^^^^^^^'^ 



and seen nowhere else ; fl. and fr. April to June 18o8. ^o. 335. 



5. P. floribundus Muell. arg. in Linnaea, xxxii. p. 14 (1863), 

 and' in DC, I.e., p. 343 ; non H. B. & K. , 



Kirganelia {Anisonema) flori^^mda Baill. ^Adansoma i. p. 83 

 (1860). Diasperus Muellerianus 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. DJ<. 



