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barbatis. Ovarium sphaericum, 1-75 mm. diametru, apice bar- 

 batum; stylus 6 mm. longus, apice bifidus, gkber. Fructus 

 l)yrifoimis 1-1 cm. alius, 8 mm. diametro, glaber. 



Tuonc-AL Afkica. Biitisli East Africa; Mt. Keiiia, 1500- 

 1800 m., D. K S. Grant (ex Hh. BaUiscomhe) 846. 



Tliis is one of tlie most important timber trees of Xorth-East and 

 Eastern Kenia, yliere it attains a lieiglit of 80-90 feet. The tim- 

 ber is light, easily worked and of a good appearance, tlie grain 

 much resembling teak. The native (Meru) name is Morn or 

 MuhuMi. 



The species is especially distinguished by its oblong-elliptic 

 leaflets which have comparatively long petiolules, the ferru- 

 gmeous tomentum which appears on most parts of the plant, and 

 the large dichotomously branched inflorescences. Erom the dried 

 material at present received it seems that at least some in- 

 florescences are terminal, but it is possible that axillary ones 

 are also produced. The persistence and enlargement of the calyx 

 characteristic of the genus is particularly noticeable in this plant 

 owing to the somewhat isolated position of the fruits with the 

 enlarged calyces m the forks of the inflorescence produced by the 

 dichotomous nature of the branching. 



15.39^ Phyllanthus flacourtioldes, Hutchinson [Eunhorbi- 

 ac^ae-Phyl]antheae];affinisP. discoicleo,mx^\\. Arg., sed disco 



m flonbus 6 glanduHs liberis constitute differt 

 Art???zteretes, glabri; -- - 



tolw elhptica ve oblongo-elliptica, utrinque plus min5sve rotun- 

 data, 0-8-5 om. longa, 0-6-2-5 cm. lata, Integra, tenuiter char- 

 l^nM' S^^P^.^' ?^r^i laterales utrlnque circiter C, arcuati, 

 graciles, distmcti; veni mfra laxe anastomosantes ; petioli cir- 



^^Z Ir^" ''^'' ^^^>'V «^ip^l^e lineari-lanceolatie, acutae, 

 satis membranaceae, circiter 4 mm. longae, gli 



tmcta et margmibus subhyalinis. Floret ui vidi 



abrae, costa dis- 

 detur dioici: $ 



ramuiorum apices fasciculati- T^<>ri;n«li; "^ ,.. i • j '• 

 lovU^^ u. ^ 1- 1 \ . ^,' P^tiicelli A mm. longi, ad apicem 



iewter incrassati, glabri. Senala 4. nhnvnfa .^\J _+,,i-i„t. 



glabri. Se^mla 4, obovata, apice rotundat 



1-f% «.,« 1 t cir , — t- ^' uuuNuta apice roiunauisi, 



circiter dimidio breviores • 



IntPrnli+a-.. /i^i.* ^^ "^*^*^' """"^^"^ «uipsoiaeae, i mm. longae, 



vetui ^^K iV'"'' V ^/r^' ^ ramulorum juniorum bSsin 

 Sll T\t^'''-''i P«J;c«"i fructiferi 9 mm."* longi, glabri. 



me nk-aun!pn Tt' "^n-^^^ ^'^ ""»• ^'^"g^' ^ mm.^ata^ sub- 

 mturus ?^^^^^ f'^^'i J^'''''' ^^^^l«^'i«. parvus. Fructvs im- 

 S9rr^^:l-,t^I,^^ i^^ parte libera 



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1540. Torultniuiti ani^olense TiivpHI rn c^ • -^ 



T. VaJilii -R TT 1 IE ' iwriU LCypciaceae-Scir])eae1 : 



vagmis plas TniTnivo fik .'1";^^^^ o«si tuberosis foliorum 

 ^ luis m^nu..^e fibrosis dense obtectis. Folia 



omnia 



