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paullo undulatus, glaber. Ovarium subglobosum, laeve, leviter 
stipitatum ; styli erecti, basin versus connati, bifidi vel fere bilobi, 
apicibus non incrassatis, Capsula matura non visa 
icaAL Arrica. Upper Guinea: Cateecsing ; without 
precise locality, Duskh, 296. 
1284, ee Gossweileri, Hutchinson [uphorbiaceae-Phyl- 
lantheae]; affinis P. omaha a inter et meas caulibus laevibus, 
a non eto differ 
a annua, circiter 30 em. Pes 3 poate et rami teretes, elabri ; 
tena floriferi elongati, usque ad 15 em. longi, Folia lanceolata 
vel oblongo-lanceolata, basi paullo ain apice acuta, 6-12 mm 
longa, 2-3 mm. lata, crassa, utrinque glabra et opaca, nervis later- 
alibus utrinque obscuris ; petioli _brevissimi; stipulae subulatae, 
1 mm. longae. Flores monoici. Flores 3 basin versus ramulorum 
2-3-nati, axillares. Sepala 6, obovata-elliptica, apice rotundata, 
glabra, marginibus leviter membranaceis. Disci glandulae 6, parvae, 
rotundatae, laeves. Sta 3; filamenta connata; antherae 
liberae, loculis sulspuraliclis: ‘Tongitudinaliter dehiscentibus. lores 
Q in axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi : 
Sepala 6, oblongo-elliptica, apice rotundata, marginibus membran- 
aceis, 25 mm, longa, 1°5 mm. lata, integra, glabra. Discus parvus, 
paullo 5-6-lobatus. Ovarium leviter lobatum, laeve ; styli ascen- 
dentes, bilobi, apice non incrassati. Capsula paullo depresso- 
glo diametro, laevia. Semina 2 mm, longa, dorso 
longitudinaliter 8-striata. 
Tropican Arrica. Angola: Kassuango Kurini,a weedy herb 
occurring here and there in open thickets, Gossweiler, 4198. 
1285, Phyllanthus Kaessneri, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyl- 
lantheae]; affinis P. sepiali, Muell. Arg., sed filamentis liberis 
differt. 
Frutex, ramis teretibus cortice cinereo-fusco ; ramuli floriferi 
fasciculati vel rare solitarii in ramis pulviniformibus producti, 
gracillimi, teretes, glabri, folios circiter 5-jugos gerentes. Folia 
obovata vel obovato-elliptica, apice rotundata et interdum leviter 
emarginata, basi subeuneata, 5~8 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, tenuis- 
sime chartacea, in sicco cor flavo-brunnea, subtus glauca, utrinque 
glabra et conspicue sntyge nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 
utringue distinctis ; petioli 0°5 mm. longi, glabri; stipulae oblique 
lanceolatae, rubrae, petiolis aequilongae, marginibus _laceratis. 
Flores monoici, ¢ solitarii, Q bini in axillis foliorum ; icelli 
graciles, 4-6 mm. longi, glabri, Q robustiores, 2 mm. longi. Flores 
; ala 6, distincte 2-seriata, exteriora parva, ovata, obtusa, 
interiora obovata, 1 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. lata, omnia carnosa vel 
coriacea, l-nervia, glabra, Disci glandulae as leviter stipitatae, 
carnosae, rotundatae, laeves. Stamina 3, ad enta 
gracilia ; antherarum loculi divergentes. lores "O: Sepala maris. 
Diseus annularis, subinteger. Ovarium ovoideum, leviter lobatum, 
laeve ; styli suberecti, e = avis bilobi, lobis linearibus apice 
non incrassatis. Capula 
TRopicaL AFRICA. ” British East Africa: Pemba River, 
Kassner, 356. 
