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1286, ipa eae: leucocalyx, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyl- 
lantheae]; affinis P. niruroidi, Muell. Arg., a quo disco floris Q 
crenulato, arabs globosis recedit. 
aules graciles, lignosi, teretes, glabri; ramuli floriferi graciles, 
elongati, ad 15 cm. longi, te eretes, glabri. Folia oblonga ve 
oblongo-elliptica, coy conspicue mucronata, basi obtusa et “leviter 
rotundata, 6-8 mm. longa, 2-3°5 mm, lata, tenuia, marginibus 
recurvatis, pceaes. ‘glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 subtus 
distinctis supra obscuris ; petioli brevissimi ; stipulae subulato- 
iformes, 2 mm. longae. lores monoici, Q in axillis superioribus 
solitarii, S in axillis inferioribus circiter 3-nati ; pedicelli breves, 
glabri, Q quam robustiores. Flores ¢ : Sepala 5, obovato- 
elliptica, late 1-nervia, saa oe 5, magnae, planae, 
conspicue verrucosae. Stam lamenta in columnam gracilem 
connata ; antherae inter se Sictae Sepala Q quam maris majora, 
penninervia, obovato-elliptica, 3 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, glabra. 
Discus ae, crenatus, glaber. Ovarium elobosu m, conspicue 
verrucosum ; styli erecti, longi, graciles, bilobi, stigmatibus globosis. 
Capsula 3 mi diametro, superne valde verrucosa. Semina dorso 
arcte 14-sulea 
PA rotundifolia var. leucocalyx, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv., 
pt. 2, p. 406, partim 
Tropicat APRica. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1s ; German 
Rast Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann, 185; Rovuma Bay, Kirk ; 
Nyika Country, without precise locality, Wake ofield 
This species is easily distinguished from P. rotundifolius, Klein ex 
Willd., with which it was associated by Miiller, by the long, 
slender styles, globose stigmas and warted ovary. 
1287, Phyllanthus parvus, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae - Phy ‘1. 
lantheae]; ab omnibus speciebus africanis adhuc descriptis foliis 
linearibus, seamninbin 2 valde distinctus. 
Annua parva, 10 cm. alta; caulis gracilis, teres, ruber, glaber ; 
ramuli Se ie ad 4 cm. longi, subteretes, glabri. Folia amt 
subacuta, 8-10 mm. longa, 1°5-2°5 mm. lata, membranacea, nn 
viridia, wanes pallide rubra, marginibus recurvatis rubris ; petioli 
breves ; stipulae subulatae vel fere filiformes, 1 m mm. longae, integrac. 
Flores monoici, axillares, breviter pedicellati, Q in axillis superiori-. 
bus solitarii, ¢ in axillis inferioribus 2-3-nati. Flores 3 parvi: 
a 5, obovata, integra, sibs Disei glandulae 5, parvae, 
rotuindatae, fere laeves. Stamina 2; filamenta ad apicem connata ; 
antherae oblique dehiscentes. Flores Q: Sepala 5, uniseriata, 
oblance moa acuta, 1°5 mm. longa, glabra, costa lata, marginibus 
membranaceis serrulatis. Discus patelliformis, tenuis, leviter 
sidolaae: lobatus, glaber. Ovarium subglobosum, paullo lobatum, 
laeve ; styli breves, patuli, bifidi, stigmatibus non incrassatis. 
Capsula —— esso-globosa, 2 mm. diametro. Semina dorso laevia. 
TropicaL Arrtca. German East Africa: between Lakes 
Renpensilee and Rukwa, about 1830 m., Nuté. 
1288. ve mere Paxii, Hutchinson Sela Phyl- 
lantheae]; affinis P. glaucophyllo, Muell. Arg., foliis minoribus 
acute mucronatis, a 5, filamentis connatis rep te 
isc eds ; caules erecti, gracillimi, lignosi, teretes, glabri ; 
floriferi distantes, usque ad 11 em. longi, gracillimi, teretes, 
