(;92 cxxTT. EuniORBTACE^ (tiutchikson). [Lingelshewiia. 



4. L. tessmanniana, Jfvtchinson. Hranchlets angular when 

 young, at lengtli subteiete, glabrous; interuodcs |-1 in. long. Leaves 

 .sessile, obliquely oblong-elliptic or ovate oblong, acutely acuminate, 

 rounded and unecjual-sided at the base, one half of the blade produced 

 about ] lin. below the other, 2^-4^ in. long, 1^—2 in. broad, sharply 

 and rather remotely dt^nticulate, subcoriaceous, glabrous and con- 

 spicuouslv reticulate on both surfaces; lateral nerves 0-7 on each side, 

 1 opod and branched well witliin the margin, prominent on both sur- 

 faces; veins rather close, conspicuous; stipules small and very early 

 deciduous. Flowers diucions, sessile in axillary clusters. Male flowers : 

 Srpals 4, suborbicular, nearly 2 lin. in diam., coriaceous, tomentellous 

 outside, puberulous inside. Stamens 8-10; filaments stout^ glabrous ; 

 anthers J lin. long. Disk deeply divided, segments fleshy, rusty- 

 pubei ulous. I^'emale flowei-s not known. — Cyclostemon tessmannianns, 

 Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 2:50. 



Iiower Guinea. Sp:mi>li Guinea: on the way to Nsangbrang, Tessmann, 

 990 ! • 



5. L. parvifolia, //?«^c/im.s'072. A small shrub ; branchlets terete, 

 glabrous or with a few scattered whitish hairs on tl.e young shoots; 

 bark light yellowish-grey when di-y. Leaves somewhat crowded, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acumen subacute, rounded and subequal 

 at the base, U-''J in. long, ^-1 J in. broad, papery or slightly coriaceous, 

 closely reticulate, serrate or somewhat lepand-dentate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; lateral nerves A-b on each si«le, looped and reticulate some 

 distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves 

 reticulate ; petiole scarcely J lin. long, very finely wrinkled, glabrous; 

 stipules lanceolate, 2 lin. long, nearly glabrous, very soon deciduous. 

 Male flowers axillary, fasciculate on the young branchlets ; bracts small, 

 ovate, acute, densely ciliate ; pedicel about 1 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 

 usually 4, orbicular, tliinly coriaceous, glabrous except for the ciliolate 

 margin, strongly imbricate. Stamens 10-14; filaments very short, 

 glabrous. Disk lobed, wrinkled, glabrous. Female flowers not known. 

 — Cyclostemon parrifolins, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1804, 582, and in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 480 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 279. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Northern Nigeria : Nupe, ^ar^er, 

 1032! 1700! 



31. PHYLLANTHUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 Ph iii. 272. 



Flowers monoecious or sometimes dia^cious. Petals absent. Disk 

 always present in the African species. Male flowers : Sepals 4-0, free 

 or slightly joined at the base, imbricate, and when 4 or often in 2 

 series. Disk of separate glands (annular in 19, P. discoideus) ; glands 

 usually fleshy, smooth or more or less warted. Stamens 2-G, in the 

 centre of the flower ; filaments free or connate, or some free and the 

 others connate; anthers 2-celled, oblong or rounded, the cells parallel 

 and dehiscing leugitudinally, or diverging from the apex, the line of 



