708 C'xxii. ErniORBiACE/E (iiUTCiiiNsox). [Phyllanthiis. 



glabrescent. Flowers diopcioiis; males numerous in fascicles in the 

 axils of the leaves or fallen leaves of the youn^ bianclilets, female« 

 similarly arranged but only 2 in each fascicle ; male pedicel very slen- 

 der, IJ lin. loner, glabrous or sparingly puberulous, female stouter, 

 2-3 lin. long, glabrescent or rather densely puberulous ; bracts large, 

 ovate-orbicular, membranous, soon falling off. Male flowers : Sepals 4, 

 obovate-oblong, \ lin. long, glabrous. Disk fleshy, entire, glabrous. 

 Stamens 4 ; filaments free to the base ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Female flowers : Sepals 4, larger than those of the male. Disk large, 

 fleshy, flat, entire, very minutely puberulous. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous ; 

 styles connate at the base, the free parts spreading out and flattened, 

 bilobed. Capsule o-4-lohed, 4 lin, in diam., glabrous. — Miill. Arg. in 

 DO. Prodi-. XV. ii. 41G ; Ficalho, PL Uteis, 249 ; Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 

 X. 157 ; Iliern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 9(jO ; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc, xl, 102. Cicca discoidea, Baill, Adansonia, i. 85. Phyllanthns 

 mioimdus, Miill. Arg. I.e. 418 (as to Kirk's specimen from Lake Nyassa) ; 

 Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 230. Secitrinega baill oniana, Miill. Arg, 

 I.e. 451. Diusperns discoideus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 501). 

 Fluggea ohovata, Baill. Adansonia, ii. 41 (not Xylophylla ohovata, 

 Willd.). F. nitida. Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 76, and in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 23G. F. hailloniana, Pax, I.e. in obs. 



Upper Guinea. S(Miefranil)ia: M])iiljein, Thierry, 209! near Albreda, 

 Leprieur ! 8ieka, near Albredii, Perrotfef ; Hivor Nunez, Heudelot, 102! 789! 

 Sioi-ra Leone : various localitios, y^/r?/t».v / Smi//he, 491 Mann, 8H2\ Scott-Elliot, 

 5086! 5923! To<jo: various localiiifs, Baumann, 5! Kerstiug, 29! 38! 164! 

 Dahomey, Poissonl Lagos: inti-rior, Roivland ! Awe, Dodd, 415! A-haslia, 

 Conservator of Forests, 452 ! Ijaye, Barter, 3420 ! Nortlieni Nigeria : Nu})e, 

 jSrtWer, 1498! Camerooiis: Mipinde, .Zf«^<'/-, 2083 ! 2530! 2890! 3138! Joluinn- 

 Alhreclitsluihe, S^anr//, 227 ! ^\\y.\, Ledermann, 2519 \ Dodo, Lederman)i^ 2810 \ 

 2909! 2945! 



"Krile Ziand. British East Africa: Mantavayo, Kdssner, 146! Taita ; Ndi 

 Mnxuw&m, Scott -Elliot, 6214! Uganda: Entebbe, .l/aAow .' Hudongo Forest, 2)a?(;e', 

 1016 ! 



ZtO'wer Guinea. Princes Island, Mann! Welwitsch, 339! Moller Sf 

 Qni)ifa<!. Island of St. Thomas, 3/o//f;-, 118 ! Gaboon: around Libreville, JST/ai/?^, 

 169! 194! 589! 1030! 1031! Anpola : Ciolunpo Alto; near Sange, Welwitsch, 

 340 ! Giizengo, Qossiveiler^ 455 ! 478 ! 4519 ! 4677 ! 4692 ! 



Mozamb. Slstr. Zanzibar, Bo?"?'» .' (iernian East Africa : various localities. 

 Hoist, 2176! 2718! Holtz, 344! 1792! 2718! Kirk! Engler, 2193! 2170! 

 Zimmerman, 1093 ! Stuhlmann. 144 ! 3437a ! 6051 ! 6289 ! 7093 ! 8084 ! 

 Sc/iejler, nil Bohm,90A\ Trotha, 23 \ Portuf^u.'so Kast Africa: Quilimane, 

 Stuhlmann, 559 ! Madanda forests, Sirynnerton, 1504 ! 1749 ! British Central 

 Africa : Nyasaland ; west shore of Lake Nyasa, Kir!c ! 



20. P. graminicola, Hutchinson ex S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xl. 101. A small herb; stems glabrous. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, rounded 

 at the base, 3-4 lin. long, 1 \-'l\ lin. broad, membranous, glabrous ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 on each side, spreading, distinct below, fading towards the 

 margin ; petiole \ lin. long, glabrous ; stipules small. Flowers dioecious, 

 males axillary, solitary or in pairs ; pedicel very slender, about 1 lin. 

 long, glabrous. Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, § lin. long, 



