rhijllanthus.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 713 



pubescent. Leaves ovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, subcordate at 

 the base, J-J in. long, J-J in. broad, subcoriaceous, margin recurved ; 

 lateral nerves about 6 on each side, looped ; petiole J lin. long, 

 somewhat fleshy, glabrous ; stipules deciduous. Flowers dioecious, 

 males in pairs, females solitary. Male pedicel 2J lin. long, slender, 

 glabrous. Sepals 6, obovate, 1-nerved, membranous. Disk-glands 6, 

 rounded, pitted. Stamens 3 ; filaments free. Female pedicel stouter 

 than those of the males. Sepals 6, in 2 series, ovate, narrowed to the 

 apex. Disk cupular, crenulate. Styles o, rather thick, bilobed to about 

 the middle, spreading stellately over the top of the ovary. Capsule 

 globose, 3 lin. in diam. Seeds subtriquetrous, convex on the back, quite 

 smooth. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea: Jjahc, 3300 tt., Ckevaher, 12305! Fouta 

 JitUon ; high pLiteaux between Diiitiiiu and Uiaguissa, Chevalier, 12907 ! Diaguissa, 

 Chevalier, 12943 ! 



28. P. glaucophyllus, Sond., var. major, Mali. Arg. in Flora, 

 1864, 514. Stems numerous, slender, subsimple, arising from a woody 

 rootstock, angular or flattened, finely sulcate, glabrous. Leaves ovate, 

 mucronate, rounded or almost subcordate at the base, 4-9 lin. long, 

 firmly membranous, glabrous and often glaucous on both surfaces; 

 lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, looped some distance from the margin, 

 distirjct below; petiole very short, h lin. long, glabrous; stipules ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, subpeltately attached or auriculate at the base, a 

 little longer than the petiole, membranous, brown, glabrous. Male 

 flowers solitary towards the ends of the shoots ; pedicel very slender, 

 2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 6, unequal, oblong, obtuse, entire, the 

 largest about | lin. long and J lin. broad. Disk-glands 6, large, flat, 

 orbicular, peltately attached. Stamens 3 ; filaments quite free ; anthers 

 dehiscing at the side. Female flowers solitary in the lower parts of the 

 shoots; pedicel about 3 lin. long when in fruit. Sepals a little larger 

 than in the male. Disk flat and annular and slightly lobed, glabrous. 

 Ovary 6-lobed, glabrous ; styles free, bilobed, lobes very slender. Cap- 

 sule depressed -globose, 3- or obscurely (I-lobed, H lin. in diam., glabrous. 

 — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 393 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 23(5. 



KTlle Ziand. liritish Fast Africa : Ukainba ; Kitui, on waste ground, Hilde- 

 bratidt, 2690 ! 



Zio^irer Guinea. Angola: River Longa, G 0*5 W(?i7<?r, 4065 partly ! 



Mozamb. Blstr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Shire Highhuuls, 

 Buchanan, 154 ! 269 ! 1351 ! Adamson, 154 ! Blantyre, Scott ! Xdirandi 

 Mountain, Scott-Elliot, 8496! Mount Mhinji, Scott-Elliot, 8641! Rhodesia; 

 Broken Hill, Rogers, 8071! 



Occurs with the tyjK? in South Africa. 



2!). P. benguelensis, Midi. Arg. in Jonrii. Bot. 1864, 331. An 

 annual slender erect herb about 9 in. high ; stem terete, glabrous, 

 branched in the upper part; branches terete. Leaves oblong-elliptic 

 or oblong-ovate, obtuse or subacute, rounded and slightly unequal at 

 the base, 3-7 lin. long, 2-3i lin. broad, very membranous, glabrous on 



