714 cxxii, EUPHORBiACEyE (hutchinson). [Phyllanthtis, 



both surfaces, glaucous below ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, rather 

 faint ; veins not visible ; petiole J lin. long, glabrous ; stipules lanceo- 

 late-subulate, J lin, long, glabrous, Male flowers 1-8 in the axils of 

 the lower leaves, females solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, shortly 

 pedicellate, Male sepals 5, small, 1-nerved, membranous, glabrous. 

 Disk-glands 5, transversely elliptic, smooth and rather thin. Stamens 

 S; filaments free to the base; anthers dehivscing extrorsely. Female 

 sepals 5, 1 -seriate, elliptic, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, § lin. 

 broad, 1-nerved with several reticulate lateral nerves, and with 

 1-2 large glands on each side of the main nerve about the middle. 

 Disk large and fleshy, annular, entire or slightly undulately lobed, 

 glabrous. Ovary ovoid, slightly lobed, glabrous ; styles free to the base, 

 bilobed; stigma capitate. Capsule about Ij lin. in diam. Seeds much 

 flattened, faintly punctate, — Miill, Arg. in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 365 ; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr, PI. Welw. i. 1)59. Diasperus hengiielensis, 0. Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 51)8. 



ZiO^irer Guinea. Aiigolii: Pungo Andongo ; in sandy, bushy places on the 

 biuiks of the River Cuanza, near Caiiduinba, Welwitsck, Z15b i Bumbo; in fields, 

 Welwitsch, 315 ! 



30. P. arvensiSy Mull, Arg. in Joum. BoL 1864, 332. Stems 

 terete, glabrous; flowering branchlets short, about \\ in. long, glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic-iotundate, rounded or truncate at the apex, subcordate 

 at the base, 2J-4 lin. long, 1J-2J lin. broad, membranous, glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; margins recurved ; lateral nerves f»-6 on each side, 

 distinct below, not visible above; petiole very short, glabrous; stipules 

 subulate with' filiform points, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Flowers dioecious, 

 males solitary or in pair.*^, Male flowers : Sepals 5, obovate, rounded 

 at the apex, 1 lin. long, \ lin. broad, with a slender median nerve, 

 glandular-membi-anous, glabrous. Disk -glands 5, large and flat, slightly 

 warted. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate ; anthers dehiscing at the side. 

 Female flowers not known. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 405 ; Hiern 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 959. JHasperus arvensis^ O. Kuntze, Rev. 

 Gen. PI. ii. 51)8. 



Zioiver Oulnea. Angola: Huilla; Antuttes, 162! in vegetable fields near 

 Lopollo, Welwitsck, 313 ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. British Cental Africa: Nyasiland; Mount Zomba, 4000- 

 6000 tt., Whyte ! 



31. P. microphyllinus, Mall. Arg. in Joum. Bot. 1864, 332. 

 Stems very slender, elongated, probably arising from a rhizome, about 

 2 J ft. high, glabrous, terete, closely longitudinally sulcate; lateral 

 branches short, up to IJ in. long, terete, glabrous. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic, rounded at both ends or slightly narrowed towards the base, 

 H-2J lin. long, 1-1 J lin. broad, margin purple, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, with minute black dots on the upper; lateral nerves not evident; 

 petiole i lin. long, glabrous ; stipules subulate, with purple tips, j lin. 

 long. Male flowers shortly pedicellate, solitary. Sepals 5, 1 -seriate, 

 oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, J lin. long, § lin. broad, faintly 



