Fhyllanthits.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 715 



1-nerved, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 5, orbicular, flattened, 

 covered with wart-like protuberances. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate ; 

 anthers 4-lobed, dehiscing obliquely. Female flowers not known. — 

 Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 409 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 960. F. arvensis, Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 281, not of 

 Miill. Arg. Diasperus microphyllinus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 600. 

 laovrer Guinea. Angola: Fungo Andongo; in mouniainous cultivated placi a 

 near the Praesidium, Welwitsch, 312 ! Amboe lla district ; by the Louga River at 

 Nnpahinka, Baum, 590 ! 



32. P. sublanatuSy Schum. d- Thoim. Beskr. Guin. PI. 420. Stetii 

 terete, glabrous ; branches slender, spreading, slightly angular, glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base and apex, 1^-4 lin. long, 

 1-1 J lin. broad, membranous, very slightly woolly or nearly glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, slightly promi- 

 nent above, indistinct below ; petiole very short, J lin. long, glabrous ; 

 stipules subulate, glabrous, about \ lin. long. Flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, males towards the base of the flowering branch, females in the 

 upper part ; pedicel J lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers : Sepals 5, 

 very small, about J lin. long. Disk-glands very minute. Stamens 3 ; 

 filaments connate ; anthers subconnate. Female flowers : Sepals 5, sub- 

 equal, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, J lin. long, J lin. broad, with a broad 

 middle nerve, membranous towards the margin. Disk entire, annular, 

 glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, slightly 6-lobed, glabrous ; stigmas 3, sessile. 

 Capsule depressed-globose, obscurely 6-lobed, 1 lin. in diam. Seeds 

 Bubtriquetrous, convex on the back, | lin. long, \ lin. broad, marked 

 with close longitudinal lines, about seven of them on the outer convex 

 side. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 359. Diasperus sitblanatus, 

 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 601. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bnya,hny&, Scott -Elliot, 'i267 \ Gold Coast ; 

 Accra, Ansell J and without precise h)calit\, Thonning ! 



33. P. niruroides, Miill. Arg, in Journ. Bot. 1864, 331. An 

 annual herb up to 2J ft. high ; stem erect, longitudinally grooved, 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, apex mucronate, rounded 

 or slightly cuneate at the base, 3-4 lin. long, 1-2 lin. broad, mem- 

 branous, ^^labrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves inconspicuous ; petiole 

 short, glabrous ; stipules filiform, scarcely 1 lin. long, glabrous. Male 

 flowers two or three together in the axils of the lower leaves ; pedicel 

 very short. Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, h Hn. long, 1-nerved, 

 membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 5, rounded, fleshy, warted. 

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

 flowers solitary in the upper leaf-axils ; pedicel thickened towards the 

 top, ^ lin. long, glabrous. Sepals larger than in the male. Disk stellately 

 5-lobed, flat, thin, glabrous. Ovary slightly lobed, densely covered with 

 wart-like protuberances ; styles very slender, free, bilobed to about the 

 middle, lobes linear, terete. Capsule trilobed, depressed-globose, 1 lin. 

 in diam., conspicuously warted. Seeds flattened on the sides, convex 

 on the back, marked with several longitudinal line^\ — Miill. Arg. in 



