718 txxii. EUPiioiiBiACE^ (iiutcijinson). [PhyllaiUhus. 



37. P. Paxil) Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 316. A small 

 shrub; stems erect, very slender, woody, terete, glabrous; flowering 

 branchlets distant, up to 4J in. long, very slender, terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, sharply 

 mucronate at the apex, 2-6 lin, long, 1-2 lin. broad, thinly chartaceous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 1 1 on each side, con- 

 spicuous on the lower surface ; petiole J lin. long, slightly fleshy ; 

 stipules subulate, a little longer than the petiole. Flowers monoecious, 

 axillary, females solitary in about two or three leaf-axils towards 

 the ends of the branchlets, males geminate, occupying the lower part 

 of the branchlets; male pedicel slender, short, female stout and 

 thickened towards the top, about 2 lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers : 

 Sepals 5, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, | lin. long, faintly 1-nerved, margins 

 membranous. Disk-glands 5, small, conspicuously warted. Stamens 3 ; 

 filaments connate their full length ; anthers slightly connate, cells 

 parallel, dehiscing lon>;itudinally. Female flowers : Sepals o, ovate, 

 obtuse, 1^ lin. long, | lin. broad, slightly coriaceous, glabrous, with mem- 

 branous entire margins. Disk saucer-shaped or cupular, thin, ir.argin 

 crenulate. Ovary rather deeply lobed, smooth ; styles slightly divergent, 

 rather deeply bitid ; stigmas not swollen. Ripe capsule not seen. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Biitisli Centiiil Africa: Xortli N^asaliind, Whyte ! 



38. P. hatchinsonianuSy .S'. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 192. 

 A small shrub ; flowering branchlets produced singly, angular or very 

 slightly winged, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, rounded to a minute point, 

 rounded at the base, 3-4 lin. long, 1J-2J lin. broad, green, very thin, 

 glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, faint 

 below, invisible above, margins slightly recurved ; petiole \ lin. long, 

 glabrous; stipules ovate-triangular, acute, J-J lin. long, membranous, 

 brown, glabrous. Flowers monoecious. Male flowers : Sepals 5-6, 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, about \ lin. long, glabrous. Disk -glands 

 5-6, rounded, smooth. Stamens 2-3 ; filaments connate to the top ; 

 anthers dehiscing at the side. Female flowers : Sepals oblong-ellipsoid, 

 rounded at the apex, Ij lin. long, | lin. broad, with membranous 

 margins, glabrous. Disk flat, entire or slightly undulately lobed, 

 glabrous. Ovary subglobose, 6-lobed, glabrous; styles erect, bilobed 

 to below the middle, lobes not swollen at the tips. Capsule about 

 \\ lin. in diam. Seeds trigonous, convex on the back, 1 lin. long, with 

 about 7 lines on the back. — P. rotundifolius, var. leucocahjx^ Baker 

 f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, iv. 38, not of Miill. Arg. 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Kinga (Liviiigfstone) Mountains; 

 Ubena, Goetze.l^^l Portuguese Kust Africa : Gazaland ; Cliiniauiinaiii Aiountaius, 

 Swynnerton, 1524! Hritisli Ct-ntral Africa: Nvasalaud ; Mount Mlaiiji, Whyte! 

 Mahon ! Adamson, 354 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 987 ! 



Since Mr. Moore described this species I have associated with it several other 

 specimens which appear to me to le the same. They show variation in the number 

 of sepals (5-6) and stamens (2-3), a variation which appears to occur but rarely in 

 the genus, so far as I can judge after dissecting numerous examples of many of the 

 species. 



