Phyllanthus.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (uutchinson) 719 



39. P. Boehmii^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 525. A glabrous annual ; 

 stem slender up to 15 in. high, slightly sulcate ; flowering branchlets 

 distant, up to 2 in. long, very slender, slightly angular or winged, 

 bearing about 8 pairs of leaves. Leaves elliptic or oblong- elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, slightly narrowed to the base, 2-4 lin. long,l-2 lin, 

 broad, thinly chartaceous, with reddish margins,* lateral nerves not 

 visible ; petiole about J lin. long ; stipules filiform-subulate, about twice 

 the length of the petiole. Flowers morKPcious, males small and two or 

 three together towards the base of the branchlets, females larger and 

 solitary in the upper half of the branchlets ; pedicel of the female 1 lin. 

 long, of the male much shorter. Male flowers : Sepals 5, small, 1- 

 nerved,oblanceolate, rounded at the .ipex. Disk-glands 5, rounded, fleshy, 

 smooth. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate to near the top; anthers dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Female flowers : Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, 

 J lin. long, \ lin. broad, without a distinct midrib. Disk fleshy, cupu- 

 lar, undulately lobed, minutely beaded. Ovary globose, distinctly lobed, 

 smooth ; styles erect or suberect, bilobed, lobes not swollen at the 

 apex. Capsule Ij lin. in diam., surrounded by the membranous persis- 

 tent sepals. Seeds marked on the back with about 15 very close lines. 

 —Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 



wile I^and. Abyssinin ; Begemeder; Selam uka> near Debra Tabor, -^r^mj^tfr, 

 1165! 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Uganda; swamp near Gonda, 

 Bohm, 149 ! 



40. P. Dekindtiiy Hutchinson. An annual up to 1 ft. high, more 

 or less branched ; stem and flowering branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic or obovate-elliptic, obtuse or slightly mucronulate, a little nar- 

 rowed at the base, about 2 lin. long and 1 J lin. broad, with purplish or 

 carmine minutely serrulate margins, glabrous, lateral nerves not visible ; 

 petiole very short ; stipules subulate, about J lin. long. Flowers monoe- 

 cious, males small and one or two together towards the base of the 

 branchlets, females larger and solitary in the upper part of the branchlets. 

 Male flowei-s : pedicel J lin. long. Sepals 5, oblong-obovate, rounded at 

 the apex, | lin. long, membranous. Disk-glands 5, coarsely warted. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments connate to the apex ; anthers dehiscing at the 

 side. Female flowers : Sepals larger than those of the male. Disk 

 crenulate, flat. Ovary shortly stipitate, subglobose, smooth ; styles 

 spreading over the top of the ovary, bilobed, not swollen at the tips. 

 Capsule slightly trilobed, 1 lin. in diam., smooth. Seeds marked with 

 about fifteen lines on the back. 



Xiower Ouinea. Angola: Pntigo Andongo, 7^ew*ez, 38 ! Huilla: Mounyino, 

 Lekindt, TIZ ! 283 I 



41. P. Dinteriy Pax in Evgl. Jc^irh. xliii. 75. A woody under- 

 shrub about 3 ft. high ; stems much branched ; flowering branchlets up 

 to 2J in. long, distinctly asperulate. Leaves obovate, subacute, 2-3 lin. 

 long, 1-2 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent or asperulate ; lateral nerves 

 3-4 on each side, slightly prominent below ; petiole short, glabrous ; 



