726 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Phyllanthus. 



Male and female flowers few together in each leaf-axil ; pedicel up to 

 1^ lin. long, thicker towards the apex, glabrous. Male flowers : Sepals (I, 

 joined at the base, subequal, in a single series, oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, 1 J lin. long, J lin. broad, 1-nerved, membranous. Disk-glands 6, 

 large, flat, covered with 5-8 wart-like protuberances, very minutely 

 pitted, J lin. in diam. Stamens 3 ; filaments united to the top ; 

 anthers dehiscing obliquely. Female flowers : Sepals much broader 

 and more imbricate than in the male, in 2 series of 3 each, subequal, 

 several-nerved, 1| lin. long, 1 J lin. broad, rounded at the apex. Disk 

 irregularly crenate or lobulate, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly 

 lobed, glabrous ; styles thick, slightly recurved, free to the base, 

 thickened and fist-shaped or slightly bilobed at the apex, glabrous. 

 Oapsule not seen. 



Mozamb. Bistr. German Kast Africa : Usagara Mountains, raised and 

 grown at Kew from seeds collected hy Bishop Hannington ! also Sort. Mitten I 



52. P. myrtaceiU) Sond. in Linncea, xxiii. 134. A shrub; 

 branches flattened and slightly winged, glabrous ; flowering branchlets 

 flexuous, compressed. Leaves ovate or rarely ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 more or less rounded at the base, J-lJ in. long. J-J in. broad, sub- 

 membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous below; lateral nerves 

 6-7 on each side, slender, looped ; veins not distinct ; petiole J-J lin. 

 long, glabrous ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 lin. long, denti- 

 culate, glabrous. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers axillary, solitary or 

 in pairs: pedicel filiform, up to 2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals G, in 2 

 series, subequal, outer ovate, inner slightly obovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, 

 ■|-| lin. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands 6, nearly 

 flat and orbicular, slightly warted above. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate 

 in the lower two-thirds into a slender column ; anthers subglobose, cells 

 diverging, dehiscing obliquely. Female flowers solitary : pedicel 3-4 lin. 

 long, slightly thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Sepals G, in 2 series, 

 outer ovate-elliptic, subobtuse, 2 lin. long, \\ lin. broad, inner obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, 2J lin. long, 1 J lin. broad, more distinctly veined 

 than the outer. Disk thick, undulately lobed, glabrous. Ovary smooth; 

 styles spreading, slender, bilobed, lobes terete, not swollen at the tips. 

 Complete capsule not seen. Seeds smooth {bonder). — Miill. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 31)7; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 192. 

 P. revolutus, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 153, 211 ; Sond. 

 I.e. 135, name only. P. Bachmanni^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. h*10. 

 Diasperus myrtacens, O. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. PI. ii. 600. 



9iKozaxnb> Bistr. Giizaland: Pene and Chimanimani Mountains, 6'<t'f/nner^o», 

 1522! 1623! 6155a! 



Occurs also in Natal and Pondoland. 



53. P. Pseudo-nirnriy Miill. Arg. in Plora, 1864, 53'J. An 

 annual about 1 ft. high ; stem erect, terete in the lower part, deeply 

 grooved, flattened or slightly winged in the upper part, glabrous ; 

 branches winged. Leaves obovate or obovate-elliptic, obtuse, subacute 

 or rounded at the base, 4-6 lin. long, 2-4 lin. broad, membranous, 



