Phyllanthus.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (hutchinsox). 727 



glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 5-G on each side, distinct ou 

 the lower surface, scarcely evident above ; veins very slender, scarcely, 

 visible ; petiole ^ lin. long, glabrous ; stipules subulate from a broadened 

 base, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers very small, 2 or 3 together in 

 the axils of the lower leaves, shortly pedicellate ; females larger, solitary 

 in the axils of the upper leaves. Male sepals 6, 1 -seriate, ovate-elliptic, 

 J lin. long, 1 -nerved, membranous, glabrous. Disk-glands G, pitted. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments connate ; anthers dehiscing extrorsely or towards 

 the side. Female sepals 2 -seriate, 3 outer ovate-elliptic, subacute, J lin. 

 long, h lin. broad, 1 -nerved, membranous, glabrous, 3 inner a little 

 narrower and longer than the outer. Disk deeply G-lobed, glabrous. 

 Ovary globose, glabrous ; styles very slender, free to the base, bilobed, 

 lobes recurved. Capsule not seen. — jVlilll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 365 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 145 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C 23G. P. Xirvri, T. Thorns, in Speke, Journ. Nile, App. G47, not of 

 Linn. Dias})erus Pseudo-niruri, 0. Kuntze, llev. Gen. PI. ii. 600. 



KTlle £and. Ugaiulii : Unyoro, Speke elf Grant ! (lennau I'^ast Africa : 

 Kilimanjaro, Merker, Gil ! Usuiiibani, llulsi , 13! 



54. P. odontadenius, Miill. Ary. in Journ. Bot. 18G4, 331. 

 Annual ; stem 2-3 ft. long ; branches slender, ascending, flattened and 

 winged, glabrous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, J-^ in. long, 

 3-5 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 

 7-8 on each side, slightly raised on the lower surface ; veins not visible ; 

 petiole \ lin. long, glabrous ; stipules subulate or filiform, very acute, 

 1 lin. long. Male flowers few together in the axils of the lower leaves 

 of the branches ; pedicel very short. Sepals 6, subequal, oblong, ^ lin. 

 long, J lin. broad, very obtuse, membranous, 1 -nerved. Disk-glands 

 very small, lobulate. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate ; anthers dehiscing 

 extrorsely. Female flowers solitary in the leaf-axils of the upper two- 

 thirds of the branches, much larger than the males ; pedicel about 

 1 lin. long, thickened towards the top, angular or flattened, glabrous. 

 Sepals 6, in '2 series, the outer ovate, IJ lin. long, J lin. broad, the inner 

 oblong, Ij lin. long, J lin. broad, all obtuse, membranous, and 1 -nerved. 

 Disk annular, closely crenate, glabrous. Ovary globose, glabrous ; 

 styles short, slender, suberect, free to the base, bilobed, lobes filiform, 

 glabrous. Capsule enclosed by the whitish persistent sepals, globose, 

 about Ii lin. in diam., slightly trilobed. Seeds subtriquetrous, convex 

 on the back, longitudinally 6-striate, | lin. long, J lin. broad. — Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 3G5 ; Hiern in Cat. Atr. PI. Welw. i. I):)9 ; 

 Pax in De Wild, ct Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 48, ii. 56. P. san- 

 thomensis, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. ^lem. viii. 56. Diasj^erus 

 cdontadenius, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. GOO. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aburi Hills, Johnson, 471 ! Togo, Buttner, 134 I 

 Southern Nigeria : between Ibadan and Abeokuta, Schlechter, 12345 ! Cameroons : 

 Barombi, Preuss, 260 ! 



]bower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Chevalier, 14518! Angola: San 

 Salvador, BUftner, 276! Pungo Andojigo; deep satidy places on the Caleniba Island 

 in the Kivcr Cuanza, near Condo, Weltvifsch, 317 ! 



