Phyllanthus,] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchixson). 729 



subcordate at the base, 1 J lin. long, 1 J lin. broad, the inner oblanceolate, 

 subacute, IJ lin. long, } lin. broad, all with a broad green midrib and 

 membranous. Disk entire, rather thick, fleshy, not at all crenulate. 

 Ovary smooth, lobed ; styles slightly spreading, rather stout ; stigmas 

 swollen and slightly bifid at the apex. Capsule depressed-globose, 

 slightly lobed, about IJ lin. in diam. Seeds with 6 longitudinal lines 

 on the back. 



lorile &and. Somalilaiid : mountains near Hamara Burgi, in the valley of the 

 River Sagan, Hiva, 1590 ! 1758. 



57. P. aspericaulis. Pax in Engl. Jokrh. xliii. 218. A small 

 shrub; branches angular, distinctly asperulate ; flowering branchlets 

 li-2 in. long, asperulate. Leaves obovate, mucronate, cuneate at the 

 base, 2-4 lin. long, 1^-3 lin. broad, chartaceous, asperulate on the nerves 

 on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, spreading ; petiole 

 } lin. long, glabrous; stipules lanceolate, | lin. long, membranous, mar- 

 gins serrate-ciliate. Flowers monoecious, axillary, one female and about 

 two males in each leaf-axil, the males much smaller than the females; 

 pedicel short, glabrous. Male flowers : Sepals 6, ovate, with a rather 

 brojid midrib. Disk-glands (5, fleshy, rounded, slightly warted. Stamens 

 3 ; filaments connate for a little more than half their length ; anther- 

 cells diverging, dehiscing at the side. Female flowers : Sepals G, larger 

 than those of the male, subacute. Disk fleshy, annular, undulate. Ovary 

 6-lobed, subglobose, smooth ; styles short, suberect, slightly swollen and 

 bifid at the apex. Capsule depressed-globose, slightly 6-lobed. Seeds with 

 C-7 longitudinal lines on the back. 



Mozamb. Distr. German p]ast Africa: East Ukerewe ; among granite rocks 

 above Kugunguli, JJhlig, 117 ! 



58. P. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 77. A small glabrous 

 annual or subshrub ; stems more or less quadrangular; flowering 

 branchlets rather slender, up to 4 J in. long, angular, smooth. Leaves 

 oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at both ends, sometimes minutely 

 mucronate at the apex, J-f in. long, 3-5 lin. broad, thin ; lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side, slender and not or very slightly elevated on the 

 lower surface ; petiole J lin. long ; stipules ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 reddish-purple, a little longer than the petiole. Flowers monoecious^ 

 3 or 4 males together, females solitary ; male pedicel short, female 

 \\ lin. long. Male flowers : Sepals 6, ovate-oblong, subacute. Disk- 

 glands ('), flat, rounded, conspicuously warted. Stamens 3 ; filaments 

 connate in the lower two-thirds, free above ; anthers at length spreading^ 

 the dehiscence continuous at the top of the cells. Female flowers : Sepals 

 6, in 2 distinct series, the outer 3 ovate, the inner oblanceolate, obtuse. 

 Disk large and conspicuous, cupular, the margin incised like the teeth 

 of a comb, the whole enveloping nearly half of the ovary when some- 

 what young. Ovary lobed, smooth ; styles free to the base, somewhat 

 slender and suberect, bilobed, lobes linear and not at all swollen at the 

 apex. Capsule rather deeply 3-lobed, about Ij lin. in diam. Ripe 

 seeds not seen.— Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 



