Phyllanthns.] cxxii. euphorbiace.« (hutchinson). 735 



Soutli Central. IJelgiau Congo: Katanga district; basin of Lake Moero, 

 Verdick. 



GO. P. Pynaertii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 267. 

 A tree ; branches glabrous, longitudinally sulcata ; branchlets solitary 

 or more often in fascicles, provided at the base with 3 triangular 

 subacute bracts, middle bract a little more developed than the others. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, more or less shortly acuminate, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, Ij-oj in. long, |-1J in. broad, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, paler beneath. Male flowers : Sepals 1 lin. long. Stamens 

 free to the base. Disk entire. Female flowers and capsules not known. 



Soutli Central. Belgian Congo: E(juateur district; Ealn, Pynaerf, STd', 

 1159. Bangala district; llwmh-A, Pynaert,2o. 



70. P. Verdi ckii. Be Wild. A'tudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, 

 i. 274, t. Go. An undershrub ; branches more or less compressed. 

 Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, mucronate, rounded or wedge-shaped 

 at the base, very shortly petiolate, 5-7 lin. long, \\-^\ lin. broad; 

 stipules filiform, J lin, long. Male flowers generally at the base of 

 the branchlets, 2 or 3 in each leaf-axil, shortly pedicellate : Sepals ">, 

 obovate, j lin. long. Stamens 3 ; filaments connate ; anthers free. 

 Female flowers in the upper part of the branchlets ; pedicel up to 

 1^ lin. long. Sepals 5, obovate, rounded at the apex, accrescent, attain- 

 ing when in fruit \\ lin. long. Ovary glabrous; styles 3, enlarged at 

 the apex. Capsule \\ lin. in diam. Seeds more or less reniform, about 

 J lin. long, striate. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Katanga district ; Lukaf n, Verdicl:, 407. 



71. P. oxycoccifolius, Hutchinson. Stems arising from a woody 

 rhizome, elongated, about 2 J ft. long, terete, glabrous ; flowering 

 branchlets distant, spreading, up to 3 in. long, subterete, glabrous : 

 internodes about IJ in. long. Leaves broadly ovate, acute or mu- 

 cronate, rounded or subcordate at the base, 3-G lin. long, 2-4 lin. 

 broad, rigidly chartaceous, strongly reticulate, with a thickened reddi^^h 

 margin, glabrous ; petiole about J lin. long ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, 

 acute, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Male flowers not known. Female flowers : 

 Sepals subfcliaceous, broadly obovate, rounded at the apex, 2^-3 lin. 

 long, 2-3 lin. broad, glabrous, with a distinct midrib and lateral nerves. 

 Disk thick and fleshy, entire, conspicuously beaded. Ovary 3-lobed, 

 smooth, shining ; styles slender, free to the base, bilobed for about one- 

 third their length, lobes slightly swollen at the tips. Capsule about 2 J lin. 

 in diam. Seeds trigonous, with about 15 lines on the back, 1 lin. long. 



]Lower Guinea. Angola: Munongue, here and there in open thickets, 

 Qossweiler, 3597 ! 



72. P. retineryis, Hutchinson. Stems slender, woody, about G in. 

 long, apparently arising from a woody rootstock, subterete, glabrous ; 

 flowering branchlets 1-1 J in. long, bearing 3-5 pairs of leaves, slightly 

 angular, glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at 



