Chtijtiandra.] cxxii. euphokbiace^ (hutchinson). 731^ 



1 in. long, very slender, gjlabrous. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 225 ; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 956. 



iMO-wer Guinea. Ano^ola : Golungo Alto ; dry mountain slopes between 

 Calolo and Muria, Welwitsch, 327 ! Loanda district, Gossweiler, 377 ! 



2. C. somalensis, Pax in Engl Jahrb. xxxiii. 277, jmrtly. A 

 small undershrub ; branches subterete or slightly angular ; flowering 

 branchlets more or less sharply angular, asperulate or nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves as in C. trichopoda. Male flowers : Sepals 5, broadly obovate, 

 entire, membranous, f lin. long, J lin. broad, glabrous. Disk saucer- 

 shaped, undulately 5-lobed, membranous, glabrous. Stamens connate 

 around an entire fleshy rudimentary ovary. Female flowers : Sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, subacute, 1 lin. long. Disk as in 

 the male. Ovary globose, smooth ; styles suberect, with globose stigmas. 

 Seeds deeply pitted. — Phyllanthiis capillar if or mis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 XV. 528, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 236. 



Nile Iiand. Somaliland : Dagaga, Ellenhech, 1026a ! British East Africa : 

 Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2696 ! east side of Albert Edward Xyanza, Scott- 

 Elliot, 8063 ! 



Occurs also in South-east Arabia. 



8. C. fruticans, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 276. A small much- 

 branched shrub ; older branches covered with a grey bark, which peels 

 ofl['; flowering branchlets up to 3 in. long, sharply angular, rounded or 

 slightly angular, glabrous or minutely asperulate. Leaves ovate or 

 ovate-elliptic, sometimes slightly mucronate, rounded at the base, 

 i-lj in. long, 3J-7 lin. broad, very thin and flaccid, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, slightly glaucous below ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, 

 arcuate, distinct below ; veins invisible ; petiole slender, 1-2 lin. long, 

 glabrous ; stipules subulate, subentire. Male flowers : pedicel about 

 1 J lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 5, ovate, subacute. Disk slightly 5-lobed, 

 thin, saucer-shaped. Stamens 5 ; filaments connate in their lower half, 

 supporting a fleshy subentire rudimentary ovary. Female flowers as in 

 C. somalensis. — C. Engleri, Pax, I.e. xxxiv. 368. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Tanga, Hoist, 2108 ! Derema, 

 Scheffler, 139 ! between Muhesa and Lungusa, Engler, 353 ! 



Pax stated in bis description of C. Engleri that no male flowers were present ; 

 on the type specimen, however, I found about three very smnll ones. I am unable 

 to separate it from C. fruticans. 



34. ZIMMERMANNIA, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 235. 



Flowers monoecious. Petals absent. Male flowers : Sepals 5, imbri- 

 cate. Disk flat, very slightly 5-lobed, lobes alternate with the sepals. 

 Stamens 5 ; filaments free, inserted around the base of a small 

 rudimentary ovary; anther-cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Rudimentary ovary small, slightly trilobed. Female flowers: Calyx 

 and disk as in the male, but larger. Ovary 3-celled ; styles ascending, 

 entire, swollen at the apex; ovules 2 in each ovary-cell. Capsule not 



