208 F. P& x - — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Pseudolachnostylidinae. 



3. P. Dekindtii Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI1J. (1899) 20; Hutchinson in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (19 4 2) 673. — Cleistanthus nov. spec. Hiern, Gat. Welw. Afr. pl. I. 

 (1900) 956. — Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax in Baum, Kunene Sambesi-Exped. 

 (1903) 285. — Arbor 8 — 1 2-metralis vel frutex; ramuli juveniles graciles, dense ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosi, tarde glabrescentes. Petiolus 2 — 3 mm longus, tomentosus; limbus 

 3 — 6 cm longus, 1 x j% — 3 cm latus, oblongus vel ellipticus vel ovatus, acutus vel sub- 

 acutus, basi rotundatus vel subcordatus, saepe inaequilateralis, demum subcoriaceus, 



Fig. 17. A — C Pseudolachnostylis polygyna Pax et K. Hoffm. A Ramulus floriger. B Flos £. 

 O Fructus. — D — E P. glauca Hutchinson. D Flos #. E Fructus pars. — Icon. origin. 



utroque latere vestitus, subtus molliter pubescens; costae subindistinctae ; stipulae 

 spathulatae, 3 — 4 mm longae, pubescentes. Dichasia (J 1 dense pubescentia, aut axillaria 

 et pedunculata, aut secus ramulos breves, oligophyllos subsessilia; flores subsessiles, 

 7 — 8 mm lati; bracteae ovatae vel lanceolatae, inferiores longiores et latiores, carinatae, 

 ciliatae, pubescentes. Sepala 5, ovata, obtusa, firma, extus pubescentia; discus crenulatus; 

 stamina 5 — 7. Flores Q in axillis solitarii, pedunculo 3 — 4 mm longo bibracteolato 

 suffulti. Sepala ut in flore q^; discus annularis, dentatus; ovarium dense villosum; 

 styli bilobi. Capsula subglobosa, apiculata, 1 5 mm diametiens vel paulo major, glabra 

 vel subglabra. 



