210 F- P ftx « — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Pseudolachnostylidinae. 



coccos bivalves a columella persistente dissiliens. Semina ecarunculata ; albumen car- 

 nosum; embryo curvatus; cotyledones latae, planae; radicula longiuscula. — Frutices 

 vel suffrutices. Folia alterna, membranacea, integra, penninervia, bistipulata, breviter 

 petiolata. Flores in axillis foliorum fasciculati, Q cum C? mixti vel solitarii, utriusque 

 sexus graciliter pedicellati, pedicello Q insigniter elongato. 

 Species notae 4, inter se valde affines, omnes af'ricanae. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Herbacea, rhizomate perenni. Species Africae occidentalis . \. C. trichopoda. 



B. Fruticosae. Species Africae orientalis et una simul arabica. 



a. Petiolus eximie tenellus; folia flaccide membranacea . . 2. G. capillariformis. - 



b. Folia membranacea, sed haud eximie tenuia. 



a. Limbus 1 4 /j — 6 cm longus. Pedicellus fructiger 3 — 



4 cm attingens 3. G. fruticans. 



ß. Limbus 10 — 1 8 mm longus. Pedicellus fructiger ad 



1 5 mm attingens 4. C. somalensis. 



1. C. trichopoda Müll. Arg. in Journ. Bot. II. (1864) 328, in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 225; Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. pl. I. (1900) 956; Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 

 1. (1912) 73 S. — Herba suflrutescens ; caules e rhizomate lignoso Orientes, numerosi, 

 ad 40 cm alti, glabri, striati, subsimplices. Petiolus 2 — 4 mm longus; limbus glaucescens, 

 1 — 4 cm longus, 6 — 18 mm latus, ovatus vel rotundato-ovatus, subacutus, interdum 

 mucronatus, basi obtusus, glaber, membranaceus ; costae «ecundariae utrinque circ. 3 ; 

 stipulae ovato -trianguläres, denticulatae. Flores fasciculati; pedicelli q 1 breves, Q 

 fructigeri ad 2 J / 2 cm attingentes, capillacei. Flos q? l^mm latus; sepala orbiculari- 

 ovata, membranacea, glabra, albo-marginata ; filamenta altius monadelpha; ovarii rudi- 

 mentum tripartitum. Flos Q 3^2 mm latus; sepala ovata, acuta; ovarium glabrum. 

 Capsula 4 1 /2 mm lata, depresso-globosa. Semina grosse verrucoso-aspera. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Nieder Guinea, Angola, Golungo Alto, 

 trockene Schluchten zwischen Calolo und Muria (Wel witsch n. 327!). Loanda (Goss- 

 weiler n. 377). 



2. C. capillariformis (Vatke et Pax) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Phyllanthus capillari- 

 formis Vatke et Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (1893) 523. — Gluytiandra somalensis 

 Hutchinson in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 739 ex parte. — Frutex squarrosus, ramo- 

 sissimus ; ramuli juveniles acute angulosi, asperulati, mox glabrati. Petiolus 2 — 5 mm 

 longus, eximie tenellus; limbus 8 — 25 mm longus, 6 — 15 mm latus, ovatus vel ellipticus, 

 obtusus, saepe mucronatus, basi obtusus et in petiolum brevissime contractus, tenuissime 

 membranaceus, glaber; costae secundariae utrinque circ. 13, valde tenues; stipulae 

 trianguläres, denticulatae, 1 mm fere longae. Flores fasciculati; pedicelli capillacei, q? 

 5 mm, Q 2 — 2*/ 2 cm longi. Flos Qp 1 y 2 mm latus; sepala late obovata, obtusa, 

 glabra, hyalina, nervo medio viridi percursa; stamina fere tota longitudine monadelpha; 

 ovarii rudimentum parvum. Flos Q 2 mm diametiens. Sepala Q ovata, acuminata, 

 glabra, late marginata; ovarium glabrum. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Englisch Ostafrika, Kitui in Ukamba 

 (Hildebrandt n. 2696!); wahrscheinlich auch am Ostufer des Albert Edward Nyanza 

 (Scott Elliot n. 8063). 



3. C. fruticans Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIII. (1903) 276; Hutchinson in 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 739. — G. Engleri Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. 

 (I90i) 368. — Frutex 2 — 6 m altus, ramis tenuibus, pendulis; ramuli juveniles papilloso- 

 asperi, acute angulati vel subteretes, mox glabrati. Petiolus 2 — 3 mm longus; limbus 

 IV2 — 6 cm longus, 8 — 25 mm latus, ovatus vel ovatp-ellipticus, obtuse acuminatus, 

 basi obtusus et saepe obliquus, flaccide membranaceus, glaber, leviter glaucescens; costae 

 secundariae utrinque 4 — 6, tenues; stipulae 1 — 2 mm longae, lanceolatae vel trianguläres, 

 integrae vel denticulatae, acuminatae. Flores fasciculati vel 2 solitarii. albi; pedicelli 





