Phyllanthus] cxv. euphorbiace/E. 057 



G. PHYLLANTHUS L. ; Benth. &- Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 272. 



" Quileiulula," pi. " Ileinlula," is .';aiil to be an annual climbin<: 

 species of this genus, the leaves of which, mixed \nX\\ " Dilua " 

 (a kind of ferruginous river mud), the natives of Angola and 

 iienguella employ as a black dye ; they boil in the mbcture 

 tlie cloth articles which they wish to dye black (Welw. ms.). 

 Compare " Maloa," ante, p. 378. 



1. P. pentandrus Scimm, t Thonn. in Danske Vid. .Selsk. iv. 

 p. 193 (182D) {I'ln/hinthus). 



Diaspervs pentandrus 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 600 (1891). 

 P. p., 8, genuinus Muell. arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 337 (18GG). 

 P. foliis Lini, Hornemann, Ind. PI. Guin. Obs. p. 25 (1819). /'. 

 scoparnis Wehv. Apontam. p. 591, n. 110 (1859). 



LoANDA. — In hot sandy places in short grass near Imbondeiro dos 

 Lobos, rather rare ; fl. and fr. Jan. and Feb. 1858. Xo. 324. 



PiNdO Ani>i>N(;(>. — lu sandy bush}' places between Condo and 

 Quisonde, sporadic ; fl. and fr. ]\Iarch 1857. No. 322. In sandy 

 places close to the river Lombe near Lombe ; fl. and fr. March 1857. 

 Xo. 323. An annual, erect or suberect, slender herb, 1 to 2 ft. high, 

 branched like a bi'oom ; leaves oblong-linear, subglaucescent. In sandy 

 places at the river Cuanza: fl. and fr. March 1857. Coi.i,. Caup. 92i.». 



2. P. capillaris Schum. A: Thonn., I.e., p. 191 {rhijlantJcus). 

 ^, genuinus Muell. arg., I.e., p. 338. 



P. elegans pedicellis capillaribus pendulis, Hornemann, ^.c.,p.25. 

 Biasperus capillaris O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 598. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — A prettily green undershrub, li to 4 ft. high, 

 with greenish flowers on capillary peduncles. At the outskirts of 

 thickets in moist spots, in an excursion to Fonte de Capopa, not 

 plentiful, fl. and fr. Dec. 1854 : in wooded moist places about thickets, 

 near Sauge, fl. and fr. Dec. 1854 ; also by secondary thickets and at 

 the edges of palm groves, near Bango, fl. and fr. May 1855. No. 336. 



3. P. angolensis Muell. arg, in Journ. Bot. ii. p. 329 (18G4), 

 and in DC, I.e., p. 339. 



Diasperus angolensis 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — In pastures rather dry but flooded in the rainy summer 

 season, among low bushes, between Lopollo and Ferrao da Sola, 

 sparingly ; fl. and fr., Dec. 1859. N^o. 332. An annual, slender, 

 erectly branched, subglaucous herb, G to 8 in. high. In hot wooded 

 places near Lopollo ; fr. Feb. 1800. Coll. Caiu>. 921. 



4. P. loandensis Wehv. ex Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., 

 p. 329, and in DC, I.e., p. 342. 



DiasperxiM loandensis O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 599. 



Luanda. — An undershrub, woody at the base ; stem erect, 2 to 3 ft. 

 high, branched : branches virgate, elongated, very slender, erect- 

 spreading. In hilly bushy places on a clay soil behind Penedo. sparingly 

 and seen nowhere else ; fl. and fr. April to June 1858. No. 335. 



5. P. floribundus Muell. arg. in Linna\a, xxxii. p. 14 (18G3), 

 and in DC, I.e., p. 343 ; non H. B. ct K. 



Kirganelia (Anisonema) floribiinda Baill. Adansonia i. p. S3 

 (1860). Diasperus Muellerianus O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 597. 



