960 cxv. EUPHORBiACE^. \Phyllanthu8 



HuiLLA.— In fields cultivated with vegetables, near IjOpoUo ! A- 

 beginning of Jan. 1860. Only one specimen in herb. No. 313. 



16. P. Niruri L. Sp. PL, edit. 1, p. 981 (1753); Muell. arg. in 

 DC, I.e., p. 406. 



Diasperus Nirwri O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 600. 



p. gentunus Muell. arg. in DC, I.e., p. 406. 



LoANDA. — By dried-up swamps near Quicuxe, middle of July 1854. 

 At Maiango do Kei, 30 July 1854. An annual herb ; stem erect or 

 ascending, much branched ; leaves glaucescent-green ; flowers small, 

 from greenish to yellowish ; here and there in masses, in moist sandy 

 places and under the shade of shrubs, near Boa Vista and towards 

 Teba, fl. and fr. Dec. 1858. No. 314. A glaucous-green, leafy, 

 annual herb, a foot high. By dried-up swamps near Quicuxe ; fr. 

 July 1854. Coll. Cakp. 919. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In fields planted with Arachis hypogma L., near 

 Sange ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1855. No. 310. In kitchen gardens near 

 Bango-Aquitamba ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1855. No. 311. At the margins 

 of fields near Undelle ; fl. and fr. Jan. 1856. No. 3115. 



17. P. nimroides Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., p. 331, and 

 in DC, l.e., p. 409. 



Diasp&rus nimroides O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 600. 

 Sierra Leone. — In deserted or neglected fields near Freetown ; fl. 

 and fr. Sept. 1853. No. 316. 



18. P. mioropliyllimis Muell. arg. in Journ. Bot., I.e., p. 332, 

 and in DC, I.e., p. 409. 



Diasperus mAorophyVAnus 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 600. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — In mountainous cultivated places near the 

 prassidium ; fl. and fr. Feb. 1857. Only one specimen. No. 312. 



19. P. longifolius N. J. Jacquin, PI. Ear. Hort. Schcenbr. ii. 

 p. 36, t. 194 (1797) {longifolia). ■ 



Averrhoa aeida L. Sp. PL, edit 1, p. 428 (1753). Cieca distieha 

 L. Mant. PL p. 124 (1767); Lam. Encyol. M6th. ii. p. 1 (1786), 

 and Tabl. t. 757, f. 1 (1798). P. Gheramela Eoxb. Hort. Bang, 

 p. 104 (1813). P- Cieca Muell. arg. in Linnsea, xxxii. p. 50 

 (1863). P. distiehus Muell. arg. in DC, I.e., p. 413. Diasperus 

 distichus 0. Kuntze, I.e., p. 599. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — A small, elegant tree, 8 ft. high ; leaves 

 at the tops of the branches contorted ; flowers yellowish, on the bare 

 older branches. In a place deserted after cultivation behind Villa da 

 Praia, in the island of S. Thiago, only one tree seen, with comparatively 

 few flowers, probably introduced ; Jan. 1861. No. 3023. 



The leaves are less acute than usual in the species. 



20. P. disooideus Muell. arg. in Linnsea xxxii. p. 51 (1863), 

 and in DC, I.e., p. 416 ; Fioalho, PL Uteis, p. 249 (1884). 



Cieea discoidea Baill. Adansonia, i. p. 86 (1860). Biasperus 

 discodeus O. Kuntze, I.e. 



Golungo Alto. — ^A small, evergreen tree ; leaves somewhat fleshy, 

 obscurely green, somewhat glossy above, pallid beneath, distichous (as 

 are also the branches and branchlets) ; fruit tricoooous ; in mountainous 

 places, Altura do Cimiterio near Sange ; in young fr. 13 Dec. 1854. 



