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of stony ridges, tree 8-10 m. high, flowers green, native name (Chinyanja) mjenjeti, 

 300 m., Oct. 5, 1946, 17977. The variety in the Belgian Congo, Tanganyika Ter- 

 ritory, N. and ? S. Rhodesia, Angola; no specimens from Nyasaland hitherto in 

 Herb. Kew., but recorded in For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 2 (Nyasaland): 

 44 (1936). 



P. glauca differs from P. maprouneifolia only in lack of hair, and I consider 

 it no more than a variety of the latter. 



Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 5: 298. 1804; Hutch, in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 700. 1912. 

 Kota-kota District: Chia area, frequent on termite mounds in dry woodlands 

 of lake-plain, subscandent shrub 5-8 m. high, flowers green, sweet-scented, na- 

 tive name tantanyerere, 480 m., Sept. 7, 1946, 17563, Chikwawa District: Lower 

 Mwanza River, common in Acacia woodlands, shrub 3-4 m. high, native name 

 tantanyerere, 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17946. Widespread in tropical Africa. 



Phyllanthus nummulariifolius ("nummulariaefolia") Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 5: 302. 

 1804; Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 710. 1912. 

 Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain; Luchenya Plateau, frequent in shrubby 

 forest-margins, shrub 1.5 m. high, branches and foliage brownish-green, flowers 

 green, fruit red, 1820 m., June 25, 1946, 16427. In eastern Africa from the Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan southwards to Portuguese East Africa, S. Rhodesia and Nyasa- 

 land; also in Madagascar. 



Phyllanthus confusus Brenan, sp. nov. 



Phyllanthus rotundifolius Klein ex Willd. var. leucocalyx sensu Bak. f. Trans. Linn. 



Soc. II. Bot. 4: 38. 1894; non var. leucocalyx Muell.-Arg. 

 Phyllanthus hutch ins oni anus sensu Hutch, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 718. 

 1912, pro parte, quoad spec, nyasana; non P. hutch ins oni anus S. Moore. 



Affinis P. hutch insonianoy foliis plerumque minoribus tenuioribus margine 

 haud vel vix incrassato-recurvatis, nervis lateralibus sollenniter aegre cernendis, 

 pedicellis sepalisque fructiferis et capsulis minoribus, praesertim seminibus 

 multo minoribus satis differt. 



Herba vel fruticulus gracilis 10-120 cm. alta, glaberrima, saepe caulibus 

 primariis pluribus e plantae inferibus ortis, qui caules erecti vel suberecti, haud 

 vel parum flexuosi, graciles, plerumque circiter 1-1.5 mm. sed inferne usque ad 

 4 mm. diametro, subteretes, siccitate tenuissime longitudinaliter stxiati, atro- 

 purpurei, ramos laterales floriferos 0.5-9 cm. longos divergentes crebre sed 

 singulatim emittentes. Folia oblongo-elliptica usque elliptica, (1.5-) 2-8 (-9) mm. 

 longa, (0.8-) 1-4 mm. lata, tenuia, apice rotundata vel ea in ima rami parte plus 

 minusve mucronata, basi rotundata, pallide glauco-viridia et saepissime plus 

 minusve purpureo-tincta, marginibus haud vel parum incrassato-recurvatis, costa 

 utrinque tenuissima inconspicua, nervis lateralibus utrinque 3-5 aegre cernendis; 

 petiolus brevissimus; stipulae triangulari-acuminatae, 0.5-2 mm. longae. Flores 

 monoeci, luteo-virides, masculi parvi ex axillis numerosis inferioribus rami 

 singuli vel bini, foeminei majores ex axillis paucis superioribus singulatim ex- 

 orientes. Flores masculi 1-2 mm. longe pedicellati; tepala 5, obovato-elliptica, 

 concavo-convexa, apice rotundata, nervo unico centrali subsimplici fere ad apicem 

 percursa, 2.5 mm. longa, 1.5 mm. lata; disci glandulae 5, circulares, laeves; 

 stamina 2-3, filamentis in columellam circiter 1.1 mm. altam connatis, antheris 

 apice subsessilibus, thecis rima transversa dehiscentibus. Flores foeminei 1-2 

 mm. longe pedicellati; tepala 5, elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, apice rotundato 

 subcucullata, 2.5-3 mm. longa, 1.6-2 mm. lata; discus crenis brevibus 5 vel 

 nonnunquam subannularis; ovarium subglobosum, lobis 6 laevibus; styli ramis 



