466 CXXII, EUPHORBIACE£ (BROWN). [Synadenium 
shorter than the involucre, puberulous. Involucre 2} lin. in diam. 
shallowly cup-shaped, with a spreading entire rim-like gland, minutely 
pubescent on the basal part, glabrous above. Ovary exserted, minutely 
subtomentose. Capsule 3 lin. long, deeply 3-lobed as seen from above, 
with compressed and somewhat keeled lobes, smooth, thinly and minutely 
puberulous (glabrous to the eye), exserted on a pubescent pedicel.— 
Baill. Adans. iii, 143. S. piscatoriwm, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 129, 
and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. ©. 242. Huphorbia? pereskiefolia, Houllet 
ex Baill., Adans. i. 105; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii, 176, 1269. £. 
sulcata, Lem. ex Boiss. l.c., 176.% 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Stuhlmann, 468! 
Introduced into the Paris Botanic Garden in 1853 from the Botanic Garden at 
Bourbon, by A. Richard. 
6. S. molle, Pax in Lngl. Jahrb. xiii. 88. Branches as in S. Grant, 
glabrous. Leaves 34-4} in. long, 14-23 in. broad, obovate, rounded 
at the apex into a small deltoid acute point }-} in. long, cuneately 
tapering from above the middle into a 4-1} in.-long petiole, finely pub- 
escent all over on both sides, minutely erose-denticulate at the margins, 
but this is not always evident on dried specimens; midrib beneath with 
a distinct narrow wing-like acute keel not more than } lin. broad at the 
base, minutely and irregularly toothed along the edge, not wavy: 
Peduncles axillary, 4-? in. long, umbellately branching at the apex into 
3-4 rays }-2 in. long, which are forked once or twice and bear a sessile 
involucre in the forks and at their ends, pubescent on all parts, oF 
almost tomentose on the ultimate branchlets; bracts free, about 16 a 
long, subquadrate and ;1, in. broad when flattened out, concave, slightly 
notched at the apex, densely pubescent or subtomentose. ine 
unisexual (no female flowers seen), 4—-} in. in diam., very broadly an 
shallowly basin- or almost saucer-shaped, open or notched to Legit 
down on one side (always ?) with an entire spreading rim-like age : 
pubescent outside, apparently crimson ; lobes erect, overtopping ¢ . 
gland, pubescent on the back. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kibwesi, in Ukamba, Scheffler, 137! 
7. S. Kirkii, V. #. Br. Branches as in S. Grantii, a 
Leaves 34-4} in. long, 1}-2 in. broad above the middle, cuneate?) 
obovate, broadly rounded with a short deltoid point at the re 
tapering from %—3 of the way up into a long wedge-shaped basal pat ‘ 
with scarcely any petiole, narrowly revolute at the margins, ier? re 
acute wavy entire wing-like keel 3-1 lin. broad along the ™ pe 
beneath, very thinly covered with very minute pubescence aboves re 
conspicuous at the margins, pubescent along the wing of the ml pt 
but otherwise glabrous beneath. Cymes probably axillary, ee e 
branches only seen, 1}—1 in. long, twice forked, with a sessile invo it 
“in each fork and at the ends of the branchlets, rather minutely re 
cent; bracts free,: concave, ;-4 in. long and }4-% in. broad whe 
10-8 : 
flattened out, subquadrate, subtruncate or very broadly angular at the 
