468 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEX (BROWN). | Synadenium. 
very shortly pubescent on the upper surface, especially near the 
margins, glabrous beneath. Cymes numerous, axillary, 44-5} in. 
long, about 2 in. in diam., or the lower much smaller, with peduncles 
2-8 in. long, umbellately divided at the apex into 3-4 main branches, 
- which are once (or perhaps when fully developed twice) forked, shortly 
pubescent ; bracts free, concave, subquadrate and 23 lin. long and broad 
when flattened out, truncate and minutely toothed at the apex, 
puberulous on both sides. Involucre 3-4 lin. in diam., with a 
spreading light green rim-like gland, pubescent on the basal half, 
glabrous above. Ovary not seen, only male involucres on the 
specimen 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Gazaland; by the Chipetzana 
River, 3000 ft., Seynnerton, 1505! 
This species differs from S. Grantii in its pubescence and from S. Kirkii by the 
entirely glabrous under-surface of the leaves, absence of a wing-like keel beneath the 
midrib, and the very much larger involucres. 
10. S. Grantii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5633, A shrub 8-10 ft. 
high, branching from near the base, with the main stem up to 5or 6 in. 
thick ; bark of the older parts pale greyish. Younger branches 3-4 in. 
thick, terete, glabrous, green and somewhat fleshy, becoming woody 
and thickening with age. Leaves alternate, thinly fleshy, 3-7 in. long, 
1-23 in. broad, oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, 
gradually tapering from above the middle into a stout petiole $3, 1B: 
long, flat or slightly wavy, entire or minutely toothed, minutely ciliate 
(cilia not always evident on dried specimens), glabrous on both sides, 
opaque grass-green, reticulately veined with darker green, paler beneath 
and often tinted with reddish on the prominent obtuse midrib. Cymes 
axillary, repeatedly forked, 3-6 in. long (including the 1-2 in.-long 
peduncle), 2-4 in. broad, thinly pubescent with spreading hairs on = 
upper part, glabrous below; bracts }-} in. long, 13-2} lm. broad, 
subquadrate, very obtuse or subtruncate, entire, minutely pubesean’s 
red. Involucres bisexual or entirely male, about } in. in diam., a 
1 lin. deep, shallowly basin- or saucer-shaped, with an entire apreadne 
rim-like gland, dark red, pubescent on the basal part; lobes a 
overtopping the rim, glabrous. Ovary puberulous, or pubescent; perlan 
scarcely more than a mere truncate or minutely 3-lobed rim; styles 
connate at the basal half, deeply bifid above; stigmas divergiM& 
reeurved,—Oliver in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxix. 145. ; 
Wile Land. Uganda: near villages in Madi, Speke § Grant, Tae 
cultivated specimens ! wt 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Karagwe ; Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 381i - 
Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; near Boruma, Menyharth, 614! ‘ 
Deseribed from the original plant, still in cultivation at Kew. The eee 
collected by Menyharth appears to be this species, but the material seen mig 
admit of dissection. Another specimen at Kew is accompanied by an extract fr 
a letter “from A. M. Fleming to Mr. Millar, 2 London Wall Buildings,” veer 
the following information: ‘Much sought after by the natives of Barotse-lan oe 
a cure for leprosy. This plant comes from the Zambesi Valley and is somewhat rare, 
