474 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE® (BROWN). | Huphorbia. 
Plant laxly leafy; seeds faintly rugose 
or nearly smooth . : = . 30. £. arabica. 
Gland-appendages conspicuous, petal- 
like, often unequal, white or red. 
Erect annuals, unbranched at the 
basal part; leaves 3-14 
long. 
Young branches, ovary and capsule 
glabrous ; styles 3 lin. long, with 
thick clavate stigmas = . 31. ZB. leshumensis. 
Young branches, ovary and capsule 
puberulous ; styles 3—} lin. long, 
with filiform stigmas : 32. E. lupatensis. 
Perennials, much branched from ihe 
base, prostrate or erect; leaves 
3-i in. long. 
Involucre 3-1} lin. long, with 
dark purple-brown glands and 
white or red appendages. 
Stems puberulous ; gland # 
appendages inconspicuous . 8. EF. Kerstingtt. 
Stems glabrous; gland appen- 
dages very conspicuous . 9. B. zambesiana. 
Involucre about 4 lin. long, with 
greenish or yellowish glands 
and white or red appendages. 
Flowers axillary or axillary and 
terminal on short axillary 
branchlets; ovary minutely 
puberulous : 28. B. seclusa. 
Flowers in the forks of the 
cymes or branches and termi- 
nal; ovary glabrous. 29. BE. Eylesii. 
Leaves 1-4 times as long as broad, linear- 
lanceolate, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic 
or orbicular. 
+Branches, both sides of the leaves and 
capsule glabrous. 
Leaves of each pair unequal, one 
very distinctly larger than the ; 
other (see also 28, E. seclusa) . 27. E. inaequalis. 
Leaves of each pair equal or nearly 
equal in size. - 
Stipules 2 at each node, one on each 
side of the stem, ovate, toothed 
or fringed. 
Leaves 4-9 lin. long, oblong or 
elliptic-oblong . 6. E. glaucophylla. 
Leaves 14-24 lin. long, elliptic 
or suborbicular . . 26. E. serpens. 
Stipules more than 2 to a node, 
entire or divided, all free or 
those on the underside united 
into one body, often minute 
or inconspicuous. . 
