Euphorbia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (BROWN). 507 
those on the under side of the stem united. Inflorescence as in £. 
egyptiaca, but involucre smaller, 4 lin. in diam.; glands with distinct 
although minute petaloid appendages much larger than themselves ; 
styles } lin. long, deeply bifid. Capsule and seeds not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 4fzelius! 
19. E. kilwana, V. £. Br. Annual, with prostrate or decumbent 
simple or branching stems 14-10 in. long radiating from the crown of 
the root, minutely puberulous or subtomentose all round at the tips. 
Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, }—3 in. long, 3-2 lin. broad, oblong, 
very obtusely rounded at the apex, oblique and rounded at the base, 
entire, glabrous above, thinly pubescent with minute curved hairs 
beneath. Stipules all free, subulate. Flowering-branchlets axillary, 
shorter than the leaves, with 2-5 involucres clustered among the 
reduced leaves or bracts. Involucres about 2 lin. in diam., very 
shortly pedunculate, obconic-campanulate, pubescent or subtomentose, 
with 4 glands and 5 minute lobes; glands minute, transverse, with 
small but distinct petaloid appendages. Capsule nearly 1 lin. in diam., 
somewhat acutely 3-angled, densely white-puberulous; styles very 
minute, about 4 lin. long, bifid. Seeds 4 lin. long, 4-angled, with 2-3 
slight transverse ridges on the faces, greyish.—J/. convolvuloides, var. 
mtegrifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 85. 
Mozamb. Distr. (erman East Africa: Kilwa-Singino, Brawn, 1292! 
The prostrate habit, very obtuse and differently shaped leaves, more acutely 
angled capsule and very minute styles, readily distinguish this from all forms of 
- convoleuloides, Hochst. It also dries much darker in colour. 
20. E. xgyptiaca, Boiss. Cent. Euphorb. 18. Annual. Stems 
spreading on the ground, 14-12 in. long, with alternate branches, 
puberulous all round with minute curved and scarcely spreading hairs 
or with longer soft or slightly woolly hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly 
petiolate, 2-6 lin, long, 3-3 lin. broad, oblong, rounded or obliquely 
subacute at the apex, very unequal at the base, usually slightly toothed, 
Sometimes entire, puberulous or pubescent on both sides or glabrous 
“Dove. Stipules all free or rarely those on the under side of the stem 
United, usually cut into 2 or more segments. Inflorescence as in 
ul 
rs Prostrata, Peduncles 3-1 lin. long. Involucre $ lin. in diam., 
nic-campanulate or globose-campanulate, more or less open down one 
side for the extrusion of the capsule, with 4 glands and 5 lobes, minutely 
