510 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEA (BROWN), | Euphorbia. 
versely elliptic, with small white or red petal-like lobed or subentire 
appendages ;',-} lin. long. Capsule % lin. in diam., somewhat acutely 
3-angled, glabrous, exserted on a recurved pedicel 3 lin. long; styles 
minute, scarcely } lin. long, free, minutely notched at the apex. Seeds 
1 lin. long, oblong-ovoid, somewhat pointed at one end, truncate at the 
other, 4-angled, slightly rugose between the angles, pinkish-grey or 
glaucous.—Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xvii. 75, Anisophyllum 
mossambicense, Klotzsch & Garcke in Abh. Akad. Berlin, 1860, 30. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Rios de Sena, Peters, 33! Rio 
Mbaruri, Cavalho! Lower Zambesi at Tete, Kiri! British Central Africa: 
Rhodesia; Livingstone, Rogers, 7002! 
Var. nyasica, N. E. Br, Stems 8-24 in. long. eaves up to 5 lin. long, 5-3 lin. 
broad, Involucre }—3 lin. long, 3-1 lin. in diam., with rather conspicuous white or 
red appendages to the glands 3-2 lin. long, slightly lobed or entire. Capsule 
puberulous (at least on the basal part) with spreading hairs or glabrous, exserted on 
a pedicel 3-1 lin. long; styles }~4 lin. long. Otherwise as in the type. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 
Mc Clounie, 169! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! 
Var. Fischeri, N.E. Br. Branches pubescent all round (at least at the tips) with 
spreading slightly curved hairs. Involucre, excluding the appendages, % lin, m 
diam., thinly pubescent, with conspicuous petal-like deeply lobed gland-appendages 
3-4 lin. long. Capsule thinly pubescent (at least along the angles) with spreading 
hairs. Otherwise as in the type.—Z. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jabrb. xix. 117. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Salanda, Fischer, 32! Ugog® 
Stuhlmann, 386! 
The leaves of var. Fischeri are described as entire by Dr. Pax, but I do not find 
them so in the type. 
24. E. prostrata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 139. Annual. Stems 
several, spreading on the ground, 2-8 in. long, with alternate branches, 
often, but not always, slightly flattened from above, puberulous on the 
upper side, at least along a middle line, with minute curved hairs, glabrous 
on the under side. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 13-34 lin. long, 
3-2 lin. broad, oblong to elliptic or slightly oblong-obovate, obtuse or 
rounded at the apex, distinctly or obscurely toothed, sometimes ciliate, 
glabrous on both sides or with a few scattered hairs beneath, chiefly 
near the apex. Stipules on the upper side of the stem usually free, 
those on the lower side united into one deltoid or deltoid-ovate body, 
toothed at the apex. Inflorescence of short axillary leafy raceme-like 
branchlets, with 1 axillary involucre to each pair of reduced leaves, 
sometimes reduced to a cluster of 2-3 involucres on a short peduncle, 
with 2-3 pairs of minute spathulate leaves. _Peduncles 3-1 lin. long, 
glabrous. Involucre }-} lin. long, campanulate, glabrous or very thinly 
pubescent, with 4 glands and 5 lobes; glands minute, with the appendage 
just exceeding their margin or obsolete. Capsule }-3 lin. 10 diam., 
pubescent with spreading hairs along the somewhat acute angles, 
glabrous on the sides. Seeds 4 lin. long, 4-angled, transversely 
wrinkled, pale reddish Hook. Niger Fl. 498; Boiss. Ic. Euphorb. * 
t. 17, and in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 47; Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 156; 
