512 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (BROWN). | Euphorbia. 
and 5 lobes, glabrous; glands minute, transverse, with a small trans: 
verse petal-like white appendage, rather broader than the width of the 
gland. Capsule not quite 1 lin. in diam., rather sharply 3-angled, 
glabrous. Seeds } lin. long, 4-angled, with smooth (not wrinkled) 
sides, reddish, somewhat glaucous on the sides but not on the angles.— 
Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 29. Anisophyllum serpens, Klotzsch & 
Garcke in Abh. Akad. Berl. 1860, 23. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel, 29! 
A native of Tropical and Central America, whence it has doubtless been intro- 
duced to the above locality. 
27. E. inzqualis, V. /. Br. Perhaps perennial, with a slender 
main stem } lin. thick, somewhat woody and tortuous at the base, as if 
arising from a deeply seated rootstock, developing at intervals of 4-} in. 
many weak slender angular glabrous branches 6-15 in. long, apparently 
decumbent or straggling. Leaves opposite, one of each pair much 
larger than the other, shortly petiolate, 2-5 lin. long, 3-2 lin. broad, 
oblong, rounded at the apex, very unequal at the base, minutely 
toothed, glabrous on both sides. Stipules all free, subulate or divided. 
Involucres on peduncles }—} lin. long, solitary, axillary, 1 to each pair of 
leaves of the branches or of the very short axillary branchlets, campanu- 
late, } lin. long, glabrous, with 4 minute glands and 5 lobes, 2 of the 
glands usually being double and 2 single (always ?), narrowly bordered 
on the back by a notched or shortly 3-toothed appendage. Capsule 
nearly 1 lin. in diam., glabrous. Seeds 3 lin. long, white, irregularly 
marked with impressed transverse lines and pits. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland, without precise locality, Miss Cole! 
28. E.seclusa, V.Z. Br. Perennial, with a woody rootstock. Stems 
many, probably prostrate, branching, slender, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 
shortly petiolate, one of each pair usually rather larger than the other, 
3-4 in. long, 3-2 lin. broad, linear-oblong, obtuse, rounded or obscurely 
emarginate and very minutely 3-toothed at the apex, rounded at re 
slightly unequal base, entire, glabrous above, with a scanty very minute 
pubescence beneath. Stipules free, minute, subulate. Involucres 0» 
peduncles }-} lin. long, solitary, axillary, } lin. long, obconic or pear 
shaped, very minutely puberulous with 4 conspicuously appendag 
glands and 5 rather broadly ovate subulate-pointed ciliate lobes ; glan 
transversely oblong, with petal-like unequal appendages §-4 lin. long, 
3-4 lin. broad, transversely oblong, more or less obtusely toothed, eo 
or red on the same plant. Capsule 2 lin. in diam., with a poe’ 
scattered very minute pubescence, at least when young; styles err 
} lin. long, bifid at the apex, with thickened stigmas. Seeds } lin. long; 
art aia acute, acutely 4-angled, faintly rugulose on the sides, 
reddish. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: east of Amba Tokhan, Schweinfurth & Riva, 612 
29, E. Eylesii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1905, 52. Perennial, pin 
woody rootstock. Stems numerous, procumbent (Lyles), but appareD 
