Euphorbia. | CXXIf. EUPHORBIACE£ (BROWN). 513 
ereci on Monro’s specimen, 6-12 in. long, slender, dichotomously 
branched, glabrous. Leaves opposite, very shortly petiolate, 4-3? in. 
long, 4-1? lin. broad, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, entire, 
with slightly revolute margins, glabrous on both sides, Stipules all 
free, minute, subulate. Involucres on peduncles 4-1 lin. long, solitary 
in the forks and terminal on the ultimate branchlets (in the type, from 
injury to the main branches, the new growths are reduced to much- 
branched cymose inflorescences), 4-3 lin. long and without including the 
appendages 3-? lin. in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous, with 4 unequally 
appendaged glands and 5 minute oblong toothed and ciliate lobes ; 
glands minute, with the 2 larger appendages }-1 lin. long and 3-3 lin. 
broad, the other two much smaller, all broadly cuneate-obovate to sub- 
orbicular, petal-like, white. Capsule immature, glabrous, exserted on 
a recurved pedicel ; styles 4-4 lin. long, shortly united at the base or 
almost free, bifid at the apex or sometimes divided nearly to the base, 
So that there appears to be 6 styles. Seeds not seen. 
_ Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Deka Siding, between Buluwayo and Victoria 
Falls, yles, 130! Victoria, Monro, 910! 
30. E. arabica, Hochst. et Steud. ex Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 33, 
ond Ic. Kuphorb. 12,t.10. Annual, erect, branching ; branches slender, 
laxly leafy, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, }-1} in. long, 
4-1 lin, broad, linear, straight or slightly curved, acute, obtuse at the 
base, entire, opaque by transmitted light, glabrous on both sides. 
Stipules free, subulate, sometimes as long as the petioles. Peduncles 
(or peduncle-like branchlets) axillary, 24-4 lin. long, slender, bearing a 
Pair of small leaves and 2-3 involucres, with or without a solitary one 
in the fork between the peduncle and the stem. Involucre 3-3 lin. long, 
Subglobose-campanulate, slightly narrowed at the mouth, glabrous, with 
4 glands and 5 deltoid-subulate ciliate lobes ; glands minute, transverse, 
With very inconspicuous appendages or none. Capsule nearly 1 lin. in 
diam., glabrous; styles about 1 lin. long, with slightly thickened 
Stigmas, Seeds % lin. long, oblong-ovoid, acute, sharply 4-angled, 
nearly smooth or but faintly rugose.—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
wit App. ii. 313. Anisophyllwm arabicum, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl, Aethiop. 
nS Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova, 1892, 359. 
Wile Land. Nubia: Uaratab Mountain, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 882! 
east region, Bent! Eritrea: various localities, Hildebrandt, 609! Schweinfurth, 
My 256, 1632 (ex Schweinfurth), Penzig. Abyssinia: Amhara, Sterker, 38! Dalac 
. —s Ehrenberg (ex Schweinfurth). British Somaliland: at the foot of Rugga 
8, Mrs. Lort Phillips! Yast shore of Lake Rudolph, Cockburn ! 
“31. E. leshumensis, N. £. Br. Annual. Stem 8-10 in. or 
ee more high, branching ; branches slender, spreading or ascending, 
=i Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 3-13 in. long, linear, 
mh €, obtuse or rounded at the unequal base, entire, with revolute 
n oe or some of the lower flat, glabrous on both sides; venation 
se and inconspicuous by transmitted light. Stipules free, minute, 
Subulate, Involucres on peduncles 4-1 lin. long, usually 2 at each 
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