514 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (BROWN). | Euphorbia. 
flowering node, one on a pedunculate flowering branchlet with 2 leaves 
and 1 in the fork it forms with the stem, 3-1 lin. long, cup-like, slightly 
5-grooved at the basal part, with 4 glands (2 of them conspicuously 
appendaged) and 5 subulate ciliate lobes, glabrous; glands rather large 
in proportion to the involucre, transversely elliptic or suborbicular, 2 
without or with rudimentary appendages and 2 with large petal-like 
white appendages 1-2 lin. long, 14-1? lin. broad, broadly cuneate- 
obovate, entire. Ovary glabrous; capsule and seeds not seen ; styles 
4 lin, long, bifid to nearly half-way down, with very thick clavate 
stigmas. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Leshumo forest, Holud ! Sesheke, Miss Gaird- 
ner, 423! 
Almost identical in appearance with Z. lupatensis, N. E. Br., but the revolute 
margins of the leaves, glabrous involucre and ovary, and thick clavate stigmas, readily 
distinguish it. 
32. E. lupatensis, V. 4. Br. Annual. Stem erect, sparingly 
branched, 1-1} ft. high, very minutely and thinly puberulous with 
curved adpressed hairs, glabrous to the naked eye. Leaves opposite, 
very shortly petiolate, 3-14 in. long, 3-1} lin. broad, linear, straight or 
slightly falcate, acute, obtusely rounded on one side of the very unequal 
base, entire, flat, not revolute at the margins, glabrous above, with 
some very minute scattered hairs on the somewhat glaucous under 
surface, venation conspicuously reticulate by transmitted light. Stipules 
free, minute, subulate. Involucres usually 2 together at each flowering- 
node, 1 on a rudimentary flowering branchlet and 1 in the fork it 
forms with the stem, 3 lin. long, obconic-campanulate, with 9 deltoid 
acute ciliate lobes and 4 conspicuously appendaged glands, puberulous 
with curved hairs outside; glands transversely oblong ; appendages 
unequal, petal-like, white, the two larger 4~} lin. long, 3— lin. broad, 
- very oblique, entire, twice as large as the transversely oblong ent 
smaller pair, Capsule about 1 lin. in diam., white-tomentose wit 
minute curved hairs; styles 2-3 lin. long, slender, nearly as long aS oy 
capsule, bifid at the apex, with slender filiform stigmas. Seeds § lin. 
long, ovoid, 4-angled, with 4-5 deep transverse parallel furrows on eac 
side, reddish. oe 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Lupata, Kirk: 
Very much like EZ. arabica, Steud. & Hochst., in appearance, but the leaves . 
seen by transmitted light are much more coarsely reticulated and the pubescence, 
gland-appendages and styles are quite different. 
33. E. glaucella, Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 737. Annual, 
2-15 in. high, with about 3-6 ascending main branches, NM PER 
forked, glabrous. Leaves all opposite or some of the lower alterna 2 
with a whorl of 3 at the apex of the main stem, petiolate, glabrous © 
both sides; petiole 4-4 lin. long; blade }-2} in. long, 1-+ lin. br 2 4 
linear, linear-lanceolate, oblong, elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse roa 
apiculate or acute or minutely 3-toothed at the apex, otherwise 3 a 
rounded or cuneate at the base. Stipules very minute oF ® . 
