Euphorbia. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (BROWN). 515 
Tnvolucres solitary in the forks of the branches or terminal, shortly 
pedunculate, 3-1 lin. in diam., somewhat subglobosely cup-shaped, 
glabrous, with 3-5 (usually 4) glands and 4-5 short oblong or sub- 
quadrate bifid or subentire fringed lobes; glands 3-2 lin. in their 
greater diam., transversely oblong or elliptic, entire, with a narrow 
firm (not petal-like) rim along the outer margin, green. Capsule 14-14 
lin. in diam., often rather longer than broad, exserted on a slender 
pedicel, thinly sprinkled with minute stout adpressed hairs or glabrous ; 
styles about } lin. long, free to the base, bifid at the apex. Seeds 
1-1} lin. long, oblong, subtruncate at each end, dorsally flattened, 
labyrinthically tuberculate-rugose or scrobiculate-tuberculate, dark 
brown (perhaps immature) or bluish-white, with a pale yellowish or 
whitish caruncle.—/. kwebensis, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 137. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: in a ravine along the bed of 
the Swakop River, near Haikamchab, Pearson & Galpin, 7550! Okahandya, 
Hopfner, 68 3 Dinter, 426! Rehoboth, Fleck, 4544; Leber River, TZvrotha! 
‘Gana-ams, Hartmann, 73! 76! Kuibis River, Range, 381! Sechem, Dinter, 1207! 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe Hills, Lugard, 
143! Mrs. Lugard, 81! 
Also in South Africa. 
34, E. dracunculoides, Lam. Encycl. ii. 428. Annual, erect, 
3-12 in. high, with the main branches alternate or opposite, ascending- 
spreading, dichotomously branched, terete, glabrous in all parts. Leaves 
Opposite on all the flowering parts, alternate on some of the lower parts 
of the stem and branches, sessile, 4-2 in. long, #-3 lin. broad, linear or 
linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rounded in at the base, apparently 
Somewhat glaucous. Stipules none. Involucres solitary at the forks 
or ends of the branches, subsessile or shortly pedunculate, 3-1 lin. in 
lam., cup-shaped, with 4 glands and 5 ovate-oblong or subquadrate 
fringed lobes, glabrous outside; glands about 4-3 lin. in their greater 
jam., transverse, narrowly oblong or half-moon-shaped, 2-horned. 
Capsule about 1} lin. in diam., exserted on a recurved pedicel twice as 
ong as the involucre, glabrous; styles }—2 lin. long, free to the base, 
deeply bifid, erect, with recurved tips. Seeds 1-1} lin. long, ellipsoid 
or ovoid, obtuse, white-rugose with a few smooth dark brown or dull 
green markings and with a peltate caruncle—Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 
2. 139, and Ic. Euphorb. 21, t. 91. £. glauca, Ehrenb. ex Boiss. 1.c. 
erg dracunculoides, Klotzsch & Garcke in Abh. Akad, Berl. 
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Bue Zand. Nubia: Soturba Mountains, Schweinfurth, 863! coast region, 
S ro zamb. Distr. German East Africa: in the Government garden at Dar-es- 
tam, Stuhlmann, 97 ! 
Also in Arabia, India and Mauritius. 
35. EL hedyotoides, V. H. Br. Probably perennial and more 
bic 1 ft, high. Stems 4-1 lin. thick in the specimen seen, repeatedly 
orked, thickened or clavate at the tips and with very short flowering 
