530 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (BROWN). | Zuphorbia. 
and irregularly denticulate (not ciliate) along the truncate top; glands 
13-2 lin. in their greater diam., transversely elliptic-oblong, with the 
outer margin rounded and minutely crenulate and the inner inflexed, 
forming avery short lip. Ovary erect, glabrous, with a small cupular 
minutely denticulate calyx at its base, its pedicel finally about as long 
as the involucre; styles united into a short column at the base, then 
recurved spreading, 1 lin. long, flattened, minutely bifid at the apex, 
capsule 5 lin. in diam. Seeds about 2 lin. long, and nearly as much 
in diam., subglobose, faintly 3-angled, slightly reticulated, without a 
caruncle, brown. 
Upper Guinea. North Togo: Gambaga, Norman! 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 150! and 2006! 
60. E. transvaalensis, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 394. A 
shrub 3-5 ft. high, usually with forked branches. Young branches 
23-41 in. long and 2-21 lin. thick, herbaceous, becoming woody with 
age, terete, hollow, glabrous, bearing a pedunculate umbel at the apex, 
which at first appears to be a mere continuation of the branch. Leaves 
2-3 and alternate on the lower part of each branch, with a whorl-like 
cluster at their tips, and a whorl of 3-4 at the base of the umbel; 
petiole 1-11 in. long, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs; blade 
1}-4} in. long, 3-2 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 
obtuse, rounded or subacute at the apex, minutely apiculate, cuneately 
narrowed into the petiole, glabrous on both sides or thinly pubescent 
beneath. Stipules none. Umbel solitary, terminal, with a peduncle 
2-8 in. long, and 3-4 simple or once or twice-forked rays 3-4 in. long, 
glabrous, deciduous. Bracts }-1} in. long, ovate, rhomboid-ovate,. 
subreniform or orbicular, obtuse, acute or slightly notched at the ape%, 
apiculate, abruptly rounded or cuneately contracted into a short petiole, 
glabrous on both sides or thinly pubescent beneath. Involucre 2-2$ lin. 
in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous outside, with 5 pubescent stripes (oppe- 
site the glands) inside, with 4-5 glands and 5 transversely oblong °F 
subquadrate ciliate lobes; glands 3-1} lin. in their greater diam., 
transversely oblong, obtusely or acutely 2-3-lobed or toothed oF 
subentire, pitted-rugulose on the surface. Capsule about 4 in, 
diam., exserted on an erect pedicel 24—5 lin. long, glabrous; no evident 
calyx; styles 2-1 lin. long, united at the basal half, then ascending- 
spreading, entire or obscurely bifid. Seeds 24 lin. long, ellipsoid ie 
ellipsoid-oblong, stoutly apiculate at one end, with scattered flat-toppe 
tubercles or irregular raised markings, brown or the tubercles different 
from the ground colour.—Z. ciliolata, Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. V1. 
743; Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 284, EZ. Getzit, Pax ™ 
Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 420, : . 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita Hills, 2000 ft., Grenfell ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Chella Mountains and Gambos, 2900-3000 ff 
Antunes, 781 ex Pax, between Gambos Fort and Mission Station, Pearson, 2137 * ; 
the Kubango River near Chirumbu, 3900 ft., Baum, 274! Benguella ; a oceaaie 
Gossweiler, 3630! German South-west Africa: Strejdsfontein, Dinter, 672: 
s wer al a, 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe; near the River — 
