Euphorbia.| CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (BROWN). 563 
116. E. Teke, Schweinf. ex Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 118. An 
enormous tree (Schweinfurth). Young branches fleshy, 4-angled, about 
+ in. in diam. when dried, glabrous, armed with stipular spines. Leaves 
3-12 in. long (including the petiole) and 1-3 in. broad or larger, 
elongated cuneate-obovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, gradually 
tapering from much above the middle into the 4-1 in.-long petiole, 
coriaceous or somewhat fleshy, with the midrib prominent and rounded 
beneath, glabrous on both sides. Spines 14-2 lin. long, straight, 
blackish, in pairs, diverging, not connected by a horny border along 
the angles. Cymes in the axils of the leaves, sessile, composed of 2-4 
peduncle-like branches 14-21 in. long, each with two smaller branches 
4-} in. long at the apex, terminating in a sessile solitary involucre. 
Bracts under the involucre 24 lin. long, 14 lin. broad, ovate, obtuse 
and slightly fringed at the apex, keeled down the back, thin and sub- 
membranous, only present on the youngest involucres, very deciduous, 
leaving prominent rigid scars. Involucre 43-5 lin. in diam. and about 
2 lin. deep, broadly cup-shaped, with 5 glands and 5 broadly cuneate 
transverse lobes, fringed with fine teeth along the truncate top, glabrous 
outside and within ; glands 13-3 lin. in their greater diam., transversely 
elliptic-oblong, entire. Ovary glabrous, on a very stout pedicel shorter 
than the stamens, erect, with a calyx of 3 subulate lobes 1-1} lin. 
long, often with a smaller tooth at their base; styles 1-1} lin. long, 
very shortly united at the base, recurved-spreading, slender, with 
minutely bifid thickened or clavate stigmas. Fruit not seen.—Pax in 
Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 68. &. Laurentii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et 
Moyen-Congo, li. 289. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Niamniam; near the River Diagbe, Schwein- 
furth, 3293! near the River Yuru, Schweinfurth, iii, 143. Eala (cultivated) Laurent, 
Pynaert, 696 ; road to Bambili Amandi, Seret, 251; and Bamanica, Laurent, 803 
ex De Wildeman, 
This species so closely resembles Eleophorbia drupifera, Stapf, that in the 
absence of fruit it might easily be referred to that genus. The pedicel and ovary, 
however, are not confiuent as in that genus; there is a distinct calyx and the young 
fruit has the thin cell-wails of Euphorbia, instead of being very thick and fleshy as 
in Elaeophorbia. I haye not seen specimens of EZ. Lawrentii, but find no character 
in the brief description to distinguish it from #. Teke. 
117. E. leonensis, V. £. Br. A shrub, with fleshy (probably) 
dangled branches about 3 in. in diam. when dried, armed with stipular 
Spines, glabrous. Leaves 21-4 in. long, 3-14 in broad, cuneately 
oblong-obovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, gradually and acutely 
tapering from above the middle into a short petiole, entire, coriaceous 
er Somewhat fleshy, with an acutely prominent midrib beneath, 
glabrous on both sides, Spines 1-1} in. long, straight, brown, in pairs, 
hot connected by a horny border along the angles. Cymes sessile, 
“pparently 3-5-flowered, 3-1 in. in diam., with the glabrous branches 
hot more than + in. long. Bracts about 2 lin. long and 13-2} lin. 
broad, very broadly ovate, obtuse, mucronate, with slightly torn or 
thed Margins, submembranous. Involucre 34-4 lin. in diam., 2 lin, 
deep, broadly and shallowly cup-shaped, glabrous outside and within, 
