618 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). | Bridela, 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Farmar, 430! Southern Nigeria: Ego, Benin 
District, Foster, 189! Benin City, Dennett, 14! 43! between Ibadan and Abeokuta, 
Schlechter, 12356! Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 833! 1919! 2223! 222384! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Makonanan, Zessmann, 263! Akam, 
Tessmann, 309! Angola: Golungo Alto; between Sange and Camilungo, Welwitsch, 
370! Cazengo; forests of Mata de Cabondo, Welwitsch, 370B ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eala, Laurent, 1252. Pynaert, 1376, 
1677. Gumbari, Seret. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Chipete forest patch, Swynnerton, 535 ! 
11. B. speciosa, Wiill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 327, excl. var. 
tricoclada. A tree 25-30 ft. high; branchlets glabrous, with scattered 
lenticels. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, long-acuminate, 
acumen mucronate, very slightly rounded at the base, 3-54 in. long, 
1$-23 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral 
nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, 10-15 on each side ; 
tertiary nerves very lax, often reticulate; petiole 4—5 lin. long, wrinkled, 
glabrescent ; stipules caducous. Bracts conspicuous, acutely acuminate, 
densely pubescent. Male flowers: Sepals ovate-triangular, obtuse, 
glabrous. Petals small, spathulate, toothed. Disk thick, coarsely 
wrinkled. Rudimentary ovary subentire. Female flowers: | Sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1 lin. Jong, 4 lin, broad at the base, coriaceous, 
glabrous on both sides. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, trifid in the upper 
part, about half the length of the sepals. Disk nearly enveloping the 
ovary, toothed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit 1-celled, 
oblong-ellipsoid, mucronate, 4 lin. long, 3 lin. in diam. Mature seeds 
not seen.—B. speciosa, var. psiloclada, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1 
498; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 40. B. Perrotii, Beille 10 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. lv. Mém. viii. 69. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountain, Mann, 1215! 
North Central. Upper Ubangi region: between Fort Possel and Krébedje, 
Chevalier, 5437 ! 
12. B. zanzibarensis, Vatke ¢: Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 530. = 
small tree about 15 ft. high ; young branchlets pubescent, soon becoming 
glabrous, with scattered lenticels. Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, es 
shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 24-34 in. long, 13-23 in. ane 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, very minutely puberulous on the vi 2 
below ; lateral nerves extending to the margin, slightly oblique, fe ce 
on each side ; tertiary nerves lax, wavy ; petiole 2-3 Jin. long, hula a 
or densely pubescent ; stipules lanceolate, acute. Bracts Inconel 
Male flowers : Sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous outside, # lin. long. apa 
small, orbicular-spathulate, truncate. Disk annular, thick. Roa te 
tary ovary subentire. Female flowers: Sepals triangular, ae ' 
? lin. long, glabrous outside. Petals lanceolate, acute. Disk ae ae 
the ovary, slightly lobed, glabrous outside. Ovary ovoid, cern nie 
styles 2, connate, bilobed, branches thick. Fruits Menor 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237; Gehrm. in Engl. Jahrb. xii. Beibl. 9% *™ 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1182! 
