660 . OXXII. EUPHORBIACE (HUTCHINSON). | Thecacoris. 
3. T. lucida, Hutchinson. Branchlets pubescent, at length glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, acuminate, conspicuously mucronate, 
cuneate at the base, 24-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, papery, margin slightly 
recurved, midrib very sparingly pubescent towards the base on the lower 
side, otherwise glabrous and slightly shining on both surfaces; lateral 
nerves {9-11 on each side, very fine, much branched towards the margin, 
slightly raised on the lower surface; tertiary nerves and veins laxly 
reticulate; petiole 14 lin. long, sparingly hispid; stipules subulate- 
lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, strigillose. Male racemes 1-5 in each leaf- 
axil, about 14 in. long; axis rather densely puberulous; pedicels short ; 
bracts triangular, 2 lin. broad, hispidulous on the outside, glabrous 
within, margin ciliate. Sepals 5, obliquely elliptic, acute at both ends, 
ciliate and pubescent. Petals small, oblong; ciliate in the upper part. 
Stamens 5; anther-cells parallel when young, at length turning upwards 
and becoming erect; filaments glabrous. Rudimentary ovary obconic, 
sparingly pilose. Female racemes axillary, solitary or geminate, about 
2 in. long when in flower, about 2 in. long when in fruit. Bracts and 
sepals as in the male. Petals absent. Disk annular, glabrous. Ovary 
depressed-globose, sparingly setulose in the upper part ; styles 8, bifid, 
glabrons, erect and slightly incurved when young. Fruit trilobed, 4 lin. 
in diam., almost glabrous; lobes rounded ; pedicels in fruit reflexed, 
3 lin. long, slightly pubescent ; bracts very small.—Baccaureopsis lucida, 
Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 319. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Myaribu, between Fort Beni and Iruma, 
Mildbraed, 2855! 2856! 
4. T. trichogyne, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 328. A small 
sparingly and patently branched tree 10-15 ft. high ; head lax; branches 
slender, somewhat flexuous, rusty-pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblan- 
ceolate, shortly acuminate, conspicuously mucronate, subcuneate at the 
base, 24-63 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, papery, distinctly reticulate on both 
surfaces ; lateral nerves 8-9 on each side, looped, conspicuous on both 
sides; veins prominent below, somewhat close ; petiole stout, about 
3 lin. long, clothed with a few long brown hairs; stipules lanceolate, 
acute, 3-4 lin. long, densely pubescent. Male infloresence about 1 in. 
Jong, rather dense-flowered. Flowers sessile. Sepals ovate, subacute, 
3 lin. long and broad, setulose-pubescent in the upper half outside. 
Petals absent. Stamens 5; filaments 2 lin. long, glabrous. Disk- 
glands large, setose, fleshy. Rudimentary ovary obconie, fleshy, sub- 
entire, nearly glabrous. Female racemes elongated, lax-flowered. 
Ovary pubescent; styles bipartite, recurved. Capsule adpressed- 
pubescent.— Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 967. 
. Bower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods, Welwitsch, 415! 
between Quetta Station and Monte Bello, Gossweiler, 4369! 4370! 
5. 'T’. Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lvi, Aém. viii.119- 
A shrub 6-10 ft. high; bark greyish-brown ; young branchlets rather 
densely rusty-setulose. Leaves obovate, elliptic-obovate or note 
oblanceolate, more or less gradually or rarely somewhat abruptly 
