Erythrococca. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN). 8538 
Leaves finely verrucose, but not 
tomentose between the hispidly 
hairy nerves, 5-8 in. long; 
stamens 27 . : . . 40. E. hispida. 
1. E. Kirkii, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 609. Shrub about 6 ft. 
high ; twigs slender, glabrous ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, 
thinly membranous, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, base cuneate, 
margin crenate, 14-24 in. long, 14-1} in. wide, dark green, purplish 
when young, glabrous; petiole glabrous, }-3} in. long; stipules accres- 
cent, mammillate, rarely spinulose. Flowers minute, males in sessile 
glomerules with pubescent rhachis; pedicels glabrous, flexuous, 4-4 in. 
long; females on a short rhachis }-} in. long; pedicels one-fourth the 
length of the males. Male calyx pale green, glabrous, globose in bud ; 
lobes 3, thinly membranous. Stamens usually 8; outer 5-6, the rest 
central; filaments longer than the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, 
5-6, flat, usually connate in an extra-staminal ring ; the rest rhomboid, 
inter-staminal, Female calyx smaller than the male; lobes 3, ciliate. 
Ovary glabrous, 3-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate- 
laciniate throughout. Disk of 3 discrete scales. Capsule 3-coccous, or 
2-coccous, didymous, or 1-coccous; cocci } in. across. Seeds with red 
aril and foveolate reticulate testa.—H. mitis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 
xxiii, 524, partly, as to Stuhlmann’s Dar-es-Salaam plant; not of Pfl. 
Ost-Afr. 0. 238, Claoxylon Kirkii, Mill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 436, and 
in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 776; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238; Sim, 
For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 105. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2039! Boivin! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2709! 
Bagamoyo, Stuhlmann, 7233! 7266! Sacleux, 1443! Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann, 
7506! 7555! 7595! 7649! Useramo; Kodenga, Stuhlmann, 6369! Kinda, StuAl- 
Maen, 6511! Rovuma Bay, Kirk! Sim. Zanzibar, Sacleux, 629! Portuguese 
East Africa: near Mozambique, Stuhlmann, 397! near Beira, Schlechter ! 
Appears to occur only on or near the coast. 
2. E. mitis, Pax in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 238, Shrub or small 
tree, 7-20 ft. high; twigs slender, glabrous ; bud-scales persistent. 
ves petioled, firmly membranous, ovate-oblong, abruptly and 
obtusely acuminate, base wide-cuneate, margin crenate, 14-2} in. long, 
14-1} in. wide, rather pale green, glabrous; petiole glabrous, 3-} in. 
ong; stipules accrescent, mammillate, sometimes spinulose. Flowers 
minute, males in sessile glomerules with pubescent rhachis ; pedicels 
glabrous, rather stiff, 1-1 in. long; females on a short rhachis 4—% in. 
long ; pedicels one-third the length of the males. Male calyx whitish- 
green with purplish tip, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 3, firm. 
Stamens usually 8; outer 5, the rest central; filaments longer than 
the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, 5 flattish, usually free, in an 
extra-staminal ring, the rest rhomboid, inter-staminal. Female calyx 
Smaller than the male; lobes 3, ciliate. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, 
®ss often 2-celled; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate 
throughout, Disk of 3 or 2 discrete scales. Capsule 3-coccous, or 
