854 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN). [ Erythrococea. 
2-coccous, didymous, or l-coccous; cocci $ in. across. Seeds with red 
aril and foveolate reticulate testa.—Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 524, as 
to Goetze’s Morogoro plant only ; Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 610. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; between Magila and 
Sega, Volkens, 72! Morogoro; Khutu Steppe, Goetze, 105! 
Very nearly allied to Z. Kirkii, from which it differs chiefly in the rather shorter 
and stiffer male pedicels, the rather smaller and firmer calyx-lobes and the firmer 
leaves. 
3. E. bongensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 88. Shrub 2-6 ft. 
high; twigs thinly pubescent; bud-scales deciduous. Leaves short- 
petioled, membranous, ovate, acute or rounded at the tip, base cuneate, 
margin obscurely crenate, 1-13 in. long, 3-1} in. wide, green paler 
beneath, sparingly hairy on the nerves above and below; petiole softly 
hairy, }-} in. long; stipules accrescent, usually spinulose. Flowers 
minute, males in sessile glomerules with densely pubescent rhachis ; 
pedicels glabrous, 4 in. long. Male calyx green, glabrous, globose in 
bud; lobes 3, rather firm. Stamens 9-12; outer 6-8, the rest central ; 
filaments longer than the anthers; glands minute, glabrous, all inter- 
staminal ; filaments of the outer series each with a pair of adnate basal 
glands but with no extra-staminal ring. Female flowers and fruit not 
seen.—Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 610. 
Nile Land. Bongo: Gurfala, Schweinfurth, 2226 (Herb. Berlin)! 2296 
(Herb. Kew) ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Eastern Province, Rutschurru Steppe, 
Mildbraed, 1874! 
_ Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda; Buganza, south of Lake 
Mohasi, Mildbraed, 591! 
4. E. rigidifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 320. Shrub 3-10 ft. 
high ; twigs at first softly pubescent, at length glabrous ; bud-scales 
persistent. Leaves short-petioled, firmly membranous, narrow elliptic, 
acute, base cuneate, margin crenulate, 13-3 in. long, ae = wide, 
rarely } in. long, 4 in. wide, dark green, glabrous; petiole at ps 
pubescent, soon glabrous or with only a few hairs in lateral lines, 5 1) 
long ; stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Flowers minut i 
males in short-peduncled glomerules with densely pubescent rhachis ; 
peduneles stout, pubescent, } in. long; pedicels glabrous, rather s me 
+ in. long; females in sessile or casually short peduncled fascicles, 
pedicels one-third the length of the males. Male calyx green, glabrous, 
globose in bud; lobes 3, rather firm. Stamens 9-15; outer 6-9, the 
rest central; filaments longer than the anthers ; glands minute, gan 
or occasionally with a few hairs, all inter-staminal; filaments of the 
outer series each with a pair of adnate basal glands, but with no extra- 
staminal ring. Female calyx smaller than the male; lobes 3, anger 
Ovary glabrous or occasionally with a few hairs, 3-celled, less 0 - 
2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. 
Disk of 3 or 2 discrete scales. Capsule usually 2-coccous, pe ergtt 
sometimes 3-coccous ; cocci } in. across. Seeds with orange-red 3 
