Erythrococca. | CXXU, EUPHORBIACE (PRAIN). 857 
Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, rarely 4-celled or 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, 
patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 3, rarely 4 or 2, small 
discrete scales. Capsule 3-coccous, or sometimes 2-coccous, didymous ; 
cocci nearly 4 in. across, Seeds with dark crimson aril and foveolate 
reticulate testa.—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 306; 
Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 612. Mercurialis 2 sp-, Defl. Voy. Yemen, 203, 
Claoxylon Deflersii, Schweinf. ex Prain, lc. Deflersia erythrococea, 
Schweinf. ex Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova, 359 ; Schweinf. in 
Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, xxxiii. 663, 667, 708 [Abyssin. Pflanzennam. 
17, 21, 62] (name only). 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ghinda, 3300 ft., Schweinfurth, 327! near Acrour, 
6300 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1037! Geleb, 5700 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1132! 
near Felakhit, 3000-3500 ft., Schweinfurth, 2239! Mogod Valley, 4650 ft., 
Schweinfurth, 2059 | Abyssinia: Rora, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 509 ! 
Also in Arabia. 
J. E. usambarica, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 90. Shrub 
6-10 ft. high; twigs glabrous; bud-scales deciduous. Leaves short- 
petioled, firmly membranous, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, base 
Wide-cuneate or rounded, margin shallow crenate, 14-2 in. long, 4-1 in. 
wide, dark green, paler beneath, glabrous; petiole slightly pubescent or 
glabrous, } in, long; stipules accrescent, mammillate or umbonate. 
Flowers minute, in short-peduncled racemes; peduncles and rhachis 
pubescent ; pedicels puberulous or glabrous, ;'; in. long. Male calyx 
green, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, occasionally 5, membranous, 
Stamens 6-7; outer 5, the rest central; filaments longer than the 
anthers ; glands minute, glabrous ; 5 outer 2-lobed in an extra-staminal 
"ing; the rest rhomboid, inter-staminal. Female calyx smaller than 
the male, 2-lobed. Ovary not seen young ; stigmas (marcescent on the 
capsules) free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 
2 small scales alternating with cocci. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous, or 
1-coccous ; cocci } in. across. Seeds with reddish aril and distinctly 
foveolate-reticulate testa.—Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 613. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Derema, Scheffler, 160! 
hear Amani, 2800-3000 ft., Engler, 708! Handai; Nquelo, 3000 ft., Heinsen, 74! 
Very closely allied to Z. abyssinica. 
hai ee zambesiaca, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 90. Shrub ; 
twigs sparingly pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, 
membranous, ovate, obtuse or subacute, base cuneate, margin faintly 
‘renate, 3-1 in. long, 4—2 in. wide, rather pale green, with a few adpressed 
White hairs on the nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous ; petiole sparingly 
pubescent, $ in. long ; stipules accrescent, strongly spinescent. Flowers 
minute, in short-peduncled racemes; peduncles and rhachis ad pressed 
pubescent ; pedicels glabrous, males $ in. long, jointed near the base. 
ale calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, rarely 5, occasion- 
ally 3, membranous. Stamens 15 or 18 ; outer 9, the rest central ; 
aments longer than the anthers; glands minute, all thin, ovate, 
flattened, with marginal fringe of white hairs; 6 outer extra-staminal, 
