862 CXXII, EUPHORBIACE (PRAIN). | Zrythrococea. 
didymous ; cocci rather closely strigose, } in. across. Seeds with a red 
aril, and a deeply foveolate-reticulate testa.— Claoaylon lasiococewm, Pax 
in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 87, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238. 
Nile Land. Uganda: without precise locality, Stuhlmann, 1484! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: east shore of Lake Tanganyika, 
Scott-Elliot, 8231 ! 
A very distinct species, readily recognised by its unusually small leaves. 
18. E. ledermanniana, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 92. Shrub 
or small tree, 7-18 ft. high ; twigs sparingly pubescent ; bud-scales per- 
sistent. Leaves short-petioled, membranous, ovate, acute, base wide- 
cuneate, margin sparingly toothed, 14-2 in. long, 3-1 in. wide, rather 
pale green, glabrous except for some scattered hairs on the nerves, 
finely verrucose: petiole sparingly hairy, } in. long; stipules accres- 
cent, mammillate. Flowers minute, in peduncled racemes ; peduncles 
slender, males + in. long, and rhachis sparsely hispidulous ; pedicels 
glabrous, $-4 in. long. Male calyx green, glabrous or with a few hairs 
near the tips, globose in bud; lobes 3, membranous. Stamens 27; outer 10, 
the rest central; filaments thrice as long as the anthers; glands minute, 
hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female flowers and fruit unknown. 
—Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 617. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Esole; on Mount Basso, 6100 ft., Ledermann, 
2032! Mfongu; slopes of Muti Mountain, 5600-6300 ft., Ledermann, 5877! 
Very closely allied to #. Mildbredii, but with differently shaped leaves, shorter 
petioles and more numerous stamens with considerably longer filaments. 
19. E. Mildbreedii, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 617. Shrub 5-7 ft. 
high ; twigs sparingly pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, 
membranous, lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, base cuneate, margin 
sparingly toothed, 2-3 in. long, $-$ in. wide, medium green, paler 
beneath, sparingly pubescent on both sides, especially on the nerves 
beneath; petiole pubescent, 4 in. long; stipules accrescent, umbonate 
or spinulose. Flowers minute, in peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender 
and rhachis sparsely pubescent, males up to $ in., females ? in. long; 
pedicels with a few scattered hairs, }-} in. long. Male calyx green, 
sparingly hirsute, globose in bud ; lobes 3, occasionally 4, membranous. 
Stamens 9-12 ; filaments twice as long as the anthers; glands minute, 
hirsute, all inter-staminal. Female calyx smaller than the male, spar- 
ingly pubescent, 2-lobed. Ovary hirsute, 3-celled; stigmas free, linear, 
patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 2 large fleshy dis- 
crete unequally emarginate scales. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous ; coc! 
sparingly strigose, } in. across. Seeds with a yellowish (?) aril and a 
slightly foveolate-reticulate testa.—Claoxylon Mildbredi, Pax m Engl. 
Jahrb. xliii. 80. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori; Kivata, 7000-9000 ft., Scott-# diiot, 1687) 
Mozamb. Distr. * German East Africa: Ruanda; Kissenge, 7600 ft., Mild- 
braed, 1452! 
A very distinct species, 
