Erythrococea. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACE (PRAIN). 863 
20. E. trichogyne, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 617. Shrub 4-5 ft. 
high; twigs glabrous; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, mem - 
branous, oblong-ovate, abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, margin rather 
closely toothed, 13-23 in. long, }-1} in. wide, rather dark green, paler 
beneath, sparingly hairy, at length glabrous above, softly pubescent 
especially on the nerves beneath ; petiole } in. long, sparingly pubescent ; 
stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Male flowers unknown. 
Female peduncles slender, $ in. long, 2—3-flowered, and rhachis softly 
pubescent ; pedicels short, distant, } in. long. Female calyx 2-partite. 
Ovary densely hirsute, 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate- 
laciniate throughout. Disk of 2 free scales. Capsule 2-coccous, didy- 
mous; cocci setose, } in. across. Seeds with red aril and distinctly 
foveolate-reticulate testa.—Claoxylon trichogyne, Miill. Arg. in Journ. 
Bot. 1864, 334; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 778; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
i. 975. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; near Sange, Welwitsch, 396! 
21. E. hirta, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 321. Shrub; twigs softly 
pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, membranous, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, rather closely and 
regularly crenate-toothed, 2-4 in. long, 3-1} in. wide, medium green, 
paler beneath, sparingly softly pubescent with somewhat spreading 
hairs especially on the nerves; petiole softly pubescent with spreading 
hairs, 1-1 in, long ; stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Flowers 
minute, in lax peduncled racemes; peduncles slender, males }~} in. 
long, 2-4-flowered ; females }-% in. long, 2-4-fowered, and rhachis 
softly hirsute with spreading hairs ; pedicels silky, sometimes sparingly, 
males } in., females 4 in. long. Male calyx pale green, sparingly silky, 
globose in bud; lobes 3, membranous. Stamens 10; outer 6, the rest 
central ; filaments twice as long as the anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, 
all inter-staminal. Female calyx pubescent, smaller than the male, 
4-partite or occasionally 3-partite. Ovary densely hirsute, 2-celled ; 
stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 
2 broad ovate obtuse or truncate emarginate scales shorter than the 
calyx. Capsule 1-coccous by abortion; cocci sparingly setose, } in. 
across, Seeds with a coral-red aril and foveolate-reticulate testa.— 
Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 617. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori; Butaga Forest, 7000-8000 ft., Scoft- 
Elliot, 7998! Entebbe, 4000 ft., Bagshawe, 793! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: West Ruwenzori, Kalange, 3600 ft., Mild- 
braed, 24861 
Very closely allied to E. trichogyne, and only to be distinguished by the more 
numerous female calyx-lobes. 
22; B. pauciflora, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 618. Shrub 2-5 ft. 
high ; twigs glabrous ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, 
membranous, oblong, acute or acuminate, base wide-cuneate or rounded, 
Margin obscurely crenate, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. wide, medium green, 
paler beneath, when young purplish, almost glabrous ; petiole sparingly 
