866 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (PRAIN). [Lrythrococea, 
margins contiguous under the base of the ovary. Capsule 2-coccous, 
didymous, or by abortion 1-coccous; cocci } in. across. Seeds with 
a reddish aril, and distinctly foveolate-reticulate testa.— Claoxylon 
Mannii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 20; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. il. 778. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 5000 ft., Mann, 260! 633! 
27. E. africana, Prain in Ann. Bot, xxv. 620. Shrub; twigs 
glabrous or adpressed-pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short- 
petioled, membranous, ovate, acuminate, base wide-cuneate or rounded, 
margin faintly crenate, 2-24 in. long, 1-14 in. wide, medium green, 
paler beneath, glabrous when mature; pétiole glabrous or adpressed- 
pubescent, } in. long; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. 
Flowers small, in peduncled racemes; peduncles slender, glabrous or 
adpressed-pubescent, males 3-1 in., females 14-2 in. long; pedicels 
glabrous, males up to } in., females } in. long. Male calyx green, 
glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, or occasionally 3, membranous. 
Stamens 24; outer 10, the rest central; filaments much shorter than 
the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. 
Female calyx deeply 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2- (rarely 3-) celled; 
stigmas connate at the base, suborbicular, suberect, papillose. Disk 
shallow-urceolate, in flower subentire, in fruit shortly 5-lobed. Capsule 
usually 2-coccous, didymous, occasionally 3-coccous ; cocci } in. across. 
Seeds with a reddish aril and a finely foveolate-reticulate testa.— 
Trewia? africana, Baill. Adansonia, i. 68. Claoxylon Barter, Hook. 
f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 21 (footnote); Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, 11. 
649. C. africanum, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 777. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: Casamance River, Perrottet, 748! Siem 
Leone: Crawford’s Island, Afzelius! Bafodeya Hills, Scott-Elliot, 5505! 5647! : 
Liberia: Sinde Basin, Whyte! Ivory Coast: between Zaon and Ayame, Chevalier, 
17805 ter! Zaramou, Chevalier, 17631! Cavally Basin, Chevalier, 19987! Southern 
Nigeria: Lagos; Feckie, Millen, 163! interior, Rowland! Yoruba forests, Barter, 
3344! Lagos Island; Barter, 2223! Eppah, ‘Barter, 3285! near Ipate, Foster, 
184! 
A very distinct species, on account of its distinctly papillose, yet neither fimbriate 
nor lobulate stigmas. 
28. E. Chevalieri, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 621. Shrub; _ 
softly pubescent with spreading hairs; bud-scales persistent. i 
short-petioled, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base wide 
cuneate or rounded, margin denticulate, 2 in. long, } in. wide, dark aire 
sparingly pubescent on the nerves above, paler, softly and persisten se 
pubescent beneath; petiole softly pubescent, } in. long ; spe fs 
modified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled per 
peduncles slender, softly pubescent, 1-1} in. long ; male pedicels gia a 
up to fin. long; female glabrous or sparingly pubescent, yz a 4 
Male calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, or occasion® y % 
membranous. Stamens 30; outer 10, the rest central ; filaments sab ter- 
shorter than the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, r homboid, - iol: 
staminal, Female calyx deeply 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; 
