870 CXXIi, EUPHORBIACEZ (PRAIN). [ Erythrococea, 
wide -cuneate, margin shortly denticulate, 3-4 in. long, 11-12 in. wide, 
medium green, paler beneath, hirsute especially in the nerves on both 
surfaces; petiole hispidulous, } in. long; stipules unmodified, hyaline- 
scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled’ racemes; peduncles 
slender, softly hairy, 3-1 in. long ; pedicels glabrous, } in. long. Male 
calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, membranous. Stamens 
30-40; outer 10, the rest central; filaments much shorter than the 
anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female 
calyx usually 2-lobed, occasionally 3-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2- (rarely 
3-) celled ; stigmas linear-ovate, at first divaricate, at length recurved, 
smooth, at the apex of a distinct cylindric style half as long as them- 
selves. Disk eccentric, shallowly suburceolate, margin entire, much 
developed on one side, narrow or nearly obsolete on the other. Cap- 
sule usually 2-coccous, didymous, occasionally 3-coccous or by abortion 
1-coccous ; cocci fin. across. Seed with a red aril and a slightly foveo- 
late-reticulate testa.—Claoxylon atrovirens, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 
85; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 245; Th. & Heél. Durand, 
Syll. Fl. Congol. 491. C. ineequilaterum, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 320. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Tchape Pass, 4800 ft., Ledermann, 2653! 
Babangi Tungo; Bamessing, 4500 ft., Ledermann, 5823! 
Nile Land. Uganda: Unyoro; Hoima, 3500 ft., Bagshawe, 1512! Entebbe, 
3900 ft., Brown, 356! Chagwe, 3900 ft., Dawe, 215! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu; by the Kussumbo River, 
Schweinfurth, 3186! Kwa Muera; Fort Beni on the Semliki, Mildbraed, 2246! 
2401! Muera, 3300-3600 ft., Mildbraed, 2271! 2277! Aruwimi River; Yambuy’ 
Solheid, 32! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 3923! 
A very distinct species. 
35. E. oleracea, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 624. Shrub 3-10 - 
high ; twigs sparingly pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, 
membranous, ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, base rounded, mers Fe 
shortly denticulate, 24-6. in. long, 14-3 in. wide, dark green, paler 
beneath, minutely verrucose, sparingly pubescent on the nerves Lge 
petiole softly adpressed-pubescent, 4-4 in. long; stipules unmodifiet, 
hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled racemes ; P ae 
cles slender, sparingly pubescent, males up to 1 in., females { in. pel 
pedicels glabrous, males 4-} in., females ;'; in. long. Male ” 
greenish-white, glabrous, globose in bud; lobes 4, greene 
Stamens 30-40; outer 10, the rest central; filaments much shor 
than the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter bee 
Female calyx 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas linear-ova ‘é 
at first divaricate, at length recurved, smooth, at the apex os oe y 
cylindric style half as long as themselves. Disk eccentric, shal st 
suburceolate, margin entire, much developed on one side, anos y 
nearly obsolete on the other. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous, genre a 
by abortion 1-coccous ; cocci } in. across. Seeds with a red ari vid k 
deeply foveolate-reticulate testa.—Claoxylon africanum, De Wi ne 
Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. i. 47, and in Relig. Dewev™ 
