906 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). [Acalypha. 
linear or subulate, very acute, the middle one longer than the rest, long- 
pilose or almost villous, not glandular. Sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 
about 4 lin. long, ciliate towards the apex. Ovary tomentose, not 
glandular ; styles free, multilaciniate, about 2 lin. long, pubescent on 
the back. Seeds ovoid-ellipsoid, 14 lin. long, glabrous. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Elgon district, Zvan-James! Kavironda, Scott-Elliot, 
7028! Namasi, Cameron, 11! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 8160! Ukome, Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 885! Usumbara, Keil, 156! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa and Mount Zomba, Whyte! 
Shire Highlands, Whyte! Scott-Elliot, 8465! 8466! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 321! 826! 1365! 
37. A. ambigua, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 96. A herb 5-9 in. 
high ; rhizome thick and woody, many-headed; stem tufted, erect, 
sparingly branched, subtomentose when young. Leaves linear, acute, 
slightly narrowed to the base, 1-24 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad, coriaceous, 
serrulate, setose on both surfaces ; lateral nerves ascending, 5-6 on each 
side, very prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves subparallel, 
distinct below ; petiole short, scarcely 1 lin. long, setose-pubescent ; 
stipules subulate, 14 lin. long, pubescent. Flowers monecious. In- 
florescence bisexual, axillary, up to 1} in. long; female flower sessile 
and solitary or geminate at the base, the remainder male. Male buds 
shortly pubescent. Female bracts similar to those of 4. angustissima, 
Pax, but adpressed-pilose on the outer side. Sepals 4, lanceolate, acute, 
ciliate. Ovary setulose-pubescent ; styles laciniate. Seeds ellipsoid, 
about 14 lin. long, smooth.—A. polymorpha, vars. depauperata and 
angustifolia, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 335, and in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii. 836; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 978. A. dumetorum, Pax 
in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 283, not of Miill. Arg. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Dekindt, 835! about Lopollo, Welwitsch, 
424! between Mumpulla and Humpata, Welwitsch, 422; between Mumpulla and 
Nene, Welwitsch, 423! Benguella; Mount Elende, Wellman, 1172! 1271! 
Malange, Teusez, 405! Goudkopje, on the River Chitanda, Baum, 171 ! 
38. A. eriophylla, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 185. Stems 
arising from a woody rhizome, erect, simple, up to 8 in. high, deep ly 
channelled or sulcate, villous with weak spreading whitish hairs. 
Leaves crowded towards the apex of each shoot, more or less over- 
lapping, subsessile, ovate or ovate-elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, 
rounded or (in a young state) slightly cuneate at the base, 3-1 1n. long, 
in. broad, rather sharply serrate or almost dentate, chartaceous, 
densely villous with long white hairs on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 
prominent on both surfaces but nearly hidden by the indumentum; 
stipules conspicuous, trilobed or tripartite, 24-4 lin. long, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous inside, pilose outside, segments linear-lanceolate, subacute or 
obtuse. Inflorescence bisexual, in the axils of fallen leaves ; female 
flower solitary, inserted on and at the base of the axis bearing ™ 
male flowers. Male portion pedunculate, about 1 in. long; pedanc? 
