914 _CXXII. EUPHORBIACE (PRAIN). | Lepidoturus. 
Nile Land. Niamniam: Nabambisso River, Schweinfurth, 2956! Linduku 
(Unduku) River, Schweinfurth, 3072! Kulanjo, Schweinfurth, 2843! British East 
Africa: Mombasa, Sacleux, 2316! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Ubangi; Yakoma, 1460 ft., Tonner, 252! 
Gugo, near Yakoma, 1600 ft., Zhonner, 221. Eastern Province; Fort Beni, Kwa 
Muera, Mildb, aed, 2272! 2375! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 925! 
Schulze, 1! Konerawe, 700 ft., Stuhlmann, 6194! Kidonge, Stuhlmann, 635! 
Poriuguese East Africa: between Mbussonie and Cabericra, Rodrigues de Cavalho! 
Pungwe Valley, Vasse, 317! Gazaland: Boka, Lower Buzi, Swynnerton, 1784! 
2. L. occidentalis, Mill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 332. Shrub, 
10-15 ft. high; twigs slender, glabrous. Leaves petioled, membranous, 
oblong, caudate-acuminate, base very slightly cordate, margin slightly 
and distantly crenate, 3-5-nerved from the base, 3-5 in. long, 1}-2 in. 
wide, bright green, somewhat shining, glabrous on both surfaces; 
petiole glabrous, }-3 in. long ; stipules setaceous, glabrous, 1 lin. long; 
stipels very minute. Male spikes dense, sessile, 3 in. long; bracts 
orbicular, yellowish red, scarious, orbicular, slightly pubescent near 
the margin outside, } in. wide. Male: Calyx subglobose, $ lin. wide, 
glabrous; pedicel short. Female: Ovary glabrous; styles long, slender, 
simple, quite glabrous. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3-dymous. Seeds 
globose, smooth.—DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 898; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl 
Welw. i. 980. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; Welwitsch, 407! 408! 
60. ALCHORNEA, Sw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 314. 
Flowers apetalous, usually dicecious, rarely moncecious. Disk 
usually 0. Male: Calyx globose, closed in bud, splitting into 4, rarely 
3-2, valvate lobes. Stamens 8 or fewer; filaments free or slightly 
connate; anthers 2-celled, dorsifixed; cells opening longitudinally, 
parallel or slightly diverging, often partially free at the base. 
Rudimentary ovary 0. Female: Calyx-lobes 3-6, usually 4, 1m- 
bricate. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, rarely casually 4-celled ; ovules solitary; 
styles distinct, usually linear, simple or rarely 2-fid. Capsule splitting 
into 2-3, rarely 4, 2-valved cocci; endocarp crustaceous. Seeds sub- 
globose, estrophiolate ; testa crustaceous; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 
broad, flat.—Shrubs or trees, usually sparingly pubescent. Leaves 
alternate, entire or toothed, stipellate or not at the base, sometimes 
glandular below near the junction with the distinct petiole. Spikes 
usually axillary or lateral; male flowers small, clustered on the slender 
simple or branched rhachis; female flowers solitary to a bract, 1 
simple spikes or racemes ; bracts in both sexes very small. 
Species about 30, widely spread in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
Ovary 2-celled ; inflorescences always lateral ; leaves ovate, 
4 palminerved, base cordate, without stipels; diccious 1. A. cordata. 
Ovary 3-4-celled; leaves p -nninerved. 
Leaves without stipels; base usually mirow: flowcrs 
dicecious. 
