Vucum.'] LOKANTiiACE.E (Spnigue). T29 



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V. trlcostattifii is very closely allied to F. rotundifolmm , Linn, f., anJ might be 

 ^ated as a variety of it. The tj^pe specimens of F. tvkostatam have ovate-obloug 

 leaves, 2-3J lin, broad. Bitrhe, 387, and Zeyher, 387 and 747, have oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves, 1-2 lin. broad, but do not seem to ditl'er in other respects. 



10. V. Scliaeferi (Engl, t Krause in Engl. Jahrb. li. 470)'; 

 glabrous, yellowish-green in a dried state; branches subterete, 

 sulcate, rather stout ; young branchlets slightly compressed ; inter- 

 nodes 6-10 lin. long; leaves subsessile, soon deciduous, narrowly 

 ovate-lanceolate or (more rarely) obovate lanceolate, acute at the 

 apex, rather gradually narrowed towards the base, G-8 lin. long, 

 li-lf lin. broad, thickly coriaceous, nerves hardly raised; male 

 inflorescence not known ; female inflorescence : bracteal cups 

 axillary, solitary or several together, peduncled, usually 3-flowered ; 

 bracts narrowly ovate, acute, |-f lin. long; peduncle stout, 1|^-2:V 

 lin. long ; petals subovate, acute, 1^-1| lin. long, connate at th6 

 base ; style subcylindric, hardly h lin. long ; stigma slightly 



thickened ; berries ovoid, 2-2^ lin. long, 1-1 ^ ^i^- ^^^ diam., 

 yellowish, smooth^ or slightly warted in a dried state. 



Western Regiox : Great ifamaqualand ; on the Fish River near Seeheim, 

 Schdfer, 465 ; near Seeheim, on 3fierua Schinzii^ Pas, Sngler, G601. 



Engler and Krause do not state whether the female flowers and berries of 

 F, SchaifeH are pedicelled or sessile. The leaves apparently resemble those of the 

 narrow-leaved form of F. tricostatnm , but the relatively long peduncle and large 

 petals distinguish it from that species. 



IL V. CrassulSB (Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. 357); yellowish -green in 

 a dried state, young branchlets minutely papillate, other 

 glabrous ; branches terete, rather stout, 2^ lin. in diam. 6 in. below 

 the apex, succulent, much wrinkled in a dried state; branchlets 

 slightly compressed ; internodes |-1 in. long ; leaves subsessile, 

 obovate or suborbicular, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, 

 3-5 lin. long, 2.V-3.^- lin. broad, very thick and fleshy, nerves not 

 visible ; flowers apparently dioecious ; male inflorescence : bracteal 

 cups axillary, solitary or ternate, broadly boat-shaped with rounded 

 ends^ 1| lin. long, f lin. deep, gland ular-ciiiate inside the margin, 

 3-flovvered ; flower obovoid, quadrangular; petals deltoid, | lin. 

 long, not distinctly demarcated from the receptacle ; female inflor- 

 escence : bracteal cups terminal and axillary, solitary, boat-shaped 

 with obtuse or rounded ends, l-flowered, at the time of fruiting 

 2 lin. long, ^-| lin. high ; berry sessile, ovoid, 3 lin. long, smooth, 

 I'ed; style and stigma together f lin. long, partially sunk in an 

 apical depression of the berry about ^ lin. deep. Harv. in Harv. d 

 SomL Fl. Cap, ii. 580; Engl in Engl Jalirh, xx. 131. F. Euphor- 

 hia^, E, Meyer in Brege^ Zicei PjL Documented 61, 229, 



Coast Region : Albany Div. ; Bothas Berg, near the Great Fish River, oh 

 arborescent Crasaulacea}, Ecklon & Zeyh.tr, 22.11 7 Great Fish River, near Cookhuis 

 Diift, on Portalacarla afra, Jacq., JlacOwan, 2101 ! 



Central Region : Jansemdlle Div. ; Sunday:? River, on Eaphoiiia sp., Bieye ! 



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