Siophorbia.] EUPiioi;iJiACE-E (Brown). 255 



3-toobhed eiliale lubes; glands J— ^ Jin. in their greatei* diajn., trans- 

 versely linear-oblong, with a conspicuous petaloid slightly crennlate 



whitish or purplish appendage ; capsule far exserted, recurved, 

 H lin, longj 1^ lin. in diam., oblong, glabrous; styles ^~^ liu.'loug, 

 free, deeply })itid ; seeds 1 lin. long, 4-angled, with a small caruncle, 

 very minutely tuberculate =?(\abrous, grey. N, E, Br. in Df/er, FL 

 Trap, Afr. vi. i. 494. F. ppploirles, E. Meyer ht Drrge, Zwei VjL 

 Dtjciunente, 184, ex Botsx, hi DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 06, not of Gounn. 

 E. hcreroenshs, Pax In Engl, JaJtrh. x. 35. 



VVkstkrx Region : Great Namaq\ialand ; stony slopes 12 miles west of Zand- 

 verhaar, Pcarsoti, 4272 I Little Kamaqualand ; betwoeti Verlept2>ram and the 

 mouth of the Orange Kiverj Bref/c I 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



This is readil}' dif^tingnished from all other ppecies bj the habit and the remark- 

 able variegation of its leaves. 



16. E. Helioscopia (Linn. Sp. PI. od. i. 4o9, and Amam. Acad. iii. 

 124); an annual herb, i-1 ft. high, glabrous in all parts ; stem 



usually with a pair of branches arising from its base, sometimes 

 simple, usually dividing into a 5-i*ayed umbel 2-6 in. in diam. at the 

 top ; primary rays dividing into 3 secondary i ays, which are 1-3-times 

 forked ; leaves alternate on the stem, whorled or opposite on and 

 at the base of the umbel, sessile or tapering into a petiole, ^-1^ in. 

 ^^^^gj 4~1 in. broad, cuneately obovate, rounded at the apex, denti- 

 culate; involucre solitary in the forks of the rays and terminal, 

 subsessile, 1-1-^ lin. in diara. and 1 lin. deep, cup-shaped, yellowish- 

 green, with 4 glands and 5 oblong or subquadrate minutely toothed 

 lobes ; glands i lin. in their greater diam., transversely oblong, 

 entire, flat, yellowish-green ; ovary obtusely trigonous, conspicuously 

 3-grooved betw^een the angles, glabrous, exserted on a curved 

 pedicel lJ-1^ lin. long; styles about ?;- lin. long, free almost to the 

 base, not diverging, sliortly 2-lobGd at the apex: capsule 1| liu. 

 in diam. and 1^ lin. long, 3-lobed as seen from above, smooth; 

 seeds 1-1^- lin. long, ellipsoid or subglobose, with a raised network 

 all over their surface, dark brown, with a small yellowish caruncle. 

 Bernhordi in Flora^ 1845, 8G, and iv Krams, Pxlir. FL Cap- nnd 

 ^<ttal 150; PnlsH. in DC. Prorfr, xv. ii. 13G. 



South Africa: without locality, Thunhergl Harvey \ 604! 



Coast Hegiox : Cape Div. ; Nonilioek Forest, Mlhr, 19G! Simons Bav, 

 Wright, 449 ! ^lowbi-ay, near Cape Town, Wlhn^, 36fi9 ! Wynbei^g, WaUirh \ 

 Mimon \ near Cape Town, Tyson, 2275 ! Claremont, Sehlechter, 736 ! 



Ckntral Region: Giaaff Reinet Div.; around Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 456! 

 Thornton^ 198! ColesLerg Div. ; around Colesberg, Shawl 



A weed of cultivation introduced from Europe. 



17. E. Peplus (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 456, and AnKt^n. Acad. iii. 117) ; 

 annual 3-15 in. hisrh, erect, branchino; near or at the ba^e: 

 branches glabrous; leaves alternate on the stem and branches, 

 hut opposite on tlie branches of the umbel, thinly herbaceous, 

 i-4 in, long, 1-' in. broad, all more or less pctiolate, and ovate, 



