Enphorhia.'] EUPiiOKBiACE^ (Brown), , 2o9 



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22. E. ruscifolia (N. E. Br.) ; stems many from a perennial root- 

 stock, ei'Bct, simple, 5-9 in. high, thinly and minutely puberulous 



or subglahrousj rather densely leafy throughout ; leaves alternate, 



yiiig uii uiiieruni stcuis or tne same r 



lineardanccolate to ovate, acute and shortly aristate-mucronate at 

 the apex, distinctly cordate at the base in the broader and rounded 

 in the narrower leaves, slightly revolute at the margins, glabruus 

 on both sides ; umbel f-l^ i^- ^^ diam., 3-rayed; rays ^-1 in, long, 

 shortly once- or twice-branched, glabrous ; bracts 3-5 lin. long, 

 31-7 lin. broad, broadly deltoid-cordate, acute, apiculate, glabrous ; 

 involucre shortly pedunculate, H lin. in diam,, cup-shaped, glabrous, 

 with 4 glands and 5 subquadrate minutely toothed lobes ; glands 

 aVjout § lin. \n their <?reater diam,, somewhat crescent-shaped or 

 transversely oblong, with a short horn at each end ; ovary glabrous, 

 exserted },-^ lin. from the involucre on a recurved pedicel; styles 

 free, radiately spreading, \ lin. long, deeply bifid at the apex ; 

 capsule and seeds not seen. E, ficloropliylla^ vai\ ruscifolia, Boiss, 

 in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 1G9. E. neuieata^ E. Meyer in DrrgPj Zicei 

 Pfl. Documented 184, ex Boiss. Lr., not of ForHlad, 



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Kastkhn Eegiox: Transkei ; between Kei River and Geua (Oek.ui) River, 

 Drtiie, 4t>21 ! Krielis Country, Bowler ! ' 



Nearly allied to A*. scleropJif/Ua, Roiss,, but rather different in appearance, and 

 the eordate-based leaves and larger cordate bracts readily distinguish it frt^ni that 

 species. The name F. aculcata is a mere catalogue desigjnation, published without 

 a description, and is long antedated by E. aculeata, Foi^sk., besides being quite 

 inapplicable to this plant. 



23. E. sclerophylla (Eoiss. Cent. Eupliovb. 37, and in DC. 



Prodr. XV. ii. 1G9) ; stems usually many from a perennial rootstoek, 

 erect, 1-li ft. liii^di, J^l lin. thick at the base, woody, simple or 

 branching, leafy tliroughout or naked with prominent leaf-sears 

 below, puberulous or glabrous ; leaves alternatCj scattered ov 

 crowded and somewhat imbricate, ascending, very shortly petiolate 

 or subsessile, coriaceous, subrigid, 4-8 lin. long, l-^-2| (rarely 3) 

 hn. long, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, acute, with a rather 

 pungent point, rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides ; umbel 

 terminal, 4-5-rayed, |-2 in. in diam. ; rays J-2 in. long, once or 

 twice forked or occasionally ^vith a series of several pairs of barren 

 bracts, glabrous; bracts 1^—4 lin. long, 2-5 lin, broad, very broadly 

 ovate or transversely elliptic-ovate, acute, with a subpungent 

 apiculus, broadly rounded or cuneately rounded at, the base, 

 coriaceous or subrigid, glabrous; involucres sessile, l^- H lin. in 

 diam., cup-shaped, glabrous, with 4 glands and 5 subquadrate or 

 oblong slightly denticulate lobes ; glands ^-J lin. in their greater 

 diam., somewhat crescent-shaped or narrowly transversely oblong, 

 ^^'ith a short horn at each ejid ; capsule about 1^- lin. in diam., 

 tricoccous, glabrous, exserted about h Hn. beyond tlie involucre on a 



