Ui'2)horhia.] euphorbiace.e (Brown). 269 



Kerubescem, E. Mujer in Drege, Zwel Pjl. Doatmente, 184:, ex Botss. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 116. Tithymalns Meneri, Kfotzsch it' Garcke in AhhanrU, Akad, BrrUn, 

 I860, 75. 



h 



South Africa : without locality, Thunherg ! Krehs, 292 ! V;ir. ^ : Krehi^, 293 ! 



Coast Region : George Div, ; woods near George, BurchcU, 5845 ! Alexander 

 {Prior) 1 Knyaua Div. ; near Kuysua Ford, Burchell, 5533 ! T.ittle Umtini River 

 and Karatra, Schlechter, 5891 1 Uitenhage Div. ; various localities, Mn^. Paterson, 

 936 ! Marhth, 4888 \ Ecldon & Zeylier, Euplioib. 13 ! Zcuhrr^ 3S58 ! Port Eliza- 

 beth "Div. ; near Port Elizabeth, Drege, 19 ! Bathurst Div. ; woods near Port 

 Alfred, SchlecUer, 27(>2 ! Trapps Valley, Miss Dahj, GOB ! Albany Div. ; near 

 Grahamstown, Atherstone, 5 1 WiUianison ! near Sidbury, Miss Dahj, 782 I 

 Bedford Div. ; near Bedford, Miss Nicol, 48 ! Stuckenstrom Div. ; summit of 

 Kat Berg, Shaic ! Stutterheiui Div. ; forest at Fort Cunningliaine, Galpin, 2476 ! 

 King Williamstown Div. ; Perie forest, Galpin, 3281 ! SchonJand, SG5 ! Kuntze ! 

 East London Div. ; near East London, Pattrat/, 66S ! British KafTraria, Cooper, 

 17GI Var. /3 : Uitenhage Div.; Zuurberg Range, Dregc, 2347! Bathurst Div. ; 

 near Port Alfred, ISchonland, 787 ! 807 ! Potts, 207 ! Albany Div. ; Blue Krantz, 

 Burchell, 3639 ! near Gi ahamstown, Drege ! MacOimn, 291*! 



Central Region ; Yar. 13 : Somerset Div. ; banks of the Great Fish Fviver, 

 Burchell^ 3254 ! near Somerset, Boicher ! 



Kalahari Rk CxIOn ; Var. )3 : Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rchmann^ 5913! Rimers 

 Creek, near Barberton, Thorncrofl, 768 ! 



Ea^stkun Rkgion : Tembuland ; Bazeia, Bam% 28 ! Katal ; margins of woods 

 near Pietermaritzburg, Krauss, 256 ! near Richmond, Sanderson, 844 ! Fairfield, 

 Pudatis, 208 ! Var. j9 : Natal ; between the Umzimkulu and Umkomanzi Rivers, 

 Dre[^€, 4617! Tugela, Gerrard, 1173! near Byrne, Wood, 340! near Enon and 

 near Richmond, IFooc/, 1851 ! Verulam, Roor^ 767 ! Weenen County, *^^(^//e?'/rtri^n 

 and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1627 ! Sandersdn ! Cooper, 1161 ! 



F 



Partly described from fresli material preserved in fluid {Drege, 19), I am 

 doubtful if E. crnhcscens should be even distinguished as a variety, the specimens 

 constituting it may be only young growths, which later assume the typical form, 

 as they stoem to grade into one another. This, however, can only be decided by 

 those who can examine living plants. 



34. E. transvaalensis fSchlechter In Journ. Eot. 1S96, 391) : a 



rub, 2-5 ft. high, usually with forked braaclies ; young branches 

 herbaceous, beconiing woody with age, terete, glabrous, hollow, 

 terminating in a 3~4-rayed umbel, the peduncle of which at first 

 appears to be a continuation of the branch, but the latter gradually 

 thickens and persists, becoming 2-4^ in. long, and l]-2^ lin. thick, 

 whilst the peduncle of the umbel scarcely thickens and falls off at 

 the end of the season ; leaves 2-3 and alternate on the basal part of 

 each new branch, wdth a wdiorl-like cluster apparently at its middle, 

 really at its apex or base of the peduncle and another whorl of 3-4 

 under the umbel ; petiole -|— 1} in. long, glabrous ; blade ll-i\ in. 

 ^^^Si §-2 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or elliptic-o^ate, obtuse, 

 rounded or subacute at the apex, cuneately narrowed into the 

 petiole, glabrous on both sides or thinly pubescent beneath ; stipules 

 none ; umbel solitary, terminal, with a peduncle 2-8 in. long and 

 3-4 simple or once or twice forked rays, sometimes accompanied by 

 a similar ray at its base, glabrous, deciduous ; bracts ^1|- in. long, 

 ovate, rhomboid-ovate, subreniform or orbicular, obtuse, acute or 

 slightly notched at tlie apex, apiculate, abruptly rounded or cuneately 

 contracted into a short petiole, glal^rous on both sides or thiidy 



