270 EUPiiOiiBiACE.E (Brown). [Eaplwrhia. 



pubescent beneath ; involucre 2-2|- lin. in diam., cup-shapedj 

 glabrous outside, with 5 pubescent stripes opposite the glands 

 within, with 4-5 glands and 5 transversely oblong or subquadrate 

 ciliate lobes; glands ^j-l^ lin. in their greater diam., transversely 

 oblong, obtusely or acutely 2-3-tootbed or lobed or subentire, rugulose 

 or pitted-rugulose on the upper surface ; capsule about ^ in. in 

 diam.j glabrous, exsevted on an erect pedicel 2^—5 lin. long; styles 

 -|-1 lin. long, united at the basal part, then ascending-spreading, 

 entire or minutely biHd ; seeds 2J lin. long, ellipsoid or ellipsoid- 

 oblong, stoutly apiculate at one end, with scattered flat-topped 

 tubercles or irregular raised markings of a different tint from the 

 ground colour. N. E. Br, in Dyer, FL Trop, Aft, vi. i. 530. 

 E. Galjmii, Pax, and E. nUoJata, Pax in Biflh Urrh, Poi^^, vi. 742, 

 743 ; and E. ciliolata in Batim, Kffnene-Samh, Exped, 2S4. E. 

 Girizei, Pax in En<jh JaJirh. xxviii, 420. 



Kalahatii IIegiox : Transvaal ; Kaap Biver Valley, near BarbertoUj 2000 ft., 

 Gidphi, 119S! Thorncroft, 594! Potgietera Rust, Mhs Leendertz, 1432! uear 

 Lydeaburg, Wilms, 1836 1 



Also in Tropical Africa, Galpin 1198 is the type of E, tramvaahvsls^ 

 Seliltchter, published in 189G, and of E, Gidpini, Pax, published in 1898. 



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35. E. frutescens (N. E. Br.) ; a much-branched woody bush, 

 6 ft. high, apparently (luite leafless and spineless, unisexual ; branches 

 alternate, ascending or ascending-spreading, the ultimate 3-10 in. 

 long, I-I3 lin. thick, I'igid, woody, glabrous, dark brown, with 

 numerous alternate flowering tubercles scattered along them ; 

 leaves none or reduced to the merest rudiments, not seen ; bracts at 

 the base of the involucres ^-i lin. long, broadly obovate, minutely 

 ciliate; involucres clustered on the flowering tubercles, sessile, 2 lin. 

 in diani, and 1 lin. deep, obconic-cup-shaped, minutely puberulous 

 all over on the outside including the backs of the glands and 

 puberulous within, with 5 glands and 5 subquadrate or transversely 

 oblong ciliate lobes, apparently white ; glands subcontiguous, 

 spreading, |-1 lin. in their greater diam., transversely oblong or 

 elliptic-oblong, entire, smooth and glabrous on the upper side ; 

 female plant not seen. 



Wkstern Region: Little Nainaqualand (Little Eushnianland) ; lower mouutain 

 slopes at Aus, 3000 ft., Pearson, 4714 ! 



Tliis, by its perfectly leafless nodose-tuberculate woody branches, is one of the 

 most distinct of the South African speeieji of Euphorhla and rerieiuble^ no other 

 from that region. 



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36, E. guerichiana (Pax in Engl Jahrb. xix. 143); a shrub 

 about 6-7 ft. high, apparently woody, with slender straight erect or 

 ascending branches, the younger f-l^- lin. thick, with slightly 

 prominent scai*s at the nodes, usually nearly or quite leafless at the 

 time of flowering ; leaves alternate, very small, shortly petiolate, 

 soon deciduous, 1^—3 lin. long, f-l^ lin. broad, oblong, obovate or 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, rather thick in texture, minutely 



