274 ■ EuriiORBiACEaT: (Brown). \EvplwrUa. 



41. E. chersina (N. E. Br.) ; a dwarf much-branched bush, appa- 

 rently less than 1 ft. high, leafless and spineless, with a succulent 

 bark ; primary branches or stems of the specimens seen 3 1-6 in. 

 long, 2|-3i lin. thick, dichotumously branched so as to form a 

 flattish-topped cyme 5-6 in. across, terete, glaljrous, perhaps glaucous, 

 b\it not papillate nor a.^pcrate ; branches opposite, diverging from 

 each other at an angle of 90^-130°, stout, with internodes ^-2 in. 

 long ; leaves rudimentary, opposite, persisting for a short time, 

 sessile, scale-like, | lin. long, deltoid-ovate, acute, concave, glabrous, 

 spreading or recurved, blackisli ; cymes terminal on the ultimate 

 forkings of the branches and stem, sessile, very small (about ^—5 

 in. in diam.) and dense, nearly all fallen from the specimens s^en ; 

 bracts \ hn. long, scale-like, broadly deltoid-ovate, subacute, ad- 

 pressed to the involucres or finally spreadin,i4', keeled, glabrous, 

 reddish-brown or blackish-brown ; involucres sessile, 1 lin. in diam., 

 lin. deep, cup-shaped, glabrous outside, wdth 5 glands and^ 

 broadly cuneate ciliate lobes, apparently purple ; glands about 2" l^"- 

 in their greater diam., transverse, narrowly oblong, entire, with 

 the inner margins turned up, forming a slight lip ; ovary oblong, 



obtusely 3-angled, glabrous, with a small obtusely 3-lobed calyx at 

 its base, fin all v just exserted from the involucre on a short pedicel 5 

 erect ; styles .\ lin. long, very shortly united at the base, ascenaing- 

 spreading, minutely 2-lobed at the apex ; capsule and seeds not 



seen. 



Western Rlgiox : Great Xamaijualaud ; Augra Pequeiia, Pearson <{* Oa^pi'^f 

 7584! Marloth, 463S. 



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42. B. indecora (X. E. Br.); a bush, 2-3 ft. high, succulent at 



the young parts and with a succulent bark, leafless and spineless, 

 unisexual ; branches ojtposite, diverging from each other at an 

 angle of OO^'-lOO^ terete, slightly curved, 3-12 in. long, simple or 

 branching like the stems, taperuig to the apex, but not spine- 

 pointed, 1^-2 lin. thick when dried, with internodes 1-2 in. long, 

 not papillate nor asperate, glabrous, perhaps glaucous ; leaves 

 rudimentary, soon deciduous, opposite, recurved-spreading, H' ^^' 

 long, spathulate or obovate-spathulate, with a very short broad 

 stalk and rounded or transverse very obtuse blade, concave, 

 glabrous, green ; cymes lateral, apparently few, scattered along 

 the young branches, sessile, 3- (or perhaps more) flowered ; bracts 

 like the leaves ; involucres not seen c^uite mature, | lin. in diaui. 

 and I lin. deep, but probably slightly larger when full)' developed, 



subcylindric or very slightly obconie, glabrous outside, puberulous 

 within, with 5 glands and 5 subquadrate very minutely ciliate 

 lobes; glands -^ lin. in their greater diam., transversely <^^^'^^Sj 

 entire ; ovary glabrous, shortly stalked, perhaps ultimately exserted 

 from the involucre; styles l-f lin. long, shortly united at the base, 

 acutely bifid at the apex. 



"VVestkrjs' Region- : Little Xarnaiiualand ; ou sandy plains sloping towartls the 

 Orange River, between DaLainoris and Houm^ Drift, Pearson, 3-387 ! 



