284 EuniOEBiACE.E (Brown). [Eiipliorlla. 



and ciliate lobes ; glands \-% lin. in their greater diam., transversely 

 oblong, entire, very slightly concave ; ovaiy and capsule not seen. 

 E, sro2')iformi8 (serplfnrmis bjf error), Bo!ss, in DC. Prodr, xv. errata 

 and Ik) iiarthj, as io Zeyher 1535 only, excl. all syuouyms. 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div.; Berg Valley, Zeyher, 1535! Possibly 

 Schlechier^ 9910, from Brand Vlt-y in Worcester Div. may belong here. 



The name E. ^copifovmis as applied by Boisiiier, according to the only three 

 specimens quoted, includes two perfectly distinct sj^ecies, being founded upon a 

 speciniLn collected by Bevglm in Biet Valley, which is the type of ArihrothamnttH 

 scopiformis, Klotzsch ^t Garcke, and another collected by Ecldon tf- Zeyher (Kuphorb. 

 24) near Brakfontein in Clanwilliam Div. , both of which Ijelong to E. arceuthohioides, 

 whilst the distinct Berg Valley plant (i?f?/A^r 1535) appears to have been added 

 afterwards, as its characteristics do not appear in the description. As the name 

 scopiformis was not origjinally applied to this plant (Ztyher 1535) and belongs to 

 the plant described by Boissier as E. ai-eeuthobiokles before or at about the same 

 time, I deem it best to abolish the name E. scopiformis altr.gether and apply a 

 fresh name as above. 



57. E. tenax (Burcliell,Trav. S. Afr. i. 219) ; a leafless, spineless, 

 succulent bush, about 2 ft. high, dicecious, only the male plant seen,, 

 dichotomously and trichotomously much branched ; branches mostly 

 opposite, diverging from each other at an angle of 55°-80'^5 l-^li 

 lin. thick, terete, not angular, rough from minute hardened papillae, 

 all rising to about the same general level and forming a somewhat- 

 flat-topped corymb of small cymes, green, scarcely milky (BnrclieU) ;. 

 leaves rudimentary, scale-like, opposite, recurved from about the 

 middle, about ^ lin. long and broad, subquadrate or oblong, very 

 obtuse or subtruncate, very minutely apiculate, minutely puberulous 

 on the upper, glabrous on the lower side, chocolate-coloured, soon 

 deciduous ; cymes small, in pairs at the ends of the branches,, 

 forming there a lax cyme |-l;j in. in diam., with or without 1-3 

 pairs uf other cymes racemosely spaced along the branch below 

 them ; bracts scale-like, firm, ^-§ lin. long, oblong, yery obtuse, 

 apiculate, chocolate-coloured; involucre li-l^r lin, in diam., cup- 

 shaped, minutely papillate or subglabrous outside, with 5 glands 

 and 5 transversely rectangular toothed lobes ; glands ^-|- lin. in 

 their greater diam., transversely elliptic or elliptic-oblong, entire,. 



apparently yellowish or greenish; ovary and capsule not seen. 



Cestkal PLEGI0^' : Ceres Biv. ; in stony places on Huagklip, near the Ongeluka 

 River, Burchell, 1219 ! 



This species has been overlooked by all authors and omitted from the Index: 

 Kewensis. 



58. E. rhomhifolia (Boiss. Cent. Euphorb. 19); plnnt unisexual; 

 stems probably growing in bush-like clumps, 1-2 ft. high, succulent, 

 spineless, leafless, 11-2 lin, thick at the base, siujple or with 1-5 

 distant pairs of slender branches 5-18 in. long, bearing 6-12 



distant pairs of peduncles (or, in the varieties, cymes) in a racemose- 

 manner, glabrous ; leaves rudimentar}^ and soon deciduous, opposite, 

 |-1 lin. long, occasionally ubhmg, but usually spathulate^ with a 





