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Ejfphorhia .] EUPiioii BIACK.K ( Bro wn). 301 



Whsensrl, Ergehn. Bcntsch, Ticfsee-Exped, ii. iii. iU9, fiy. 103, 2. 

 Dachjlanthes glohosa, Hatv. in Phil. Mag, 1823, 382. Mediisca 

 glohosa, Klutzscli d: Garcke in AhhandL Ahnl Berlin, 1800^ r>l. 



Coast Region; Uitenhage Div. ; near Redhoase, Mrs. Patersoff, 670! near 

 Zwartkops, Marlotk \ Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, Brett in Herb, Pirmtuer, 

 627! Rogers \ Bedford Div. ; Melrose, Eastpoort, Burtt-Danj, 12290! and 



j rulttfafed specimeits ! 



Described from living plants cultivated at Kew. 



80. E. pistisefolia (Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 93) ; tul>er elon- 

 gated, fusiform, I--I4 in. in diam,, bearing a crown of lea\e.s and 

 flowers at the apex ; leaves all in a radical rosette, apparently 

 pressed upon the ground, |-2 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, elliptic, obtu,se 

 or notched at the apex, rather abruptly narrowing into the petiole, 





labrous on both sides, reticulutely veined beneath {Biirchdl) ; 

 peduncles often numerous, -J-l in. long, usually bearing a small 

 I cyme or umbel of 3-5 involucres, pubescent or glabrous; bracts 



under the involucres l|^-2-A- lin. long, 1^-2^ lin. broad, obovate, 

 very obtuse to subacute, puberulous, those at the base of the cyme 

 larger and up to 4- lin. long; involucres l:|-2^- lin. in diam., the 

 male larger than the female, cup- shaped, puberulous outside, Avith 

 5 glands and 5 subquadrate toothed lobes ; glands of the male |-14 

 and of the female l-| lin. in their greater diam., transverse^ oljlong 

 or elliptic, entire, Avith a slight depression near the inner margin i 

 capsule 2\ lin. in diam., subglobose-tricoccous, velvety pubescent, 

 subsessile, but exserted from the involucre ; styles f lin. long 



shortly united at the base, spreading, deeply bifid at the tips, %vith 

 diverging lobes; seeds 1-11 lin. long, ellipsoid, abruptly acute at 

 one end, obscurely 4-angled, minutely tuberculate, dark grey. 

 Tithymalm EcJcloni, Klotr.scli & Garclce in AhhandL AJcad. Berlin, 

 I860, 68. 



Coast Region : Tulbagh Div. ; near Wolseley, Dieh, 1002 ! Caledon Div. ; 

 hills near Caledon, Bolus ! Bredasdorp Div. ; n^r Elim, Guthrie, 3S16 ! Bolus, 

 7851 1 Swelleadam Div.; near Swellendam, £ckl<jn it" Ztyher, Euphorb. \^\ 

 Drege, 8195! Uiversdale Div. ; near Zoetenjelks River, Barchdl, 667S ! 6704! 

 near Riversdale. Bolus, 11378! 3/w/V, 298 ! Zoetemelksfontein, Muir in Uwh. 

 ^ialpin^ 5330 ! Tygerfontein, Galpln, 4561 ! 



81. B. tuberosa (Linn. 



117); a dioecious perenni? 



S]). PI. ed. i. 45G, and Amcen. Acad. iii. 

 perennial herb, li-3 in. high, with an elongated 

 perpendicular tuber -^-1 in. thick^ leaves all radical, ascending- 

 spreading, subcoriaceous, quite glabrous or puberulous on the 

 petiole and midrib beneath; petiole A-IA- in. long; blade ^-^i in, 

 ^^^gj 4 1-1 2 lin. broad, oblong or ^somewhat lanceolate-oblong, 

 usually slightly narrowing from the subtruncate, subcordate or 

 niore or less cuneate base to the obtuse, rounded or emarginate 

 apex, sometimes crisped at the margins; peduncles 1-7 to a plant, 

 f--2 in. long, naked below, with a pair or whorl of 3-4 sessile bracts 

 ^t the base of the umbel, glabrous or puberulous ; bracts 2-3 lin. 



