XV. n. 



Eii2>JiorUa,'\ euphorbtace.e (Brown). 303 



sessile, \ in. in diani., tvigonous-subglol>ose, pubescent ; styles | lin. 

 long, united into a column for half their lengthy then spreading 

 and deeply bifid, with widely diverging lobes at the apex; seeds 

 H lin. long, ellipsoid or subglobose, obscurely pointed at one end, 

 reticulately rugose, olive-brown. Bcruli, h Flora, 1845, 87, and itt 

 Krauss, Beitr, FL Cap- unci Natal 150; Boiss. in DC. Prodr, 

 93. E. sUenifoIia, Sn-eet, Hart, Brit. ed. i. 356. T'lthiiniahis silent- 

 folius, Haw. Bev, PI Slice. Gl. T. Bergii and T, hnvj^j^efiolafus, 

 KloizseJi d- Garcke in Abhandl Akad, Berlin, 18G0; 6S. T. atfenii- 

 atus and T. elllpticus, KlofzscJi d Garcke, I.e. 69. 



South Africa : without locality. Thunherg ! 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; various localitieSj BurcheU, 9i! 8447! Berr/uis, 

 168 ! Ecldon & Zci/her, 18 ! Kraass, 1728 1 Ilanet^, 440 ! Pappel Prior \ Wlhna, 

 3625! Scott-ElUot, 105S ! Pillansl Phillips, 713 f Dlimmer, 362! Hocfevs, 2377! 

 2578 ! Marloth, 4414 ! 4887 ! Caledon Div. ; at the foot of the Zwart Berg, Bolvs, 

 lili ! Caledon, 3farIoth, 4S90 ! Knyaua Div. ; near Knyana River Ford, BnvclieJl, 

 5534 I Humansdorp Div. ; Kruisfoatein, Galpin, 4565 ! Uitenhage Div. ; Van 

 Stadens Berg, Ecldon <h Zeyher, 19 ! Winterhoek Mountains, Kmuss, 1729 ! Port 

 Elizabeth Div. ; sand dimes near Port Elizabeth, Bolus, 2680 ! Mrs. Patersov, 

 1143 I Dregel Albany Div.; Rockcliffe, near Sidbury, Mus Dah/, 825! near 

 Grahainstown, Misses Balt^ ff: Sole, 197 \ Bathurst Div. ; between Kasuga River 

 and Port Alfred, Burckelll 3956 ! 



83, E. crispa (Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. i. 356) ; a stemless tuberous- 

 rooted herb, unisexual ; tuber ellipsoid or ovoid, sometimes divided 

 at the top (from injury ?) into cylindric subterranean branches, dark 

 brown; leaves all radical, deciduous; petiole i-2 in. long; blade 

 '-2 in, long, 2^-5 lin. broad, lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse and 

 usually slightly folded together at the apex, more or less cuneate 

 at the base, wavy on the margin, entire, glabrous on both sides, or 

 pubescent beneath; peduncles in the axils of the leaves, |— 1| in. 

 long, glabrous or pubescent, with an umbel of 2-5 rays in the male 

 and a solitary involucre or a 2-3-rayed umbel in the female, and 

 2-5 bracts at the base of the umbel or involucre; rays with 1 

 involucre; bracts sessile, 1^-2^ lin. long, li-2j- lin. broad, obovate 

 or elliptic-oblong to suborbicular, obtuse or broadly rounded and 

 more or less apiculate at the apex, glabrous or pubescent; involucre 

 sessile between the bracts, 21-3 lin. in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous 

 or pubescent, with 5 glands and 5 oblong toothed and ciliate lobes ; 

 glands not contiguous, spreading, J-l lin. in their greater diam., 

 transverse, suboblong, borne upon short liat stalks, apparently 

 greenish yellow ; capsule erect, | in. in diam., trigonous-subglobose, 

 pubescent, with a puberulous crenate ring at its base and seated on 

 a short puberulous pedicel much shorter than the involucre : styles 

 about 3 lijr^ i^^ng^ united into a column for nearly half their length, 

 with spreading deeply bifid arms; seeds If -2 lin. long, oblong or 

 subglobose-oblong, abruptly acute at one end, truncate at the other, 

 varying' from nearly smooth with a ridge or ring of tubercles near 

 the truncate end to irreo-ularly tuberculate all over, dark brown, 

 opaque. E, elliptica, var, undulata, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 93. 

 I'ithjmalus crisuus. Haw, Bev, PL Succ. 61. 



