344 EUPHOEBIACE.E (Brown). [Evplwrlia. 



glabrous, dark red-purple, ^^ith 5 glands and 5 transversely oblong 

 toothed or subentire lobes ; glands distinct, \~% lin. in their greater 

 diam., transversely elliptic-oblong, entire, dark purple ; ovary sessile, 

 but exceeding the involucre, glabrous ; styles |-1 lin. long, stout, 

 united for nearly or quite half their length, then spreading, 2-lobed 

 at the apex; capsule about 2J lin. in diam., obtusely 3-angled; 

 seeds 1^- lin. long, ovoid or somewhat pear-shaped, smooth, glabrous, 

 pale brown. 



Coast Regiok : Queeiirtown Div. ; common on the sides and summits of 

 mountains near Queenstown, 4000-5000 ft,, Galpin, 2527! Phillips, Marloth, 

 4372, Cathcart Div. ; near Cathcartj ex Galpin, 



Central Region : Somerset Div. ; near Buslunans River Station, Rogers \ ,^ 



Craduck Div.; near Cradook, Burtt'Davy, 7988! Miss Murray \ Aliwal North 

 Div. ; near Aliwal North, Barit-Davy^ 5874! 



Described from living plants sent to Kew by Mr. E. E. Galpin, who originally 

 discovered it. One plant, collected at the top of a mountain, where it had Ijeen 

 subjected to grasa-fires, had the ends of the branches modified into truncately 

 conical tips, with the edges of the angles singed and discoloured so as to form 

 large ovate or somewhat rhomboid pale brownish- white areas ; just as if the angles 

 had been cut off with a knife, but leaving the spines, giving the plant quite a 

 different appearance from those uninjured by the fire. 



138, E. aggregata (Berger, Sukk. Euphorb. 92); a tufted spiny 

 succulent, 2-3 in. high; stems erect, f-lj in. thick, usually 8-9- 

 (sometimes 7-) angleclj crowded, succulent, grass-green on the growing 

 part, brown below; angles obtuse, subent ire, about 1 lin. prominent, 

 with broadly triangular grooves between them at the tips, becoming 

 less prominent and the grooves flattened below; leaves rudimentary, 

 §-1 lin. long,- shortly linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, soon 

 deciduous ; spines (modified peduncles) solitary, ^-'^ in. long, 

 minutely puberulous and reddish or purplish when young, absent 

 from some parts of the stems ; involucres subsessile at the apex of 

 the stems, campanulate, with spreading greenish-yellow glands. 

 E. enneagona, Bcrger in MonaUsch', KaJ:L xii. 109. 



Coast Ekgion : without locality, cultivated speciuien ! 



Described from a living portion of the type^ sent to Kew by Mr. Berger, but I 

 have not seen flowers. It i^ closely allied to E. pidvinatay Marloth, but the stems 

 are not so stont, the angles more numerous, smaller, more obtuse and less pro- 

 minentj the green colour is brighter and the spines are shorter and puberulous. 



139. E. alternicolor (X, E. Br.) ; dwarf, succulent, spiny and 



leafless, forming a tufted cushion-like mass 3-4 in. high ; stems 

 erect, about 1-1| in. apart at their tips, 2i-3| in. long, 1-1^ i^- 

 thick, 8-10- (often 9-) angled, glabrous, alternately marked with 

 dull green and ^vhitish-green transverse bands about 1 Hn. broad ; 

 angles subacute, 1-H Hn. prominent, with slightly toothed crests, 

 separated by broadly triangular grooves having an impressed line 

 down their middle; leaves rudimentary, |-1| lin. long, linear, 

 acute, glabrous, withering and persisting for a time, then deciduous ; 

 spines (modified peduncles) solitary, very spreading, ^-^ in. long, 



