Heytvoodia.] euphorbiace^ (Hutchinson). 385 



1. H. lucens (Sim, For. FL Cape CoL 326, t. 140); a tree, 20-50 

 ft. high ; Lranches covered with ashy bark ; young branchlets 

 rather slender, obtusely angled or sub terete, glabrous ; leaves 

 elliptic or ovate-elliptic, cuneate at the base, gradually and obtusely 

 pointed at the apex, 2^—4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, entire, rigidly 

 coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 

 4-5 on each side, prominent on both surfaces, looped and branched 

 some distance from the margin, diverging from the midrib at an 



angle of 45"^ ; veins very lax, distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 

 ;J— 1^ in. long, glabrous ; male glomerules nearly ^ in. in diam. ; 

 bracts suborbicular, membranous, up to ^ lin. broad, glabrous ; 

 sepals 3, unequal, orbicular, i-1 lin. in diam., membranous, 

 convex outside, brown and a little thicker Id the upper part, 

 glabrous; petals 5, orbicular, slightly clawed, very convex on the 

 outside, about twice the size of the sepals, membranous, glabrous ; 

 stamens 8 ; filaments very short, connate at the base ; anthers 

 2-ce]]ed, cells distinct, parallel, dehiscing longitudinally, 1 lin. long ; 

 female flowers not known ; capsule seen only after dehiscence, 

 evidently ovoid-ellipsbid, about | in. long; exocarp yellow and 

 wrinkled when dry, crustaceous, glabrous, with 6-7 strands of 

 fibres connecting it between the septa with the central axis ; 

 endocarp yellow, firmly crustaceous, nearly ^ lin. thick ; seeds 

 lanceolate-ovoid, about 4 lin. long, light brown^ smooth and 

 shining, with a narrow groove down the back when dry. 



Eastern Eegiox : Tiaiiskei ; Dwessa Forest, Sim, 250i ! Pondoland ; Port 

 St. John, on the river bank, Gcdpin, 3486 ! 



Native name ''Nebelele " and known as Cape or Black Ebony. 



XL ANDRACHNE, Lmn. 



Flowers monoecious. Petals present. Mah flowers: Sej)als 5 or 

 6, membranous. Petah subec^ual to the sepals. Disc cupular, 

 crenulate. Stamens 5 or 6, alternating with the petals j filaments 

 free or connnte towards the base; anthers erect; cells parallel, 

 distinct, dehiscing longitudinally. -Rudimentary ovary tripartite. 

 Female flowers : Se^jah and iietals often more coriaceous than those 

 of the male. Bisc as in the male. Ovary 3-celled ; styles very 

 short, bifid or bipartite; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule dry, 

 trilobed, the lobes keeled, breaking into 2-valved cocci. Seerh 



wrinkled, estrophiolate ; albumen fleshy ; embryo curved, M^th a 

 long radicle ; cotyledons flat and broad. 



Diffuse herbs, luiderslirub.-^ ur slender shrubs ; leaves alternate, petiolate. 

 membranous, usually small ; flowers pedicellate, axillar}-, the males often 

 fasciculate, the female soiitarv. 



DiSTRlB. Abont 20 snefips. in fhe ^ 



FL. C- — VOL. V. SECT. II. 



armer parts ot tne j>ortnern xien: 



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