AcalyijJia.] euphorbiace.^ (rrain). 471 



axillary; spikes solitary or geminate, |^2i in. loiigj with 1-7 rather 

 remote female flowers below and rather few male flowers above with 

 usually a solitary densely muricate abortive female flower at the 

 w^ apex ; rhachis puberulous ; male bracts very minute ; male buds 



■ faintly puberulous ; female bracts 1-2-flowered, leafy, suborbicular, 



obtuse, 



w 



explanate ^-J in, wude, sparingly setulose on the margin and nerves 

 externally, otherwise glabrous ; sepals 3, ovate-triangular, sparingly 

 ciliate ; ovary deeply 3-lobed, pilose wdth tubercle-based hairs ; 

 styles 3, free from the base, short, laeiniate ; seeds ovoid, minutely 

 and closely pitted. WUld. Sp. PL iv. 523 ; BL Bijdr. Q2^ : It 



Miill 



HooJi, /. 



Ind. r, 416 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. BoL Geneva, 1892, 359 ; Pax in 

 Engl Pfl. Ost-Afr. G, 239, and in Baim, Knnene-Samh, E.cped. 283 ; 

 Hiern in Cat Afr. Welw. I 978; CooJce, FL Bomb. ii. 610; Burand 

 d' De Wild. Mat. FL Congo, ii. Gl ; Be Wild. & Burand, Brliq. 

 Bewevr. 210; N. E. Br. in Keio Bulletin, 1909, 141; TL tt HeL 

 Burand, Sifll FL CongoL 492 ; HutcUnson in Byer, FL Trop, Afr. 

 vi.i. 903 ; Prain in Kew Bidhtin, 1913, 15. A, sjnrata, Forsh. FL 

 •^gypL-Arah. 161. A. somaUiinij MiilL Arg. in Abhandl. Natnriv, 

 Ver. Bremen, vii. 27. A. somaJensis, Pax i^i Engl. Jahrh. xix. 100. 

 Bieinocarpus indicuSj 0. Kiintze, Bev. Gen. PL ii. 618. 



Kalahahi Rj£GION : Transvaal ; Vaal Eiver, BurJ:e I near Hammans Kraal, 

 4100 ft., ScUechter, 41S5 ! Avoca, near Barberton, 1900 ft., GaTpin, 1237! 

 Komati Poort, Kirk, 105! Shilovane, Junod, 1321 ! 1615 ! 



Eastern Eegiox : Xatal ; Tugela, Gt-vrard, 1624! 



Also widely spread tbrougliout Tropical Africa, the Mascarene Islands, Arabia 

 and Soutli-easteni Asia. 



6. A, segetalis (Mull. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 336); herba- 

 ceous, annual; stem rather copiously branched from the base, 

 up to 1 ft. highj somewhat sulcate ; leaves membranous, long-petioled, 

 ovate, obtuse or subacute, base more or less rounded, margin crenate, 

 h-lh in. long, \-\ in. wide, very sparingly pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath^ otherwise glabrous; petiole J-U in. long, puberulous; 

 stipules subulate, ^ in. long, caducous;"^ inflorescence 2-sexual, 

 axillary ; spikes usually solitary, short, about | in. long, with 2-4 

 rather remote female flowers below and rather few male flowers 

 above, with usually a solitary densely muricate abortive female 

 flower at the apex ; rhachis puberulous ; male bracts very minute ; 

 Jiaale buds faintly puberulous; female bracts 2-flowered, leafy, ovate, 

 acuminate, base subcordate, margin crenate, | in. long, if explanate 

 § in. wide, sparingly setulose on the margin and nerves externally, 

 sometimes with a few glandular hairs intermixed ; sepals 3, ovate, 

 small, sparingly ciliate ; ovary rather distinctly 3-lobed, sparingly 

 teset with tubercle-based hairs; styles 3, free from the base, 

 slender, laeiniate ; seeds ovoid, minutely and closely pitted. ^idL 



