Acabjpha.] euphorbiace.^ (Prain). 477 



petiole setulose, 1-1 1 in. long; stipules setulose, subulate, per- 

 sistent, 1-1^ lin. long ; inflorescences 1-sexuaI, usually dioecious, 

 sometimes monoecious; male spikes axillary, solitary, pedunclcd; 

 peduncles rather copiously patently setulose, 2^-4 in. long ; spikes 

 cylindric, dense-flowered, slender, 1^-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, 

 setulose, -i-l in. long, spreading, persistent ; buds setulose at the 

 tip; female spikes terminal, solitary, | in. (ultimately 1-1^ in.) 

 long; bracts 1-flowered, subsessile, leafy, wide-ovate, subacute or 

 obtuse, base wide-cuneate, ^-§ in. long, §-| in. wide, coarsely 

 serrate, central tooth rather exceeding the 2-4 lateral, copiously 

 setulose on the margin and nerves outside and beset with glands on 

 the back ; sepals 3, ovate, acute, setulose ; ovary distinctly 3-lobed^ 

 pilose and glandular in the upper half ; styles 3, united in their 

 lower third, 1 in. long, spirally twisted and markedly laciniate 

 upwards ; seeds subglobose. E. Meyer in Drcge, Zwei Ffl. Docu- 

 mented 161; EchL d Zeyh. in Linneea^ xx. 213; Sond. in Linneea, 

 xxiii. 115, excL syn, Bnching, and var. glahrafa; BailL Adansoniajiii, 

 156, excl. S7jn. BncJiing, ; Pax in Engh PJl, Osi-Afr. G. 25^, partly; 

 Prain in Kew Bulletin^ 1913, 20. A, peduncularis, var, geniuna, MiilL 

 Arg. inLinneea, xxxiv. 28, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 846. A, Zeijheriy 

 var. puhescens, MiilL Arg. Lc. 29, and l.c, 847 ; not A. Zeyheri^ 

 Baill, A, mentiens, Gandog. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Ix. 27. A. Dregeiy 

 Gandog. l,c. Picinocarpus peduncularisy 0. Kuntze^ Bei\ Gen. PL 

 ii. 618, 



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^^\i. 0j crassa (Miill. Arg. in LinnEea, xssiv. 28); stems stouter, 4-15 in, 

 long, simple or subsimple ; leaves ovate, all obtuse, base ahvays rounded, when 

 mature 2J-3 in. long, lJ-2 in. wide, those towards the apes of the stem much 

 larger than the ones lower down. Milll. Ai^g. in DC. Prodr. ^\. ii. M% \ Pram in. 

 Kew Bulletin, 1913, 21. A. crassa. Bucking, ex Meisn. apud Krams in Flora, 

 1845, 83. A. pcduncularis, Sond. in Lhinc^a, sxiii. 115, as to syn. Buching. ; 

 BaiU. Adansonia, iii. 156, as to syn. Bucking. ; hardly of E. Meyer. A. pcdun- 

 cularis, var. ferox, Pax ex Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1913, 21, A. Schlechtai, 

 Gandog. in Bull, Soc. Bot, Fr. Is. 27. Riciywcarpvs jiedvncuhrisj var. ovatifolius, 

 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL iii. ii. 292. 



South Africa : without locality, Masson ! Ilerh. Swartzl Grondal ! Delulandel 

 Krehs ! Var. : Herb. Swartz ! 



Coast Region: Uitenlmge Div. ; Bontjes River, 2000 ft., Drege, 2309 L 

 Enon, Dregel near Zwartkops River, Zcyhcr, 214! Alexandria Div. ; Zuurberg 

 ^^nge, 2000-3000 ft., Dregel Cooper, 35S0 ! Bathurst Div.; l:)etween Blue 

 Krantz and Kaffir Drift, Burchell, 3707 ! at Rietfontein between the Kasuga 

 Kiver and Port Alfred, Burchell, 4041 ! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, 1500- 

 250'tft.,ZVZ:?o/i, 75, partly! Bolton \ Mrs. Barber I 3/acOiran, 49 1 Oalpin, 191! 

 ^ohisl Rogers, 1741 4593! Slang Kraal, i?u?-Z:e ! Assegai Bush and Botram, 

 1000^2000 ft., Brege, 4596 ! Howisons Poort, Zeyher, 3838 I Mrs. Ilutton \ near 

 Sidbury, Burchell, 4176 ! Stockenstrom Div. ; sources of the Kat River above 

 Philipston, 3000-4000 ft., Ecldm, 75, partly ! Peddie Div. ; Fredericksburg, Gilll 

 East London Div. ; near East London, Rattray, 678 ! Wood in Ilerh. Ualpin, 

 3136 I British Caffnuia ; Hangraans Bush, Cooper, 147 ! 3581 \ 



Eastern Region : Transkei ; Krielis country, Boiclccr, 292 ! Kentam, 1200 ft., 

 Miss Pegler, 65, partly I Tembuland ; near Bazeia, beyond the Bashee River, 

 2000 ft., Baur, 373 I Pondoland ; many localities, Bachmann, 783! 790! 792! 

 793! 1711 ! Beyrich, 102! Natal; near Durban, Krauss, ^77, partly! Gneinzius, 

 ^04, partly ! Gen^ard, 619 1 Sariderscn, 129 ! Wood, 1416, partly ! Inanda, 1800 ft,, 

 Wood, 48, partly! Umgeni River, Rehmann, 8S04! Camperdown, Schkchter, 3059^ 



