500 EUPHORBIACE.?; (Prain). [palecliampia, 



CoAvST Region: Port Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, Mi&s West, 22 1 Uiten- 

 hage Div. ; near Uitenhage, Burvhell, 4244 ! Zeyher, 3846 1 Enon, Zeyherl Dregel 

 Banr, 10441 Klein Place, Priori Krakakamma, Zcijher, 1189! Tzixm^s, Sdth elder, 

 25i)7 ! Alexandria Div. ; beUveen Hoffinanns Kloof aud Driefontein, Lrefie ! 

 Bathurst Div. ; near Kaffir Drift, Burchell, 3862 I between Kasuga Iviver and 

 Port Alfred, Burchell, 3969 ! Theopolis, Bergivs ! Glenfilling, Brege, 2429 ! 

 FoH Alfred, J/; .v. IlaUon, 557 I Albany Div. ; near Graham.stuun, Atherstone, 71 I 

 Bolton \ Miss BowJcerl MacOwan, 438 1 and in Herb. Norm. Anstr.-Afr, 511 ! Fort 

 Beaufort Div. ; Fort Armstrong, Fraser ! Peddie Div. ; Fredericksburg, (tUI ! 

 King Williamstovvn Div. ; near King Williamstown, Hutton, 06 ! Keiskanima, 

 Mrs, Hiftton I East London Div. ; Cambridge, Mhs Wormald, 34 ! Komgha Div. ; 

 Prospect Fann, 2100 ft., Flanagan, 433 ! British KafTraria, Cooper, 341 ! 



Kalahari Region : Bcchuaaaland ; Mafekincf, IIe?-b. Marloth I Traiijsvaal ; 

 Shiluvane, Junod, 539 ! 23S1 ! Lydenberg, Viilras, 1341, partly 1 Warm Bath, 

 Burtt-Bavy, 2316 1 5564 ! Moorddrift, Miss Leendertz, 2130 ! Crocodile River Drift, 

 Bolus, 9780 1 Concession Creek, 2600-3000 ft., Gtdpln, 839! Thorncroft, 320 1 

 Middelburg, Kdssiter, 1328 ! Pretoiia, Scott Elliot, 14241 



Eastern Region : Transkei ; Kentani, Miss PegUr, 268 I Pondoland ; Kletter- 

 stroom, Bachmann, 768! 769! 7701 Bcyrich, 287 I Natal; Colenso, Rehmann, 

 7146! Inchanga, Rehmann, 7922! Eerh. Marloth, 4088! Inanda, Wood, 5951 

 Avoca, 200 ft., SchlecMcr, 3015! Dniriisa, 1600 ft., Rudatis, 274 1 Mariannhill 

 Trappist Colony, Landauer, 233 ! Bellair, Wood, 11066 ! 



XXXVII. CTENOMERIA, Ilarv. 



Flowers moncEcious ; petals ; disc 0. Male : Calyx 5-lobed, val- 

 vate in bud. Stamens 30-60 ; filaments free, capillary ; anthers 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Rudimentary ovary 0. Female : Calyx 

 6-partite; segments pectinately lobulate on each side. Ovary 

 3-celled ; ovules solitary in each cell ; styles 3, long, filiform, free, 

 densely papillose throughout. Capsule 3-coccous ; cocci 2-valved ; 

 valves crustaceous. Seeds globose, ecarunculate ; albumen fleshy ; 

 cotyledons broad, flat. 



Twining herbs, pubescent or rarely nearly glabrous ; leaves alternate, cordate at 

 the base ; racemes terminal or leaf-opposed, with nnmerous male flo^verw above 

 and 1-2 basal female ficwers. 



DisTR[B. Two endemic species. 



Leaves unlobed or slightly 3dobed ; lobes acute (1) cordata. 



Leaves deeply 5-lobed ; lobes obtuse (2) Schlecliteri. 



Hook 



twining, 7-8 ft. long, branched, glabrous to densely pubescent, 

 especially upwards, and armed with stinging hairs ; leaves long- 

 petioled, membranous, triangular-ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, 

 base rather wide-cordate, margin subentire to crenate or serrate, 

 often slightly (rarely rather deeply) 34obed with lobes acute or 

 shortly acuminate, 1^-3 in. long, 1-2| in. wide, glabrous to 

 pubescent above, sparingly to rather closely pubescent beneath ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. long, glabrous to pubescent; stipules lanceolate, 





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