514 EUPHORBIACE^ (Prain). [Sapium 



Male bracts 1 -flowered ; leaf -blade shortly clecarrent on 

 the petiole ; capsules breaking up into 3 2-valved 

 cocci ; valves thinly crustaceous^ not horned on the 



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(1) Simii. 



^lale bracts several-flowered ; leaf-blade minutely auricu- 

 late-cordate at point of junction with the petiole : 

 Capsule breaking Tip into 3 2-valved cocci ; valves with 

 a thick woody endocarp and a coriaceous separ- 

 able exocarpj each shortly but distinctly horned 

 on the back (2) reticulatum. 



Capsule subindehiscent, 2-dymous ; valves coriaceous, 



not horned on the back (3) mannianum. 



1. S. Simii (O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL iii. ii. 293) ; a shrub, 3-5 £t. 

 highj everywhere glabrous ; buds perulate ; twigs slender, angular ; 

 leaves short-petioled, alternate, chartaceous, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, base abruptly or gradually 

 cuneate, margin crenate-dentate, l|-3i- in. long, 1-1-^ in. wide; 

 petiole -]-|- in. long, channelled above, eglandular ; stipules small, 

 usually denticulate ; spikes terminal on leafy twigs, f— 1 in. long, 

 slender, with many male flowers above and 2-3 basal female 

 flowers; male bracts orbicular-ovate, somewhat toothed, 1-flowered, 

 glandular at the base ; pedicels in both sexes very short ; male calyx 

 3-partite, lobes small, lanceolate ; stamens 3 ; female calyx S-sect ; 

 lobes wide-triangular, acute, eglandular ; ovary glabrous, not horned ; 

 styles 3, free; capsule globose, -^ in, across, breaking up into 

 3 2-valved cocci ; valves thinly crustaceous ; seeds globose. 

 Excvecaria caffra, Sim, For. FL Cape Col 319, t, lU^Jig, 1. K Shnn, 

 Pax in EngL Pjianzenr. Euxj^iorh, Hij'jyoman, 170. 



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Coast Regio>': Albany Div. ; without precise locality, Miss UoicJccrl King 

 Williamstovvn Div,: Perie Forest, 2200-2500 ft., Sim, 1560! Kuntze \ Galpiri, 

 5907 ! Schdnland, 862 ! East London Div. ; near East London, Tkode in 

 Ilerh. Wood, 4850 ! Needs Camp, Galpin, 7098 ! Komgha Div. ; near Komgha, 

 1800 ft., Flananan, 413 ! near Kei Mouth, 100 ft., Schlechter, G190 ! 



Eastern Region : Transkei; Kentani, 1000 ft., itfm Pej^er, 897 ! Pondoland ; 

 Gwcnkala Ptiver, 1500 ft., Flanagan, 4131 and without precise locality, Bej/rich, 

 306 1 Natal ; Inanda, Wood, 991 1 and without precise locality, Gerrard, 2152 1 

 Zulnland ; near Eshowe, Wylle in Hcrh, Woad, 7534 1 



2. S, reticulatum (Pax in EngL Pflanzenr. Euphorb. Ilippomau. 

 245, fig. 46, CD) ; a shrub, 10-18 ft. high, everywhere glabrous except 

 the margins of the stipules ; buds perulate ; twigs slender, spreading ? 

 leaves short-petioled, alternate, membranous, oblong-ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, base rounded or wicle- 

 cuneate, minutely auriculate-cordate at point of junction with 

 petiole, margin entire or serrulate, 1-3 in. long, f-l^- ir^- wide; 

 petiole 1-2 in, long, channelled above; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 

 as long as the petiole, very caducous; spikes terminal on leafy twigs, 

 2-3 in. long, with many male flowers above and 1 (rarely 2) basal 

 female flowers ; male bracts oblong or ovate, somewhat toothed, 

 several-flowered, glandular at the base; female bracts 1-flowered; 



