Euphorbia'] cxv. euphorbiace^. 949 



styles united about half -way up, bifid at the apex ; seeds pallid, 

 smooth, minutely pulverulent-punctulate. 



HuiLLA. — In rather elevated hilly places, on sand mixed with a rich 

 soil, in company with Ascolep'/.^, etc., near LopoUo towards Nene ; fl. 

 and fr,, end of Oct. and beginning of Nov. 1859. No. 282. 



Related to E. tuherculata Jacq. 



18. The following No., which has some resemblance to E. cervi- 

 cornis Boiss., Cent. Euphorb. p. 27 (1860), and in DC, I.e., p. 90, 

 is perhaps a new species : — 



A puberulous, much-branched shrublet, 3 to 4 in. high, 4 to 6 

 in. in diameter ; stems caespitose, about ^ in. thick at the base, 

 repeatedly branched ; branches dichotomous, subterete, spreading 

 in all directions, fleshy, intricate, glaucescent, leafless, marked 

 with scars as of fallen leaves, some recurving ; scars alternate, 

 usually with an elevation, rather small, not approximate ; inflor- 

 escence terminal ; heads on peduncles which range up to i in. long ; 

 involucre about J in. in diameter, puberulous ; bracteoles among 

 the filaments filiform, haiiy ; pistil at length shortly exserted. 



MossAMEDES. — In rocky maritime places at Praia da Amelia, near 

 Mossamedes, sparingly, or perhaps mostly perished ; in late fr. with 

 but few capsules left (no fruits in the British Museum set) July 1859. 

 No. 635. 



19. E. Tirucalli L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 452 (1753) ; Boiss. in DC, 

 I.e., p. 96 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 248 (1884). 



E. rhijjscdoides Welw. in Annaes Conselho Ultramarino Lisb. 

 no. 24 (May 1856), p. 252. n. 11. Cf. E. rhipsalioides Lemaire, 111. 

 Hort. 1857, misc. p. 72. 



Among plants of this species Gossyinum grew near Bemposta in 

 Loanda, at the end of July 1858. 



LoANDA. — A milky bush (in the denser forests of Ambriz, Icolo e 

 Bexgo, and Zexza de Goluncio, a tree 15 to 20 ft. high, with the trunk 

 6 to 8 in. in diameter), 8 to 12 ft. high, divaricately branched, with the 

 habit of Hariota ; the older branches leafless, the younger ones with 

 linear leaves ; flowers yellowish. About Loanda and negro villages 

 plentiful and ubiquitous ; fl. 1853-4 and Jan. 1858. No. 630. In fr. 

 Dec. 1853. Coll. Carp. 917. Lichen n. 461 grew in the coast region 

 of Loanda, in May 1854, on the older trunks of a leafless Eupliorbla, 

 probably this species. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A much-branched leafless shrub. In the some- 

 what dry thickets of Sobato de Bumba, near Camilungo, sporadic ; fl. 

 March 1856. No. 651. 



Mossamedes. — An undershrub, 2 ft. high ; root thick, horizontal ; 

 stems straight, erect-spreading, branched, not articulate ; flower-buds 

 tubercle-shaped ; the whole plant in the living state yellowish green, 

 glaucous, smooth. At the red-sand rocks close to Rio do Sal, at the 

 base of Serra de Montes Negros, in front of Boca do Rio Bero ; without 

 fl. July 1859. Perhaps this species. No. 633. A low shrub, with strict 

 asperulous branches. Serra de Montes Negros ; fr. 10 Aug. 1859. 

 Doubtfully referred to this species. Coll. Carp. 916. 



A large Polyporu.s grew on this tree near Loanda in April 1859, and 

 on the former grew the Fungus n. 11. The tree is called " Cassoneira " 

 at Loanda, or " Canumi-numi," and is used for making fences and 



