Plate 2347. 



EUPHORBIA ABBOTTII, Baker. 

 EuPHOEBiACE^. Tribe Euphorbie/E. 

 E. (§ Goniostema) Abbottii, Baker in Kew Bullet. 1894, 150 ; frutl- 



cosa ramis teretibus hevibus apicem versus interdum leviter crassiori- 

 fjus, toJiisad apices ramulorum confertis petiolatis oblanceolatis ovali- 

 ous^e Jamma membranacea basi in petiolum angiistata apice graciliter 

 apiculata glabra venis primariis utrinque 15-20, stipulis obsoletis v. 

 mmutis coiucis, cymis pedunculatis dichotorais 6 12-cephali3 foliis 

 quasi- terminahbus suffultis eisdem prim urn longioribus, bracteis ovatis 

 a^utatis y. temp, fructifero late oblongo-v. obovato-ellipticis, involucro 

 canipanulato glabro basi bracteis 2 involucro a^quilongis arete suffulto, 

 g aimulis transverse oblongis Itevibus inappendiculatis, involucri lobis 

 leitoideo-lanceolatis incisis, capsula profunde 3-loba, lobis LTvibus 



teialiter compressis carina obtusis, seminibus globosis albido- 

 Diarmoratis. * 



Hab, Indian Ocean ; Aldabra Island, Dr Ahhott. 



^ Folia cum petiolo marginato 2-21 poll, longa, 1-| poll. lata. Bradece 

 T2 icr poll, longae. Caj^sula \-^ poll. diam. 



Tins is one of several new species collected in Alda 

 \ 'f.*' fJ^ American naturalist, who visited the islaau in lo^o, .tiiu 

 It -^ ir f co'nuiunicated his botanical material to the Eoyal Gardens.* 



to ^Ar 7 **^ ^^^^^^' ^P^*'^^^ of tliis section, which appears to be restricted 



o Madagascar and the Western Islands of the Indian Ocean.— D. 

 Oliver. 



Clan.fs ^' J"''"]"'"'"*^ and bracts. 2. Part of involucre laid open, sliowing marginal 

 lui-nlL l'^^^^*^ ^'^Smtnts. 3. Fimbriate bracteole. 4. Stamen and its stipes. 5. 



"* "^licre and bracts with capsule. 



bra by Dr. W. L. 



ind in 1893, and 



Vide ' Kew Bulletin,' 1893, 154, and 1S04, 146. 



