456 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE.E (brown). [Monaclmium. 



tubercles, often densely so at the middle part and thinly elsewhere 

 on the back, without evident keels, apparently whitish or greenish- 

 yellow, with dark green veins. Involucre 2-2 J lin. long, open in 

 front to below the middle, subcylindric-oblong, slightly contracted 

 under the truncate slightly recurved rim, glabrous. Ovary recurved, 

 ii-angled, everywhere covered with short points or filiform processes; 

 st>les 1 lin. long, united to the middle, bifid at the tips, minutely 

 papillate. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Ngarnka, Merker, 577 ! Usambara; 

 Mkumbaia, Bruiin, 2b74 ! 



10. M. Goetzei, Pax in Engl. Jakrh. xxx. .342. Stems annual 

 from a tuberous rootstock, 8-18 in. high, \-\ in. thick at the base, 

 apparently somewhat fleshy, sometimes with 1-2 erect parallel 

 branches, terete, glabrous. Leaves apparently somewhat fleshy, 

 ii-fi^ in. long and J-| in. broad, linear-lanceolate or narrowly 

 lanceolate, acutfe, gradually tapering from above the middle to the 

 petiole-like base, sharply toothed all round the margin or only on the 

 basal part, glabrous on both sides. Cymes apparently 2 or more at 

 the tips of the stems, 1 J in. or more in diam., about 3 times forked, 

 on peduncles 2J-3J in. long, glabrous. Bract-cup 3^-4 lin. long, 

 5-1) lin. broad, broadly or subtruncately rounded at the top margin, 

 crisped from scollop-like portions being incurved, notched to \ of the 

 way down, with 2 crenate keels down the back, more or less reticulately 

 veined, glabrous, green, suff'used with purple or violet. Involucre 

 2 lin. long, much shorter than the bract-cup, open to below the middle 

 in front, truncate, overtopping the subquadrate fringe-toothed lobes, 

 dull greenish-violet, with a yellow appendage and a red margin [Goetze). 

 Capsule about 2^ lin. long, sharply 3-angled, with two very narrow 

 membranous wings along each angle, exserted on a recurved pedicel ; 

 perianth obsolete ; styles 1 lin. long, united to above the middle, with 

 shortly bifid thickened revolute stigmas. Seeds 4-angled, truncate at 

 each end, carunculate, probably smooth, but immature in the type 

 specimen. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ussangu Muigi Mountain, north 

 Livingstone (King:.) Range, 5000 ft., Goetze, 1017 ! 



11. M. Iseve, Stapfin Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2Q(jQ,fig. 6. Stem probably 

 more than H ft. high, herbaceous or subfleshy, perhaps annual from 

 a tuberous rootstock, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 2J-GJ in. long, 

 j-2 in. broad, oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, acute, cuneately 

 tapering from the middle into the J- J in. -long petiole, thinly sprinkled 

 with short hairs above, glabrous beneath ; midrib prominently winged 

 on the underside. Cymes axillary, 1^-2 J in. in diam., about 3 times 

 forked, glabrous in all parts ; peduncle 2-4 in. long ; cyme-branches 

 J-| in. long. Bract-cup 3-7 lin. long, 4-8 lin. in diam., thinly 

 herbaceous, reticulately veined, notched to J or nearly half-way down, 

 sometimes with a thickened margin (gland ?) at the base of the notch. 

 Involucre 2 lin. long, cup-hke, open in front to below the middle, with 



