466 cxxii. EUPUORBiACE-E (browx). [Synculenmou 



shorter than the involucre, puberulous. Involucre 2^ lin. in diam., 

 shallowly cup-shaped, with a spreading entire rim-like gland, minutely- 

 pubescent on the basal part, glabrous above. Ovary exserted, minutely 

 subtomentose. Capsule 3 lin. long, deeply 3-lobed as seen from above, 

 with compressed and somewhat keeled lobes, smooth, thinly and minutely 

 puberulous (glabrous to the eye), exserted on a pubescent pedicel. — 

 Baill. Adans. iii. 143. S. piscatormm. Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 125, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 242. Euphorbia ? 2^reskicf>folia, Houllet 

 ex Baill., Adans. i. 105 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 176, 1269, jR. 

 sulcata^ Lem. ex Boiss. I.e., 170.- 



Mozamb. 3>istr. Zanzibar, -S^??A?ma/i«, 468! 



Introduced into tlie Paris Botanic Garden in 1853 from the Botanic Garden at 

 Bourbon, by A. Eichard. 



H. S. molle, Pax in Engl, Jahrh. xliii. 88. Branches as in S. Grantiit 

 glabrous. Leaves 3J-4J in. long, 1J-2J in. broad, obovate, rounded 

 at the apex into a small deltoid acute point \-\ in. long, cuneately 

 tapering from above the middle into a \-\ in.-long petiole, finely pub- 

 escent all over on both sides, minutely erose-denticulate at the margins, 

 but this is not always evident on dried specimens ; midrib beneath with 

 a distinct narrow wing-like acute keel not more than J lin. broad at the 

 base, minutely and irregularly toothed along the edge, not wavy. 

 Peduncles axillary, J-J in. long, umbellately branching at the apex into 

 3-4 rays J-§ in. long, which are forked once or twice and bear a sessile 

 involucre in the forks and at their ends, pubescent on all parts, or 

 almost tomentose on the ultimate branchlets ; bracts free, about y^y in. 

 long, subquadrate and ,\y in. broad when flattened out, concave, slightly 

 notched at the apex, densely pubescent or subtomentose. Involucre 

 unisexual (no female flowers seen), J— J in. in diam., very broadly and 

 shallowly basin- or almost saucer-shaped, open or notched to half-way 

 down on one side (always ?) with an entire spreading rim-like gland, 

 pubescent outside, apparently crimson ; lobes erect, overtopping the 

 gland, pubescent on the back. 



JTlle Iiand. British East Africa: Kibwesi, in Ukamba, Scheffler, 137! 



7. S. Kirkii, X. E. Br. Branches as in S. Grantii, glabrous. 

 Leaves 3^-4 J in. long, lJ-2 in. broad above the middle, cuneately 

 obovate, broadly rounded with a short deltoid point at the apex, 

 tapering from §-J of the way up into a long wedge-shaped basal part, 

 with scarcely any petiole, narrowly revolute at the margins, with an 

 acute wavy entire wing-like keel |-1 lin. broad along the midrib 

 beneath, very thinly covered with very minute pubescence above, most 

 conspicuous at the margins, pubescent along the wing of the midrib, 

 but otherwise glabrous beneath. Cymes probably axillary, a few 

 branches only seen, IJ-lJ in. long, twice forked, with a sessile involucre 

 in each fork and at the ends of the branchlets, rather minutely pubes- 

 cent ; bracts free, concave, iV~i ^^- ^^^S ^^^ i~i ^^' broad when 

 flattened out, subquadrate, subtruncate or very broadly angular at the 



