468 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE.E (BROWN ). [Synadenium . 



very shortly pubescent on the upper surface, especially near the 

 margins, glabrous beneath. Cymes numerous, axillary, 4J-5i in. 

 long, about 2 in. in diam., or the lower much smaller, with peduncles 

 2-3 in. long, umbellately divided at the apex into 3-4 main branches, 

 which are once (or perhaps when fully developed twice) forked, shortly 

 pubescent ; bracts free, concave, subquadmte and 2\ lin. long and broad 

 when flattened out, truncate and minutely toothed at the apex, 

 puberulous on both sides. Involucre o-4 lin. in diam., with a 

 spreading light green rim-like gland, pubescent on the basal half, 

 glabrous above. Ovary not seen, only male involucres on the 

 specimen 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa: Gazaland; hy the Chipetzaiia 

 River, 3000 ft., Sinynnerton, 1505 ! 



This species differs from S. Gnmtii in its ])ubesccnce and from S. Kirkiihy tin' 

 entirely glabrous uuder-surface of the leaves, absence of a wing-like keel beneath thr 

 raidrib, and the very much larger involucres. 



10. S. Grantii, Jlook. /. in Bot. Mag. t. o63o. A shrub 8-10 ft. 

 liigh, branching from near the base, with the main stem up to 5 or G in. 

 thick ; bark of the older parts pale greyish. Younger branches J— J in. 

 thick, terete, glabrous, green and somewhat fleshy, becoming woody 

 and thickening with age. Leaves alternate, thinly fleshy, 3-7 in. long, 

 1-2-^- in. broad, oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, 

 gradually tapering from above the middle into a stout petiole \-\ in. 

 long, flat or slightly wavy, entire or minutely toothed, minutely ciliate 

 (cilia not always evident on dried specimens), glabrous on both sides, 

 opaque grass-gi-een, reticulately veined with darker green, paler beneath 

 and often tinted with reddish on the prominent obtuse midrib. Cymes 

 axillary, repeatedly forked, 3-G in. long (including the 1-2 in.-long 

 peduncle), 2-4 in. broad, thinly pubescent with spreading hairs on the 

 upper part, glabrous below; bracts J-,\ in. long, li-2J lin. broad, 

 sabquadrate, very obtuse or subtruncate, entire, minutely pubescent, 

 red. Involucres bisexual or entirely male, about J in. in diam., and 

 1 lin. deep, shallowly basin- or saucer-shaped, with an entire spreading 

 rim-like gland, dark red, pubescent on the basal part; lobes wholly 

 overtopping the rim, glabrous. Ovary puberulous, or pubescent; perianth 

 scarcely more than a mere truncate or minutely 3-lobed rim ; styles 

 connate at the basal half, deeply bifid above ; stigmas diverging- 

 recurved. — Oliver in Trans. Linn. JSoc. xxix. 145. 



wile Xiand. Ufj;aiida : near villages in ^ladi, Sjjekc ,y Gran/, 7o4 ! and 

 caiiivated fipecimen.s ! 



SSozaxnb.Distr. (JonnanKast Africa : Karagwe ; Bukoba, SUihlniann, 38171 

 Po-'taguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; near Boruma, Menyharth, 614 ! 



Described from the original plant, still in cultivation at Kew. The specimen 

 collected by Menyharth appears to be this species, but the material seen does not 

 admit of dissection. Another Bpecimen at Kew is accompanied liy an extract from 

 a letter " from A. M. Fleming to Mr. Millar, 2 London Wall Buildings," containinir 

 tlie following information: "Much sought j'fter bv the natives of Bai-ctse-land as 

 a cure for le})rosy. This plant comes from the Zambesi Valley and is somewhat rari-, 



