Euphorhia.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (brown). 507 



those on the under side of the stem united. Inflorescence as in E» 

 asgyptiaca^ but involucre smaller, J lin. in diam. ; glands with distinct 

 although minute petaloid appendages much larger than themselves; 

 styles J- lin. long, deeply bifid. Capsule and seeds not seen. 

 Upper Guinea. Sierra T^eoiie, -4/reZt?;* / 



10. E. kilwana, N. E. Br. Annual, with prostrate or decumbent 

 simple or branching stems 1 J-10 in. long radiating from the crown of 

 the root, minutely puberulous or subtomentose all round at the tips. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, ^J in. long, |-2 lin. broad, oblong, 

 very obtusely rounded at the apex, oblique and rounded at the base, 

 entire, glabrous above, thinly pubescent with minute curved hairs 

 beneath. Stipules all free, subulate. Flowering-branchlets axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, with 2-5 involucres clustered among the 

 reduced leaves or bracts. Involucres about J lin. in diam., very 

 shortly pedunculate, obconic-campanulate, pubescent or subtomentose, 

 with 4 glands and 5 minute lobes ; glands minute, transverse, with 

 small but distinct petaloid appendages. Capsule nearly 1 lin. in diam., 

 somewhat acutely 3-angled, densely white-puberulous ; styles very 

 minute, about J lin. long, bifid. Seeds J lin. long, 4-angled, with 2-3 

 slight transverse ridges on the faces, greyish. — E, convolvuloides, var, 

 Integrifolia^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 85. 



Moxamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Kilwa-Singino, .B?-fl'/?/?, 1292 ! 



riu' prostrate habit, very obtuse and difterently shaped leaves, more acutely 

 aiiirled capsule and very minuto styles, readily distinguish this from all forms of 

 E. coni-olculoides, Hochst. It also dries much darker in colour. 



20. E. segyptiaca, Boiss. Cent. Euphorh. 13. Annual. Stems 

 spreading on the ground, lA-12 in. long, with alternate branches, 

 puberulous all round with minute curved and scarcely spreading hairs 

 or with longer soft or slightly woolly hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly 

 petiolate, 2-6 lin. long, |-3 lin. broad, oblong, rounded or obliquely 

 subacute at the apex, very unequal at the base, usually slightly toothed, 

 sometimes entire, puberulous or pubescent on both sides or glabrous 

 above. Stipules all free or rarely those on the under side of the stem 

 united, usually cut into 2 or more segments. Inflorescence as in 

 E. prostrata. Peduncles J- J lin. long. Involucre J lin. in diam., 

 obconic-campanulate or globose-campanulate, more or less open down one 

 side for the extrusion of the capsule, with 4 glands and 5 lobes, minutely 

 puberulous or subtomentose; glands minute, transverse, with their 

 appendages very reduced or obsolete. Capsule | lin. in diam., thinly 

 adpressed-puberulous or subtomentose all over, especially when young, 

 sometimes becoming nearly glabrous, its pedicel included in or scarcely 

 longer than the involucre ; styles -J- J lin. long, spreading, bifid. Seeds 

 I lin. long, 4-angled, transversely rugulose, whitish or glaucous on a pale 

 reddish ground. — Boiss. in DO. Prodr. xv. ii. 85 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxxix. C31. E. Eorskaliiy Gay in Webb k Berth. Phyt. Canar. iii. iii. 

 240, partly. E. hnrmannianay Gay in Webb k Berth. Phyt. Canar. 

 iii. iii. 23^, as to the Senegambia plant. Anisophylhim a<jjfj>tiacvm^ 



