Euphorbia.] cxxii. euphorbiacbi*: (brown). 509 



with alternate ascendiiig-sitreadiiig brnnchcs or several from the root and all erect 

 of ascending. Leaves up to 7 lin. long and 3^ lin. brond, but often not larger than 

 in the type. — Schweint". in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. Ai)pend. ii. 314. E. intermedia, 

 Hoehst. ex Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 35. 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea: various localities, SchweinfuHli, 342, 344, 569, 1259, 

 1746, 2043, ex Schweinfurth. Abyssinia: Shoata, Schimper, 11331 Wojerat, 

 Petit! and without precise locality, Schimper, 182! Uganda: Kavirondo, Scott- 

 Elliot, 7015 ! 



Also in Arabia and South Africa. The specimen of Welwitsch, 648, at the 

 British Museum is E. r/ranulata. 



22. E. rubriflora, N. E. Br. Annual. Stems prostrate, radiating 

 from the crown of the root, 1-10 in. long, simple or branched, minutely 

 puberulous with curved hairs on the upper, glabrous on the under side. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 2 J-6 lin. long, 1-4 lin. broad, oblong, 

 elliptic -oblong or obliquely ovate-oblong, rounded or subacute at the 

 apex, .unequal at the rounded base, entire, glabrous on both sides or 

 with a few hairs along the midrib beneath. Stipules all free, subulate 

 or lanceolate-subulate, entire or slightly divided. Flowering branchlets 

 axillary, often shorter than the leaves from whose axils they arise, with 

 \ involucre to each pair of leduced leaves. Peduncle \-\ lin. long. 

 Involucre |-1 lin. long, cup-shaped or obconic, 5-angled, thinly pubes- 

 cent with fine spreading curved hairs or almost glabrous, with 4 con- 

 spicuously appendaged glands and 5 lanceolate ciliate lobes ; glands 

 small, transverse, with large petal-like bright red, pink or white appen- 

 dages, unequal in size, the two larger |-ljlin. long, r-| lin. broad, 

 obliquely oblong and somewhat auricled on one side at the base, the two 

 smaller about half as large or less, transverse, somewhat cuneate-oblong, 

 all entire. Capsule nearly 1 lin. in diam., pubescent along the angles, 

 glabrous on the sides ; styles 1 lin. long, filiform, entire, not bifid at the 

 apex. Seeds v lin. long, 4-angled, transversely or somewhat pitted- 

 rugulose, whitish on a pale reddish ground. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Rhodesia: in sand at Livingstone, 3000 ft., ^o//e;-j, 7132 ! 

 in mud, near the river at Victoria Falls, Allen! 



23. E. mozaxnbicensiSy Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 30. Annual, 

 radiately branching at the crown of the root into several or many 

 much-branched prostrate stems 3-18 in. long and \-\ lin. thick, puberu- 

 lous with minute curved hairs along the upper side, glabrous beneath. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 1-3 lin. long, |-2 lin. broad, obovate, 

 obtusely or subtruncately rounded and emarginate, with a minute tooth in 

 the notch or very minutely toothed at the apex, rarely quite entire, oblique 

 at the base, with a rounded auiicle on one side of the midrib and acutely 

 tapering into the petiole on the other, or subequally taperir)g on both 

 sides, quite glabrous. Stipules minute, free or those on the under side 

 somewhat united. Flowering branchlets very short, with 1 involucre to 

 each pair of reduced leaves. Peduncle very short. Involucre J-| lin. long 

 and as much in diam., subglobosely cup-shaped, glabrous, apparently 

 green, without paler stripes, with 4 glands and T) deltoid-acuminate 

 ciliate lobes; glands minute, about ^ lin. in their greater diam., trans- 



