510 cxxii. EurHOUBiACE.i: (brown). [Euphorbia. 



versely elliptic, with small white or red petal-like lobed or subentire 

 appendages iV-i ^^^- ^^^S- ^-'apsule f lin. in diam., somewhat acutely 

 :)-angled, glabrous, exserted on a recurved pedicel § lin. long ; styles 

 minute, scarcely ^ lin. long, free, minutely notched at the apex. Seeds 

 •J lin. long, oblong-ovoid, somewhat pointed at one end, truncate at the 

 other, 4-angled, slightly rugose between the angles, pinkish-grey or 

 glaucous. — Henriques in Bolet. 8oc. Brot. xvii. 75. Anisophyllum 

 mossambicense, Klotzsch <k Garcke in Abh. Akad. Rerhn, 1860, 30. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese East Africa : Kios de Sena, Peters, 33 ! Rio 

 ZMbaruri, Cavalho ! Lower Zambesi at Tcte, Kirk! British Central Africa: 

 Khodesia; Livingstone, liogers, 7002! 



Var. nyasica, N. E. l^r. Stems 8-24 in. long, lieaves up to 5 lin. long, ^—3 lin. 

 broad. Involucre l-f ^ii'- ^0"gj 4-I ^'"' "' diaui., with rather conspicuous white or 

 red appendages to the glands ^-3- lin. long, slightly lobed or entire. Capsule 

 puberulous (at least on the basal ])art) with spreading hairs or glabrous, exserted on 

 a pedicel |-1 lin. long; styles J-^ lin. long. Otherwise as in the type. 



IkKozamb. Dlstr, British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 

 McClounie, 169! Mount Mulosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyie ! 



Var. Fischeri, N. E. lir. liranehes ]iubescent all round (at least at the tips) with 

 spreading slightly curved hairs. Involucre, excluding the ai)peiidages, f lin. iu 

 diam., thinly pubescent, with consi)icuous jtetal-like deeply lobed gland-appendages 

 4— i lin. long. Capsule thinly pubescent (at least along the angles) with spreading 

 hairs. Otherwise as in the type. — E. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 117. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Salanda, Fischer, 32! Ugogo, 

 Stuhlmann, 386 ! 



The leaves of var. Fischeri arc described as entire by Dr. Pax, but 1 do not find 

 them so in the type. 



24. E. prostrata, Ait. llort. Ken-, ed. 1, ii. 130. Annual. Steuit> 

 several, spreading on the ground, 2-8 in. long, with alternate branches, 

 often, but not always, slightly flattened from above, puberulous on the 

 upper side, at least along a middle line, with minute curved hairs, glabrous 

 on the under side. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 1J-3J lin. long, 

 J-2 lin. broad, oblong to elliptic or slightly oblong-obovate, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, distinctly or obscurely toothed, sometimes ciliate. 

 glabrous on both sides or with a few scattered haiis beneath, chiefly 

 near the apex. Stipules on the upper side of the stem usually free, 

 those on the lower side united into one deltoid or deltoid-ovate body, 

 toothed at the apex. Inflorescence of short axillary leafy raceme-like 

 branchlets, with 1 axillary involucre to each pair of reduced leaves, 

 sometimes i-educed to a cluster of 2-3 involucres on a short peduncle, 

 with 2-3 pairs of minute spathulate leaves. Peduncles J— 1 lin. long, 

 glabrous. Involucre J-J lin. long, campanulate, glabrous or very thinly 

 pubescent, with 4 glands and 5 lobes ; glands minute, with the appendage 

 just exceeding their margin or obsolete. Capsule |— | lin. in diam.. 

 pubescent with spreading hairs along the somewhat acute angles, 

 glabrous on the sides. Seeds J lin. long, 4-angled, transversely 

 wrinkled, pale reddish. — Hook. Niger Fl. 498; Boiss. Ic. Euphorb. 12, 

 t. 17, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 47; Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 156 ; 



