512 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE.t: (BROWN). \Euphorhid» 



and 5 lobes, glabrous ; glands minute, transverse, witli a small trans- 

 verse petal-like white appendage, rather broader than the width of the- 

 gland. Capsule not quite 1 lin. in diam., rather sharply ;^-angled, 

 glabrous. Seeds \ lin. long, 4-angled, with smooth (not wrinkled) 

 sides, reddish, somewhat glaucous on the sides but not on the angles. — 

 Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 29. Anisophyllum serpens ^ Klotzsch <k 

 Garcke in Abh. Akad. Berl. 1860, 23. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vorjel, 29 ! 



A native of Troj)icsil and Central America, wlience it lias doubtless been intro- 

 duced to the above locality. 



27. E. inaequaliSy N. E. Br. Perhaps perennial, with a slender 

 main stem -i lin. thick, somewhat woody and tortuous at the base, as if 

 arising from a deeply seated rootstock, developing at intervals of J-| in, 

 many weak slender angular glabrous branches 6-15 in. long, apparently 

 decumbent or straggling. Leaves opposite, one of each pair much 

 larger than the other, shortly petiolate, 2-5 lin. long, |-2 lin. broad, 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, very unequal at the base, minutely 

 toothed, glabrous on both sides. Stipules aU free, subulate or divided. 

 Involucres on peduncles |-Jlin. long, solitary, axillary, 1 to each pair of 

 leaves of the branches or of the very short axillary branchlets, campanu- 

 late, J lin. long, glabrous, with 4 minute glands and 5 lobes, 2 of the 

 glands usually being double and 2 single (always?), narrowly bordered 

 on the back by a notched or shortly ^-toothed appendage. Capsule 

 nearly 1 lin, in diam., glabrous. Seeds | lin. long, white, irregularly 

 marked with impressed transverse lines and pits. 



jrile ]Land. British Son»aliland, without precise locality, Miss Cole! 



28. E. seclusa^ N . E. Br. Perennial, with a woody rootstock. Stems 

 many, probably prostrate, branching, slender, glabrous. Leaves opposite, 

 shortly petiolate, one of each pair usually i-ather larger than the other, 

 J-§ in. long, 3-2 lin. broad, linear-oblong, obtuse, rounded or obscurely 

 emarginate and very minutely o-toothed at the apex, rounded at the 

 slightly unequal base, entire, glabrous alcove, with a scanty very minute 

 pubescence l)eneath. Stipules free, minute, subulate. Involucres on 

 peduncles 4j-^ lin. long, solitary, axillary, ^ lin. long, obconic or pear- 

 shaped, veiy minutely puberulous with 4 conspicuously appendaged 

 glands and 5 rather broadly ovate subulate-pointed ciliate lobes ; glands 

 transversely oblong, with petal-like unequal appendages \-\ lin. long, 

 ^\ lin. broad, transversely oblong, more or less obtusely toothed, white 

 or red on the same plant. Capsule f lin. in diam., with a thinly 

 scattered very minute pubescence, at least when young ; styles about 

 ^ lin. long, bifid at the apex, with thickened stigmas. Seeds h Hn. long, 

 oblong-ovoid, acute, acutely 4-angled, faintly rugulose on the sides, 

 reddish. 



jrile £and. P'ritrea: east of Amba Tokhan, Schvseivfurth Sf Riva, 612 



2D. E. Eylesii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1905, 52. Perennial, with a 

 woody rootstock. Stems numerous, procumbent {Eyles), but apparently 



