Eupho7'hia,] cxxir. euphorbiacbe (brown). 513 



erect on Monro's specimen, 6-12 in. long, slender, dichotomously 

 branched, glabrous. Leaves opposite, very shortly petiolate, J- J in. 

 long, J-l| lin. broad, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, entire, 

 with slightly revolute margins, glabrous on both sides. Stipules all 

 free, minute, subulate. Involucres on peduncles J-1 lin. long, solitary 

 in the forks and terminal on the ultimate branchlets (in the type, from 

 injury to the main branches, the new growths are reduced to much- 

 branched cymose inflorescences), ^-| lin. long and without including the 

 appendages |-J lin. in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous, with 4 unequally 

 appendaged glands and T) minute oblong toothed and ciliate lol)es ; 

 glands minute, with the 2 larger appendages ^-^ lin. long and l-^ lin. 

 broad, the other two much smaller, all broadly cuneate-obovateto sub- 

 orbicular, petal-like, white. Capsule immature, glabrous, exserted on 

 a recurved pedicel ; styles J-J lin. long, shortly united at the base or 

 almost free, bifid at the apex or sometimes divided nearly to the base, 

 so that there appears to be G styles. Seeds not seen. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Rhodesia: Deka Siding, between Buluwayo and Victoria 

 Falls, Ej/les, 130 ! Victoria, Monro, 910 ! 



30. E. arabica, Hochst. et Steud. ex Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 33, 

 and Ic. Eu'phorh. 12yt. 10. Annual, erect, branching ; branches slender, 

 laxly leafy, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, J- 1 J- in. long, 

 J-1 lin. broad, linear, straight or slightly curved, acute, obtuse at the 

 base, entire, opaque by transmitted light, glabrous on both sides. 

 Stipules free, subulate, sometimes as long as the petioles. Peduncles 

 (or peduncle-like branchlets) axillary, 2J-4 lin. long, slender, bearing a 

 pair of small leaves and 2-3 involucres, with or without a solitary one 

 in the fork between the peduncle and the stem. Involucre J-| lin. long, 

 subglobose-campanulate, slightly narrowed at the mouth, glabrous, with 

 4 glands and 5 deltoid-subulate ciliate lobes ; glands minute, transverse, 

 with very inconspicuous appendages or none. Capsule nearly 1 lin. in 

 diam., glabrous ; styles about J lin. long, with slightly thickened 

 stigmas. Seeds § lin. long, oblong-ovoid, acute, sharply 4-angled, 

 nearly smooth or but faintly rugose. — Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 vii. App. ii. 313. Anisojyhyllum arabinmi, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 34; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Geneva, 1892, 359. 



IVlle l^and. Nubia: Uaratab Mountain, near Suakin, SchweinfnrtJi, 882 ! 

 Coast region, 5e?i^ / Eritrea: various localities, iftW^irrt«<Z^, 609 I Sclnreinfurfh, 

 46, 256, 1632 (ex Schweinf arth), Penzig. Abyssinia : Amliara, Ste^'ker, 38 ! Dalac 

 Islands, Ehrenherg (ex Schweinf urth). British Sonialiland : at the foot of Kugga 

 Pass, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! East shore of Lake Rudolph, Cockhiirn ! 



31. C leshuxnensis, N. E. Br. Annual. Stem 8-10 in. or 

 perhaps more high, branching ; branches slender, spreading or ascending, 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, J-lJ in. long, linear, 

 acute, obtuse or rounded at the unequal base, entire, with revolute 

 margins or some of the lower flat, glabrous on both sides ; venation 

 dense and inconspicuous by transmitted light. Stipules free, minute, 

 subulate. Involucres on peduncles J-1 lin. long, usually 2 at each 



