Enphorhla.] cxxii. EunioiiBiAcEiE (brown). 515 



Involucres solitary in the forks of the branches or terminal, shortly 

 peduuculate, J-1 lin. in diam., somewhat subgloboseiy cup-shaped,, 

 glabrous, with 3-5 (usually 4) glands and 4-5 short oblong or sub- 

 quadrate bifid or subentire fringed lobes ; glands ^-^ lin. in their 

 greater diam., transversely oblong or elliptic, entire, with a narrow 

 firm (not petal-like) rim along the outer margin, green. Capsule IJ-l J 

 lin. in diam., often rather longer than broad, exserted on a slender 

 pedicel, thinly sprinkled with minute stout adpressed hairs or glabrous ; 

 styles about J lin. long, free to the base, bifid at the apex. Seeds 

 1-1^ lin. long, oblong, s^ubtruncate at each end, dorsally flattened, 

 labyrinthically tuberculate-rugose or scrobiculate-tuberculate, dark 

 brown (perhaps immature) or bluish-white, with a pale yellowish or 

 whitish caruncle. — A', kwehensls, N. E. Br, in Kew Bulletin, VM)\\ loT, 



Iiower Guinea. Geruitin South-west Africa : in a ravine alouir the bed of 

 the 8\viiUop Kiver, near Ilaikainchab, Pearson Sf Galpin, 7550! Okahandya, 

 Hopfner, 68; Dinier, 426! Uehobotli, Fleck, 454a ; Lt-bcr Kiver, Troihal 

 Gan-A-ixnisi, ITartinann, 73! 76 ! Ivuibis Kiver, Range, 381 ! Secheui, Dinter, 1207! 



Mozamb. Bistr. Kritisb Central Africa: Ngamiland ; Kwebe Hills, Liujard^ 

 143 I Mrs. Lugard, 81 ! 



Also in South Africa, 



34. E. dracunculoides, Lam. Encycl. ii. 428. Annual, erect, 

 3-12 in. high, with the main branches alternate or opposite, ascending- 

 spreading, dichotomously branched, terete, glabrous in all parts. Leaves 

 opposite on all the flowering parts, alternate on some of the lower parts 

 of the stem and branches, sessile, -J--2 in. long, |-3 lin. broad, linear or 

 lin ear- lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rounded in at the base, apparently 

 somewhat glaucous. Stipules none. Involucres solitary at the forks 

 or ends of the branches, subsessile or shortly pedunculate, |-1 lin, in 

 diam., cup-shaped, with 4 glands and 5 ovate-oblong or subquadrate 

 fringed lobes, glabrous outside ; glands about J-f lin. in their greater 

 diam., transvei-se, narrowly oblong or half-nioon-shaped, 2-horned. 

 Capsule about 1 J lin. in diam., exserted on a recurved pedicel twice as 

 long as the involucre, glabrous ; styles -J-| lin. long, free to the base, 

 deeply bifid, erect, with recurved tips. Seeds 1-1 J lin. long, ellipsoid 

 or ovoid, obtuse, white-rugose with a few smooth dark brown or dull 

 green markings and with a peltate caruncle. — Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 ii. 139, and Ic. Euphorb. 21, t. 1)1. E. glauca, Ehrenb. ex Boiss. I.e. 

 Tithymalus dracunculoides, Klotzsch ct Garcke in Abh. Akad. I5erl. 

 1860, 84. 



Wile Ziand. Nubia: Soturba Mountains, SchioeinfurtJi, 863! coast reirion, 

 Beat ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: in tlie^Governnient garden at Dar-es- 

 Salaara, Stuhlmann, 97 ! 



Also in Arabia, India and Mauritius. 



35. E. hedyotoides, N. E. Br. Probably perennial and more 

 than 1 ft. high. Stems J-1 lin. thick in the specimen seen, repeatedly 

 forked, thickened or clavate at the tips and with very short floweriDg 



