520 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (brown). [Euphorbia. 



solitary, 1^-2 lin. in diam., cup-like, most minutely puberulous, with 4 

 glands and 5 oblong or rectangular toothed puberulous lobes ; glands 

 |-1J lin. in their greater diam., transversely elliptic-oblong or very 

 broadly wedge-shaped with broadly rounded outer and inner margins^ 

 entire, dull purple? Capsule exserted, subglobose, 2 lin. in diam., 

 most minutely puberulous; styles 1-1 j Hn. long, united for | of their 

 length, with scarcely spreading subentire or shortly biftd tips. Seeds 

 1| Tin. long, Jr-angled, acute at the apex, truncate at the base, with 2-;> 

 constrictions around it, brown. — Anderson in Journ.Linn. Soc. v. tSuppl. 

 i. 35, t. 5 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 98. 



zrile Iiand. Somaliland : plain between the shore and the Ahl Mountains,. 

 llildebraudt, 872 ! 



Also in Arabia. 



43. E. systyloideSy Pa.r in Lngl. Jahrb.xix. 121. Annual, 2-4i 

 ft. high, with a single stem below, branching near or above the middle 

 in a laxly corymbose manner, glabrous below, minutely puberulous to 

 subglabrous on the upper part ; branches suberect, repeatedly alternately 

 forked. Leaves alternate on the main stem, opposite on the branches^ 

 petiolate ; those on the main stem with petioles |-1^ in. long and blades 

 1J-4J in. long and J-| in. broad, lanceolate, narrowly oblong-lanceolate 

 or sometimes elliptic, those on the branches with shorter petioles and 

 blades 1-4 in. long, J-4 lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, rarely 

 lanceolate, all acute at the apex and more or less cuneate at the base, 

 finely serrate, glabrous on both sides ; midrib acute or wing-like beneath. 

 Stipules none. Involucres sessile or rarely pedunculate, solitary in the 

 forks or at the nodes or apex of the branches, 1-1 J lin. in diam., cup- 

 shaped, adpressed-puberulous, with 4 glands and 5 transverse or sub- 

 quadrate fringed lobes ; glands r-;* lin. in their greater diam., transverse, 

 somewhat 2-lipped, entire. Capsule very shortly exserted, 2J lin. in 

 diam., rather shorter than broad and slightly narrowed upwards, 

 adpressed puberulous, with a small cupular entire or irregularly toothed 

 calyx at its base ; styles \-^ lin. long, stout, entire, finally spreading,, 

 scarcely or very shortly united at the base. Seeds 1 J lin. long, ovoid, 

 not angular, acute at one end, minutely tuberculate, with the tubercles 

 more or less arranged in transverse series, whitish-grey or brown. — A'. 

 JIohtiij'PAX in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 121. 7s\ Volkensii, Pax in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 242, and Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 534. 



Nile Ziand. Uganda: Toro; 'M^'^n^e^ R'wer, Ba/js/iawf, 106S I 

 Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar ! Kokotoni, Hildehrandt, 10-41 ! German t^ast 

 Africa: I'siimbara, Hoist, 530! 8So2 ! 9120! Enijler, -ilo! Kilimanjaro, J'olkens, 

 (538 ! Usanimo, Stuhlmann, 6464 ! 6573 ! 6877 ! Xdoa, Sfuhlmann, S058 ! Madissa, 

 Sft(Jihnaiin,S\'60\ British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Kivcr (a broad-leaved 

 form with 4-angled seeds). Kirk ! 



\kv. pednnctdata, X. E. Kr. Leaves on the flowering branches ^-H i". broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, acute or obtuse and apicidate. Involucres on distinct 

 peduncles -|^-2 lin. long, densely adpressed-itubescent to subglabrous. Seeds ] |^-2 lin. 

 long, ovoid, acute at one end, distinctly 4-angled, brown or greyish-green. Otherwise 

 as in the type. 



