530 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (brown). [Euphorhia. 



and irregularly denticulate (not ciliate) along the truncate top ; glands 

 l|-2 lin. in their greater diam., transversely elliptic-oblong, with the 

 outer mar<^in rounded and minutely crenulate and the inner inflexed, 

 forming a very short lip. Ovary erect, glabrous, with a small cupular 

 minutely denticulate calyx at its base, its pedicel finally about as long 

 as the involucre ; styles united into a short column at the base, then 

 recurved spreading, 1 lin. long, flattened, minutely bifid at the apex, 

 capsule T) lin. in diam. Seeds about 2 lin. long, and nearly as much, 

 in diam., subglobose, faintly 3-angled, slightly reticulated, without a 

 caruncle, brown. 



Upper Guinea. North Togo: Gambaga, Norman! 



Nile Iiand. Jui-: Jur Ghatta^, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 150! and 2006 ! 



CO. E. transvaalensis, Schlechter in Joutm. Bot. 18!)6, 394. A 

 shrub 3-5 ft. high, usually with forked branches. Young branches 

 2,^41 in. long and '2-'2}j lin. thick, herbaceous, becoming woody with 

 age, terete, hoUow, glaVjrous, bearing a pedunculate umbel at the apex, 

 which at first appears to be a mere continuation of the branch. Leaves 

 2-'^> and alternate on the lower part of each branch, with a whorl-like 

 cluster at their tips, and a whorl of 3-4 at the V)ase of the umbel ; 

 petiole |-1 J in. long, glabrous or ciliate with a few long hairs; blade 

 ll_4l in, long, f-2 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 

 obtuse, rounded or subacute at the apex, minutely apiculate, cuneately 

 narrowed into the petiole, glabrous on both sides or thinly pubescent 

 beneath. Stipules none. Umbel solitary, terminal, wuth a peduncle 

 2-8 in. long, and 3-4 simple or once or twice-forked rays |-4 in. long, 

 glabrous, deciduous. Bracts J-lJ in. long, ovate, rhomboid-ovate, 

 subreniform or orbicular, obtuse, acute or slightly notched at the apex, 

 apiculate, abruptly rounded or cuneately contracted into a short petiole, 

 glabrous on both sides or thinly pubescent beneath. Involucre 2-2| lin. 

 in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous outside, with 5 pubescent stripes (oppo- 

 site the glands) inside, with A-h glands and 5 transversely oblong or 

 subquadrate ciliate lobes; glands |-1J lin. in their greater diam., 

 transversely oblong, obtusely or acutely 2-3-lobed or toothed or 

 subentire, pitted -rugulose on the surface. Capsule about J in. in 

 diam., exserted on an erect pedicel 2J-5 lin. long, glabrous; no evident 

 calyx; styles J-1 lin. long, united at the basal half, then ascending- 

 spreading, entire or obscurely bifid. Seeds 2 J lin. long, ellipsoid or 

 ellip?oid-oblong, stoutly apiculate at one end, with scattered fiat-topped 

 tubercles or irregular raised markings, brown or the tubercles different 

 from the ground colour. — E. ciliolata, Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 

 743 ; Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 284. F. Gcetziij Pax in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 420. 



Wile Z.and. British East Africa : Taita Hills, 2000 ft., Grenfell ! 



Itovrer Guinea. Angola : Chella Mountains and Gambos, 2900-3000 ft,, 

 Antimcs, 781 ex Fax, between (iambos Kort and Mission Station, Pearson, 2)^1 \ by 

 the Kubango River near Cliirumbu, 3900 ft., Bavm, 274 ! Henguella ; at Auha, 

 Gossweiler, 3630 ! German South-west Africa: Sti'ejdsfontein, Dinter, 672 I 



Mozamb. Bistr. German East Africa: Uhehe; near tlie Kiver Knala, 



