Euphorbia.'] cxxii. EUPnoRBiACEiE (brow>). 533 



tapering from above the middle into a slender petiole 4-5 liii. long, 

 entire. Umbel in the type 5 -rayed ; rays about \\ in. long before 

 forking, 2-3 times forked, puberulous or subtomentose, especially under 

 the nodes. Bracts sessile, J-IJ in. long, 2J-5J lin. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base. Involucre IJ lin. in diam., 

 campanulate, glabrous_, with 1 glands and o lobes ; glands about 5 lin. 

 in their greater diam., transveisely oblong, with 2 horns J-g lin. long. 

 Ovary glabrous, exserted on a recurved pedicel ; styles J lin. long, bitid 

 to \ of their length, with recurved tips. 



Upper Guinea. Caineroous: in open forest on the slopes of Muti Mountain, 

 Mfongu, 5500-G200 ft., Ledermann, 5899 ! 



With the exception that the rays of tlie unihel hit puberulous or subtomentose 

 this does not seem to differ from E, ampla, Hk. f., and will ])rohably prove to be a 

 variety of that species. 



()5. E. schimperiana, Sclieeh in Luinmt, xvii. 344. Annual (or 

 biennial ?), J-4 J ft. high. Stem simple below or occasionally branching 

 at the base, often rather copiously branching above, it and the branches 

 sometimes ending in a 3 to many times forked cyme, sometimes ter- 

 aninatiug in a o-5-rayed umbel, with cyme-branches in the axils of the 

 leaves below the umbel, glabrous or rather thinly puberulous on the 

 cyme-branches. Leaves alternate or with a whorl of ^-f) under the 

 umbel, J-oJ in. long, 1-7 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 acute, narrowed to a short petiole-like base, entire, glabrous on both 

 .sides. Stipules none. Cyme-branches 2J-.S in. long, ;] to many times 

 forked. Bracts opposite, sessile, j-1 in. long, -J-l in. broad, tiiangular- 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, veiy broadly cuneate, subtruncate or cordate 

 at the base. Involucre solitary, very shortly pedicellate or sessile, 

 |-1 lin. in diam., cup-shaped or somewhat obconic, glabrous outside, 

 with 4 glands and 5 erect oblong lobes notched at the apex arid more or 

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

 lesser diam., somewhat crescent-shaped, but usually with the outer 

 margin straight or nearly so, 2-horned, with the horns ^-J lin. long. 

 Filaments of the stamens hairy or glabrous, sometimes both forms occur 

 in the same involucre. Capsule Ji— 1| lin. in diam., exserte<l on a 

 slender pedicel, usually glabrous, occasionally slightly puberulous ; styles 

 free, suberect or spreading, ^-£ lin. long, bilid. Seeds about 1 lin. long, 

 -ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, with a small caruncle, at tirst pale 

 ochreous, then with a dark brown spot at each end, finally dark grey or 

 blackisli.— Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 242 ^Boiss. hi bC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 155; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 2S(i. A\ r.^ula, 

 Forsk. Fl. /Egypt. -Arab. 1)4, not of Linn. />. dilatata, Hochst. ex A. 

 Bich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 240; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 155; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsti. Trop. Afr. 2SiS. A\ vwoiticola, Hochst. ex A. Kich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 242 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 155 ; Engl. Hocli- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 287; Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. \>>2 ; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. .'JoO. IJ. kiliuniiul- 

 scltarica, Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 2H7. K. Itoc/isfetteriana, 

 Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 123, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Koma, vi. ISiS. 



