540 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE.E (brown). [Eupho7-hia. 



73. E. agowensis, Ilochst. ex Boiss. in DC.Frodr. xv. ii. 70, and Ic. 



Enphorh. IG, t. 44. A woody shrub, with annual herbaceous flowering 

 branches 6-12 in. (or more ?) long, which partly or entirely decay, divided 

 at the top into a cyme or umbel of 3 branches, |-10 in. long, which are 

 \-d times trichotomously or dichotomously divided, sometimes also with 

 lateral simple flowering branches below the umbel, glabrous or slightly 

 puberulous on the upper parts. Leaves alternate, with a whorl of :> 

 at the base of the umbel and opposite on its branches ; petiole 2-iU lin. 

 long, rather slender ; blade 5-10 lin. long, 3A-10 lin. broad, thin, elliptic, 

 obtuse, apiculate, broadly and acutely cuneate at the base, minutely 

 toothed, glabrous on both sides or slightly puberulous on the midrib 

 beneath. Stipules none or represented by minute glands. Umbel 

 terminal of 3 primary trichotomously or dichotomously divided rays 

 1-10 in. long, glabrous. Involucres in small cymes of ^> at the ends of 

 the umbel-branches, subsessile between a pair of reduced leaves, cam- 

 panulate, about 1 lin. in diam., minutely puberulous outside, with 4 

 glands and f)' short transverse or suljquadrate fringed lobes ; glands 

 r-Jf lin. in their greater diam., transversely oblong, entire. Ovary with 

 a small cupular slightly 3-lobed perianth at its base ; styles J-§ lin. long, 

 shortly united at the base, straight and collected, not spreading, minutely 

 bifid at the apex. Capsule 'I lin. long, 1 J lin. in diam., shortly oblong, 

 thinly and minutely puberulous. tSeeds li lin. long, rectangular, 

 dorsally flattened, with about 5 longitudinal grooves on one side and 2 

 more obscure on the other, irregularly tuberculate-rugulose, white, with 

 a pale yellow transverse caruncle. — Schweinf. in 15ull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 

 App. ii. 315. E. efvsa, Ehrenb. ex Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 71. 

 7'ithi/malus agovensis, iSchweinf. Beitr. ¥\. Aethiop. 38. 



Nile Xiand. Kiitvca: Barcsa Valloy, SrJinev)f/ir/7i,ll74: ; near Saati, Schicein- 

 furih, -iUG; Damas Valley, Schn-einfurtli, 1179! Sliohos and Dalak Island, Ehren- 

 herg ! Abyssinia: near (loelleb ami (Jageros, Schiviper, oO ! 21501 aud 1414 ex 

 Boissier. Seiinar: Fasokl, CienkousJcii ex ^clnveivftirth. 



74. E. whyteana, Baker f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 30. 

 "Plant 1-1^ ft. high" {I'ln'res), prol^ably perennial. Stems woody, 

 1-2 lin. thick at the base, straight, simple or branched, very leafy, 

 becoming naked and somewhat rough with prominent leaf-scars at the 

 base, glabrous, reddish-brown. Leaves alternate, ascending or spreading, 

 J-1^ in. long, §-^5 lin. broad, linear, oblanceolate-linear or oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, minutely apiculate, shortly cuneate at the base, with a very 

 short petiole, entire, with revolute margins, glabrous on both sides. 

 Stipules none. Umbel terminal, lJ-2 in. in diam., of 7-10 rays ^-1 in. 

 long, some of which arise immediately under the primary umbel, each 

 with 2 involucres. Bracts opposite, sessile, 2-5 lin. long, 1-3 lin. broad, 

 ovate to broadly rhomboid-ovate, acute or obtuse, yellowish. Involucres 

 very shortly pedunculate or sessile, lJ-2 lin. in diam., campanulate, 

 glabrous outside, with 4 glands and 5 erect oblong lobes much over- 

 topping the glands and toothed at the apex ; glands ^-| lin. in their 

 greater diam,, transversely elliptic or oblong, peltate, entire, with the 

 margins more or less infolded when dried, yellow. Capsule far exserted, 



