544 txxii. EurHORBiACE.t: (huown). [Evphorhia. 



Xower Guinea. (Icrinan South-west Africa: between Okahaiulya and 

 Swakopmiuul, Diuter, 192! Omatako, Dinter, 1382! Omburo, Diiiter, 1406! 

 Moddeifonteiii, Dinter, 1571 ! Salem or Tsaobis, Dinter, 198. f 



80. E. jatrophoides, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 287. A woody 

 shrub 4-G ft. liigh. Branches 1-2 lin. thick in the type specimen, 

 minutely pulverulent when young, brown. Leaves alternate on the 

 elongated branches, tufted on the short lateral spurs, J-1 J in. long, J— | 

 in. broad near the apex, cuneate-ohovate, obtuse to nearly truncate 

 and apiculate at the apex, gradually tapering from near the top to the 

 sessile or subpetiolate base, glabrous above, minutely puberulous beneath. 

 Cymes pedunculate, |-H in. long, once or twice forked, arranged in a 

 terminal umbel about 1^-1 J in. in diam., glabrous. Bracts J-J in. long, 

 broadly cuneate, subtruncate, very minutely and densely ciliate when 

 young, but scarcely or not at all puberulous beneath, rather thin and 

 apparently yellowit.h -green. Involucres all male in the specimens seen, 

 globose when young, becoming basin-shaped. 2i-o lin. in diam., glabrous, 

 <Treen, with -1-5 glands and 5 subquadrate fringed lobes; glands 1 J-lf 

 lin. in their greater diam., peltate, transversely elliptic, entire. Ovary 

 and capsule not seen. 



lO'ile Iiand. Soinaliland : between Arovis and RnftA, Ellenbeck, 10811 and 

 between Wabi and Ihulugo, Ellenbeck, 116-1 ! 



This resembles E. cuneata, Valil, but the brnnchlets do not appear to be spine- 

 ])ointed and the leaves are puberulous beneath. Described from the type specimens. 



81. E. lyciopsis, Pax. in Kiujl PjI.OstAfr. C. 242. A woody 

 shrub. Branches alternate, very spreading, mostly spine-tipped, 

 minutelv puberulous to nearly glabrous, Avhitish or pale grey, leafy at 

 the time of llowering. Leaves alternate on the primary, tufted on 

 the secondary or rudimentary branchlets, minutely petiolate, J-1 in. 

 long, l-o lin. broad, narrowly linear-oblong or cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 

 apiculate, obtuse at the base, or tapering into the petiole, coriaceous, 

 glabrous on both sides with a puberulous petiole or sometimes puberulous 

 on the base of the midiib beneiith. Stipulee none. Involucre solitary, 

 mostly axillary or on rudimentary axillary shoots scattered along the 

 branchlets, sometimes terminal, usually sessile, surrounded at the base by 

 about a spreading cuneate-obovate obtuse minutely ciliate bracts J-lJ 

 lin. long and \-\ lin. broad, but sometimes on short axillary peduncle- 

 like branchlets lJi-2 lin. long, with the bracts spaced along them, bowl- 

 or broadly cup-craped, l-|-2 lin. in diam., minutely and thinly puberu- 

 lous, with 5 glands and 5 subquadrate fringe-toothed lobes ; glands 

 erect, about \ lin. long and J-J lin. in diam., in dried specimens 

 obliquely cup-shaped or funnel-shaped with the margin slightly re- 

 curved, but perhaps Hatter, half circular and but slightly concave when 

 alive. Ovary immature, den.sely pubescent ortomentose; styles short, 

 free, erect, stout, entire or notched at the apex. Capsule and seeds 

 not seen. — Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 533. 



Kile X.and. British East Africa: Tarro (Taro ?), Kdssner, 516! Kibwezi, 

 fommon, Scott-Ellioi, 2352 ! 



