7'Jupkm^bia.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (brown). 549 



glabrous, leafy at the apex, naked below, brown or dark grey. Leaves 

 about 5-7 in terminal rosettes, spreading, 1 j-3J in. long, J-IJ in. broad, 

 obovate, obtuse to broadly rounded at the apex, minutely apiculate, 

 tapering from above the middle to a very short petiole, glabrou.s on 

 both sides, slightly ciliate on the margins of the petiole. Stipules none. 

 Inflorescence terminal, in the centre of the rosette of leaves, apparently 

 of 3-4 or perhaps more involucres on stout peduncles J in. long, pro- 

 bably forming a small umbel. Involucre J in. in diam. or perhaps 

 larger, cup-shaped, glabrous, with f) glands and 5 subquadrate subentire 

 lobes; glands spreading, not contiguous, IJ-IJ lin. in their greater 

 <liam., but nearly as long as broad, transversely elliptic, minutely denti- 

 culate or almost entire ; ovary with a rudimentary rim-like calyx at 

 its base, exserted on a very stout pedicel about as long as the involucre, 

 very minutely puberulous ; styles 1 lin. long, free, spreading, with 

 revolute bifid tips. Fruit not seen. 



Wile Iiand. Somaliland : MaWsfivi, Elleiiheclc, 21511 



EllenhecJc, 1163, also quoted by Pax as belonging to tliis species, is ^, Scheffleri, 

 Pax. It differs from E. Grosseri in liaving pubescent leaves, different involucre- 

 glands and a very large cup-shaped calyx partly enclosing tlie ovary. 



1)0. E. Scheffleri, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 88. A branching 

 shrub or small tree? Ultimate branches opposite or whorled, \-\ in. 

 thick, woody, with apparently a somewhat fleshy bark, terete, glabrous, 

 marked with alternate scattered leaf-scars, brown, apparently often 

 leafless at the time of flowering. Leaves in the specimens seen all 

 collected in terminal tufts of 5-G, spreading; petiole lJ-8 lin. long; 

 blade lJ-4 in. long, \-2\ in. broad, obovate, elliptic or suborbicular, 

 rounded or emarginate to subacute at the apex, apiculate, cuneately 

 tapering into the petiole, varying from glabrous to thinly or densely 

 pubescent on both sides, or becoming more or less glabrous above. 

 Stipules none. Inflorescence terminal, at first consisting of a single 

 involucre, subsessile or on a very short peduncle, from under wliich 

 usually develop 1-H others on glabrous peduncles 5-7 lin. long, forming 

 a small umbel when fully developed. Bracts under the involucres 

 3-4 lin. long, 4-5 J lin. broad, scale-like, broadly and somewhat rhoniboid- 

 obovoid, with slight rounded angles at the sides, entire or notched at 

 the rounded top, apiculate, glabrous, densely ciliate. Involucre (>-8 

 lin. in diam., broadly cnp-shaped, glabrous outside and within, with 

 5 glands and 5 transversely rectangular fringed lobes, glands 2\-o lin. 

 long, and ;3-4 lin. broad, transversely oblong or somewhat half-circular, 

 fringed along the outer margin with 7-15 linear- filiform segments \-\ 

 lin, long, entire or bifid at the apex. Ovary glabrous, partly or quite 

 enclosed in a deep cup-shaped or short tubular glabrous calyx, more or 

 less toothed at the top; styles 2 lin. long, shortly united at the base, 

 very spreading, rather stout, shortly bifid at the apex. Capsule about 

 7 lin. in diam., acutely 3-lobed as seen from the top, with woody cell- 

 walls f lin. thick. Seeds J in. long, J in. broad, compressed, elliptic, 

 slightly oblique, with acute margins, smooth, light brown. — E. monO' 

 cephala, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 223. 



