Fnphorhia.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (brown). 571 



broad, oblong or subrecbangular, toothed at the truncate apex, often 

 keeled down the back, glabrous. Involucre li-lf lin. in diam., cupr 

 shaped, glabrous, with 5 glands and 5 subquadrate or transversely oblong 

 toothed lobes ; glands subcontiguous, |-| lin. in their greater diam., 

 narrowly transverse-oblong, entire. Ovary acutely 3-angled, glabrous, 

 with a rudimentary rim-like calyx at its base, on a very short pedicel and 

 only partly exserted from the involucre ; styles about J lin. long, united 

 nearly to the middle, then spreading, entire at the apex. Capsule and 

 seeds not seen. 



Kower Guinea. Angola: betAveen orranite rocks in mixed woods on the right 

 bank of theUiver Cutato, near Soba Cuniunga, rather rare, Gossiveiler, 1897 ! 



133. E. Johnsonii, .V. J'J. Br. A succulent leailess spiny perennial 

 C-9 in. high. Branches 3-angled, flexuous, \-\ in. thick when dried, 

 *' green, with a white stripe down the centre of each face " {.foJinson), 

 glabrous ; angles with deltoid tubercles |-| in. apart, bearing a pair of 

 diverging grey needle-like spines 2-4 lin. long on narrow horny shields, 

 decurrent '2-b lin. below the spines. Peduncles solitary in the axils of 

 the upper tubercles, |-J lin. long, 1 -flowered in the specimen seen, but 

 probably ultimately 3- flowered. Bracts about | lin. long, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, apiculate. Involucre sessile, 2 lin. in diam., obconic cup-shaped, 

 glabrous, with 5 glands and 5 broadly cuneate or transversely elliptic 

 fringed lobes ; glands ]-l lin. in their greater diam., erect, transversely 

 linear-oblong with parallel, nearly straight margins, sometimes slightly 

 2-lipped. " Flowers (glands?) pinky -yellow " {Johnson). Ovary much 

 exserted on a recurved pedicel, glabrous ; styles | lin, long, united at the 

 base into a sort of nipple, minutely 2-lobed at the apex. Capsule and 

 seeds not seen. 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, at Cherinda, 

 Johnson ! 



134. E. taitensis. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiv. 83. A bush \\-'2 

 ft. high, leafless, spiny, succulent above, becoming woody below. Stems 

 and branches slender, about J- J in. in diam. when dried, with opposite 

 or alternate rather distant ascending or erect branches, 4-angled, but 

 the older parts subterete and the angles very slightly prominent except 

 at the short and very broadly deltoid teeth. Leaves very rudimentary, 

 minute, scale-like. Spines slender, blackish, a pair 1-2 J lin. long at the 

 apex of each tooth and a pair of prickles \-\ lin. long (or sometimes 

 abortive) |-2 lin. above them, on long linear dark brown horny shields 

 decurrent nearly to the shields below, but not forming continuous horny 

 margins to the stem-angles. Flowering-eyes at the apex of the shields 

 in the axils of the small prickles. Cymes sessile or subsessile, solitary, 

 ultimately with 3 involucres, glabrous. Involucres 1-1 J lin. in diam., 

 funnel-shaped or sometimes somewhat bowl-shaped, glabrous, with the 

 glands united into a slightly 5-crenate rim or here and there separated 

 by slight cut-like notches, surrounding 5 broad transverse fringed 

 lobes. Ovary 3-lobed as seen from above, exserted on a pedicel as long 

 as the involucre, glabrous; styles \-% lin. long, shortly united into a 



