Euphorbia.] cxxii. euphokbiace^e (brown). 593 



out into Hat faces. Leaves rudimentary, scale-like, J-IJ lin. long, 

 lA-2 lin. broad, transverse, broadly rounded, wavy, recurved, brown. 

 Spines 1-3J lin. long, in pairs §-1 (usually |) in. apart, diverging, not 

 defiexed, dark brown, becoming grey with age, on elliptic or orbicular 

 horny shields 3-5 lin. long and 2^-3 lin. in diam., at first chestnut- 

 brown, at least on the part below the spines, finally uniformly light 

 brown. Flowering-ayes touching the spine-shields but scarcely included 

 in them, transverse, broader than long. Cymes sessile, 3 together at 

 each flowering-eye. Involucres sessile, about 4 lin. in diam., broadly 

 cup-shaped, glabrous, with 5-G glands and 5-6 ovate long-fringed lobes ; 

 glands not contiguous, 1J-1| lin. in their greater diam., transverse, 

 semicircular. Ovary, capsule, and seeds not seen. — A\ Candelabrum, 

 lierger, Sukk. Euphorb. 73, not of Tremaux. 



Tropical Africa. Native country unknown, but probably Eritrea, as some 

 IViiiinu'iits distributed l)y Sclnveinfurtli under No. 1351, from Acrur, collected in 

 March, 1892, api)ear to belong to this species. See note under E. acrtirensis. 

 Described from a living plant, long cultivatid at Kew ! 



This is in cultivation under the names E. (ibussinica and E. Candelabrum, but is 

 totally different from «ither species. Only the central male involucre has developed 

 at Kow, the hitci'al bisexnal involucres failing to develop. 



177. E. neglecta, N. E. Br. An arborescent succulent, 20 ft. or 

 more high under cultivation, branching irregularly from the base or 

 upper parts, probably forming an obconic crown. Branches erect, sub- 

 parallel, constricted into segments 8-20 in. long, which are sometimes 

 of equal diameter throughout, sometimes more or less tapering upwards, 

 2-0 in. in diam., 4-5-angled, dark green, when young distinctly mottled 

 with lighter green ; angles wing-like, 1-2| in. broad, much compressed, 

 with an acute channel (flattened with age) between them, sinuate- 

 toothed, the teeth f-lj in. apart. Leaves well developed, H-3J in. 

 long, ^-| in. broad, cunefitely oblanceolate, acute or rounded and apicu- 

 late at the apex, gradually tapering from much above the middle to the 

 sessile base, glabrous on both sides. Spines |-H Hn. long, in pairs, 

 diverging and slightly deflexed, grey, on small orbicular-obovate horny 

 grey shields \-\ in. long. Flowering-eyes \-\ in. above the shields and 

 not connected with them by a horny border. Flowers and fruit not seen. 

 — E. ahysshiica, Berger, Sukk. Euphorb. 07, fig. 14, not of Gmel. 



Tropical or South Africa. Origin unknown. Described from a living 

 plant long cultivated at Kew under the name of E. abyssinica. 



178. E. Winkleri, Pax in Enyl. Jahrb. xxx. 342. A tree 80-90 ft. 

 high, with a thick trunk and a small regularly branched crown. 

 Ultimate branches I5-4 in. in diam., with 3 wing-like much compressed 

 sinuate or nearly even-margined angles |-2 in. broad ar-d a very small 

 solid centre, succulent. Leaves 1-H in. long, J-lJ in. broad, o>4ong 

 or elliptic, obtusely rounded at the apex and cuneately rounded into a 

 petiole 1-1^ lin. long, entire, with revolute margins and an acute 

 midrib beneath, probably somewhat fleshy, glabrous on both sides. 

 Spines ^-1^ lin. long or probably larger on the older parts, sometimes 

 wanting at the flowering parts, in pairs J-f in. (probably more) apart, 



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