594 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE^ (bUOWN). [hJuphoiblU. 



slightly diverging, on small obovate horny shields about J in. long, dark 

 brown. Flowering-eyes at the apex of the shields. Involucres in small 

 dense clusters of 0-9 (really of 2-3 sessile cymes), closely sessile, about 

 ■J in. in diam., broadly cup-shaped, glabrous, with 5 glands and 5 

 transversely oblong fringed lobes; glands not contiguous, IJ-lJ lin. in 

 their greater diam., transverse, reniform or somewhat half-circular, 

 yellow. Ovary only seen in a very young condition, glabrous, with a 

 distinct calyx cut into several linear segments ; styles free to the base, 

 very stout, apparently entire. — Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 73. 



Mozamb. Dftstr. German East Africa: Livingstone (Kinga) Range, on 

 Lipanye Mountain, 8000 ft., Goetze, 1000 ! 



Described from tlie type specimen. 



179. E. obovalifolia, A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 239. A tree 

 with succulent branches, spiny, only a few terminal branchlets seen, 

 constricted into segments 2-4 J in. long and \-^\ in. broad, which are 

 3-angled, with a rather small solid central part, glabrous; angles wing- 

 like, sinuate-toothed ; teeth \-\ in. apart and 1-3 lin. long. Leaves 

 large, petiolate, thin when dried, |-5 in. long, J-IJ in. broad, oblong, 

 elliptic-oblong or elongated obovate, very obtuse or rounded at the 

 apiculate apex, obtuse or abruptly or gradually cuneate at the base, 

 glabrous on both sides, deciduous; petiole 1^-5 lin, long. Spines 1-3 

 lin. long, in pairs, diverging, brown (sometimes absent), on small ovate 

 horny shields, scarcely or but shortly decurrent below the spines. 

 Flowering-eyes about 2 lin. above the spine-pairs, not connected with 

 the shields by a horny border. Cymes sessile, ultimately with 3 invo- 

 lucres, glabrous. Bracts 1| lin. long, elliptic-oblong, concave, minutely 

 denticulate. Involucres (in the specimens seen, only the male developed) 

 about 2J lin. in diam., cup-shaped, glabrous, with 5 glands and 5 erect 

 transversely oblong fringed lobes ; glands rather distant, -|-| lin. in 

 their greater diam., transversely oblong with recurved ends, 2-lipped 

 from the short infolding of the inner margin. — Boiss. in DO. Prodr. xv. 

 ii. 80 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 08. E. ahyssinica, Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 2H6 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. I.e. 77, partly, not of Gmeliii. 

 J'J. amploph//Ua, Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 180, and in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxiv. 72. 



Nile Xiand. I'h-ilre;i : iSiiohos, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit! Abyssinia: Aba 

 (ierimii, Scliimper, 798 of 1802 collection c\ Eni/ler ; Begeineder; at Hcrroe Gottcs 

 (iorgis, near (iafat, 8300-8400 ft., Schimper, 793 of 1863 collection ! Shirch 

 Province, Quartin-Dillon, ex Richard. Somalilantl : between Alghe and Oi, Riva, 

 1481 ! and 163(5 tx Rax. 



Tbe specimens oiE. amplophylla^ Pax, consist of barren brandies witb leaves 

 only, and do not, seem to differ in any way exce})t vigour from Scliinipor's 793, tbe 

 teetb on tlie angles of tbe young brancb being •^— 1 in. apart and the leaves 2-8 in. 

 long. Tbe type of E. ohovalifolia consists of two narrow strips about A\ in. long 

 cnt from tbe angles of tbe stem and pressed witb the edge upwards, so tbat the 

 prominence of tbe teetb on tbe angles is (juite obliterated. 



180, ,K, bilocularisy N. E. Br. A tree 25-40 ft. high, succulent, 

 leafless, spiny. Branches or branchlets seen 2-2| in. in diam,, 4-angle'\ 



