602 cxxTi. EUPHORBiACEvi': (brown). [A'uphorbia. 



11)5. E. franckiana, Berger, Sukk. Euphorh. 7S,Jiy. 19. A leafless 

 spiny succuleiiD bush 2-H It. high. Bi-anches erect, curved at the base, 

 8-4-angled, constricted into segments lJ-2Jin. long and l-lj in. thick, 

 usually slightly nairovvt-d upwards from a broader base, with the sides 

 channelled when young, soon becoming flat with age, green or grey- 

 green ; aijgles, apart from the constrictions^, slightly sinuate-toothed, 

 with continuous horny grey margins. Spines 1-4 lin. long, in pairs 

 4-5 lin. apart, diverging, with a minute pair of points at their base, at 

 first brown, soon becoming grey. Flowering-eyes about 2 lin. above 

 the spine-paiis. Flowers not described. 



Country unknown, but probably citlier from Tropical or Soutli Afiica; only 

 known from cultivated plants! 



19G. 



E. guineensis, Brot. in Bot.Zeit. i. 561, name onhj. 



197. E. hararensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxxix. 682. A large 

 succulent tree, up to ^{) ft. high, branching from the base, with the 

 main branches ascending at an angle of about G0° and the smaller 

 branches spreading-descending, slightly constricted at rather long 

 intervals, 4-angled, with the angles >carce]y winged. 



wile Xiand. Abvssinia: Harar; Karssa, 6400 il., Rosen, only known from 

 a pliotogriiph. 



198. E. Kelleri, Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 739. A shrub, 

 pubescent on the young branches, becoming glabrous. Leaves 1^ in. 

 long, J in. broad, spathulate-linear, subobtuse, apiculate, with a petiole 

 about \ lin. long, glaucescent. Involucres in the axils of the upper 

 leaves ur o together at the apex of the branchlets, often with 2 unequal 

 leaves nnd 2 spathulate yellowish bracts under them, cup-shaped, about 

 ^ in. in diam., with transversely ovate (oblong?) glands and fringed 

 lobes. 



wrile I.and. Soinaliland : Abdallali, Keller, 224. 



Var. /3 latifolia. Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 740. Leaves 1 in. long, § in. 

 broad, obovate-spatliulate, obtuse ; otberwise as in the type. 



Wile Z.and. Somalilnnd : Abdallali, Keller, 222. 



199. E. mamillosa, Lem. III. Hort. 1855, Miscell. 69, in note. 

 Succulent, leafless, spiny, about 5-6 in. high, very much branched. 

 Branches tuberculate, with the tubercles crowded, spirally arranged, 

 elongated, conical, dilated at the base, somewhat compressed laterally, 

 cylindric at the apex, bearing a very small roundish-deltoid scale-like 

 leaf and a pair of spines, which are subconnate at the base then diverg- 

 ing. Flowers axillary, only seen in bud and not described. — Boiss. in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 80; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. ,66. Anthacantha 

 mamillosa, Lem. I.e. 69. 



Country unknown ; probably from Tropical or South Africa. N.o specimen 

 scei). 



