En2-)horhia.'\ cxxii. euphorbiac e^. (brown). 603 



200. E. Menelikii, Pax in Engl, oahrb. xxxix. H32 A stout, 

 broad succulent tree up to 60 ft. high, branching nearly from the base.- 

 Branches curved, ascending, constricted into segments about as long as 

 broad, 8-winged. 



KTlIe Iiand. Al)ys>inia: South Shoa, :it Gennet, 7800 ft., Roaen. 

 Orifi;iiially desc! ii>ed from a pliotograpli, from wliich iilone it is known. 



201. E. obconica, Bojer, Hort. Manrit 287. An undershrub 

 with spiny stems. 



xrile Xiand. Momhiiss;! Islan.l anci Peiuba Island, ex Bojer. 



202. E. rhipsalioides, Zem. III. Hort. 1857, Miscell. 72, not of 

 Wehn. Succident, much resembling Rhipsalis Cassytha^ G^ertn , and 

 Euphorbia Tirucalli^ Linn., but diflVring from the latter in bearinij on 

 the very young branch lets aolitary ovate-lanceolate leaves about | in. 

 long. 



Tropical Africa t Konnerly cidtivated in the Jaidin des Plantes, Paris; no 



speiiiiifn appears to have been preserved. 



203. E. sancta, Paxin Engl. Jah.rb. xxxix. 032. A tall tree al)out 

 45 ft. high, with a naked stem and a loose rounded crown. Branches 

 curved-ascending, succulent, constricted into suborbicular segments 

 about as long as broad, 3-4-angled ; angles wing-like, crenate. — E. 

 Stuhlmanni, Goetze & Engl. Veget. Deutt-chostafr. tt. 14 and 10, not of 

 Schweinfurth. 



IVile Ziand. Abvssinia: Chercher Mountains at Deru, 73C0 ft., and in the 

 >acre(l groves of Jagalloin the province of Godjaui, Rosen ex Tax. 

 Originally described from a photograph ; no specimen preserved. 



204. E. Sereti, De Wild. Etudes FL Bos- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 290. 

 A candelabriform plant. Branches constricted into obovate (? ovate 

 and tapering upwards) segments 2-2| in. long. 4-5-angled ; angles 

 wing-like, more than | in. wide at their broadest part, rather thick, 

 undulated at the margins. Spines 1-5J lin. long, horizontal, diverging, 

 spine-shields not described. Flowering-eyes seated a little above the 

 spines. Cymes solitary or 2 together, with peduncles about 2 lin. long, 

 bearing 1-3 involucres, the lateral on peduncles (cyme-branches) 1 lin. 

 long. Involucre not described., its glands transversely oval. Ovary 

 exserted. Capsule deeply 3-lobed as seen from above, glabrous ; lobes 

 compressed, about 2 J lin. high and broad and If lin. thick. Seeds 

 globose, IJ lin. in diam., dotted with blackish-brown. 



]bo\irer Guinea. Lower Congo: llocks of K'Goi, Seret ex De Wildeman. 



205. E. Antunesii, Pax in Engl, Jahrb. xxxiv. 79, from Huilla in 

 Angola, Antunes 12 ! is Tavaresia Barklyi, N. E. Bi., an Asclepiad. 



