610 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEiE (hUTCHINSON). [BuXllS. 



upper axils, each sex supported by a pedicel about 1 lin. long, the latter 

 covered by small overlapping triangular bracts. Male flowers : Perianth- 

 segments 4, broadly ovate-triangular, slightly keeled on the back, about 

 i lin. long, glabrous, membranous towards the margin. Stamens 4 ; 

 anthers sessile, acute, nearly 2 lin. long, J lin. broad across the back. 

 Rudimentary ovary absent. Female flowers : Perianth-segments as in the 

 male. Ovary glabrous ; styles 8, spreading, bifid, sulcate and stigmatose 

 on the inner face, 1| lin. long, glabrous. Capsule and seeds not known. 

 Mozamb. Dlstr. Nyasaland : Sliire Highlands ; Mlanji, Scoit'Elliot, 8603 

 (in Berlin Herbaiiuin) ! 



3. B. Hildebrandtii, Baill. A dansonia, xi. 268. A tree about 20 ft. 

 high, mucii branched, glabrous in all its parts (excepting the bracts and 

 perianth-segments) ; branchlets pale green, angular or slightly ridged. 

 Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, rounded and very slightly mucronate or 

 often emarginate at the apex, gradually narrowed to an acute base, l-2Jin. 

 long, J-1 in.' broad, coriaceous, with recurved margins, more or less 

 glaucous and dull when dry, finely punctate on both surfaces ; lateral 

 nerves numerous, forming an intramarginal nerve about J lin. from 

 the margin, indistinct below, fairly conspicuous but only slightly raised 

 above ; petiole very short. Male flowers in axillary, very shortly pedun- 

 culate or subsessile clusters, each cluster with a terminal solitary female ; 

 peduncle up to f lin. long ; bracts opposite, lanceolate, coriaceous, boat- 

 shaped, 1 lin. long, minutely puberulous on the margin. Perianth- 

 segments 4, ovate-triangular or ovate-oblong, strongly keeled on the back, 

 coriaceous, becoming thinner at the margin, fluflfy-pubescent within the 

 apex and on the margin, 1 J lin. long, f lin. broad. Scamens 4 ; filaments 

 fleshy, Ij lin. long, glabrous; anthers recurved, J lin. long. Rudi- 

 mentary ovary subglobose, coarsely wrinkled, about f lin. in diam., very 

 slightly pubescent. Perianth-segments of the female flower much broader 

 than those of the male, strongly imbricate. Capsule ovoid, 5-0 lin. 

 long, about 8J lin. in diam. ; styles 3, persistent, ovate-triangular, nearly 

 IJ lin. long, slightly spreading and recurved. Seeds (immature) ellip- 

 soid, about 2J lin. long, brown and shining. — B. calophylla, Pax in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 032. Bnxanthus I{ildehrandtii, Van Tiegh. in 

 Ann. 8ci. Nat. 8me ser. v. 326. 



irile Xiand. Harar: Diredana, Rosen! Somaliland : Ah\ Mountains, Hilde- 

 hrandt, 891 1 Maid, Hildebrandt, 1547 ! Golis Range, Mra. Lort Phillips ! Drake- 

 Brockman, 289 ! 



9. NOTOBUXUS, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. xiv. 78. 



Flowers monoecious. Disk 0. Male flower : Perianth -segments 4, 

 in opposite pairs, obovate, boat-shaped. Stamens 6, in two series, the 

 outer of 2, each opposite an outer segment, the inner series of 4, each 

 2 opposite an inner segment ; anthers sessile, ovoid, dehiscing longitu- 

 dinally. Rudimentary ovary absent. Female flower : Perianth-segments 

 4. Ovary 3-celled ; styles 3, divergent, stigmatose inside ; ovules 2 in 

 each cell, pendulous. Fruit capsular, dehiscing loculicidally ; valves 



