638 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutohinson). [Uapctca. 



glabrous above, puberulous below. Fruits (immature) ellipsoid, about 

 1 in. long, f in. broad, densely pubescent with crisped hairs, crowned 

 by the persistent styles. — MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 491, partly; 

 Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 249, partly; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 963, 

 partly; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 371, partly. 



]Lower Oulnea. Angola : in the less dense rather dry forests between 

 Lopollo anl the River Monino, TFeltritsch, 453 I ( 9 specimen only); near Lopollo, 

 Welwifsch,4:b5l (Herb. Mus. Brit, not Herb. Kew.). Benguella : country of tlie 

 Gjtnguellas and Ambuellas, Oossiveiler, 3205 ! 3801 ! 



6. U. tOgoensiSy Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxxiv. 371, pa/rtly. A tree 

 01' shrub ; branches glabrous, with brown bark, slightly sulcate. Leaves 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, slightly cuneate or rounded at the base, 

 3J-5 in. long, Ij-B^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous or chartaceous, pilose 

 on the midrib and lateral nerves below, the midrib flexuous towards the 

 top and divided before reaching the apex of the leaf ; lateral nerves 

 7-8 on each sid^, slightly impressed above, prominent below, branching 

 and fading near the margin ; tertiary nerves conspicuous, flexuous, 

 rather lax ; petiole |-1 in. long, subterete, glabrous. Male flowers not 

 known. Female flowers axillary or extra-axillary ; peduncle 4 lin.long. 

 Involucral bracts very unequal, obovate or elliptic, up to 4 lin. long 

 and 2 J lin. broad, coriaceous, entire, glabrous. Calyx short, subentire, 

 glabrous. Ovary globose, densely pubescent ; styles spreading over the 

 ovary, primarily bipartite, the segments bilobed ; lobes linear, slightly 

 pubescent below, glabrous above. Fruits subglobose, about 1 in. in diam., 

 warted, glabrescent; fruit stalk stout, J—f in. long. Pyrenes yellow, 

 oblong-ovate, pointed, about 7 lin. long, with 2 grooves on the back. — 

 U. Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. 68, 



Upper Onlnea. Sierra Leone : in forest on the edge of a precipice, Mount 

 Gonkwi, Talla, Scott-Elliot, 4828! French Guinea: Futa-Jallon; high plateaux 

 between Bitinn and Biaguissa, Chevalier, 1 2670 ! between Kala and Dalaba, Chevalier, 

 13477 ! 



7. U. Standtii, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxiii. 522. A tree, 35-90 ft. 

 high ; branchlets stout, glabrous, about 3 lin. in diam. near the apex. 

 Leaves elongate obovate, very shortly acuminate, much attenuated to 

 the base, acumen up to J in. long, 9-14 in. long, 3-5 J in. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 11-14 on 

 each side, diverging at an angle i;f 45°, gradually fading away near 

 the margin, inconspicuous above, prominent below ; tertiary nerves and 

 veins veiy fine and scarcely visible ; petiole 1-3 in. long, swollen at the 

 apex, terete, IJ lin. in diam., finely sulcate, glabrescent. Male flower- 

 heads crowded at the ends of the branches : peduncles minutely rusty- 

 puberulous, J-lJ in. long. Bracts of the involucre about 8, oblanceolate 

 to obovate, J— j in. long, 2-4 lin, broad, coriaceous, glabrous. Calyx-tube 

 entire or only very slightly lobed, glabrous. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 glabrous, one often much elongated. Rudimentary ovary thick, obconic, 

 rather shortly and irregularly lobed at the apex, glabrous. Female 

 flowers not known. ^Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiv. 371. 



