644 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutciiinson). [Anticlesnia. 



Cameroons: Victoria, Schlechter, 12363! Ynunde, 2400 ft., ZenJcer S^ Staudt, 

 545 1 Zenker, 152 ! and without precise locality, Freus.s, 1104! 



Soutli Central. Belgian Congo : environs of Nalji, Seret, 806 ; Lukolela, 

 Laurent ; Yambuya, Laurent^ 993. 



Var. membranaceum, jVUill. Arg. 11. cc. IJranclilets and the nerves and veins on 

 the lower surface of the leaves clothed with long, spreading hairs. Leaves niem- 

 hranous ; lobes of the stipules subulate, longer ihan in the type. — A. pseudo' 

 laciuiatum, lieille in Hull. Soc. Bot. Fr. Ivii.Mein. viii. 122. 



Upper Guinea. Sierm Leone: liagru River, Mann! near Kafogo, Scott- 

 Elliot, 5607 I Ivory Coast: Aboisso, Chevalier, 17875 ! between Soubire and Yaou, 

 Chevalier, 17785 ! " Bouron Kron, Chevalier, 168-45 ! Gold Coast : Kwaha, 

 Johnson, 637 ! Ashanti : Assin Yan Kumassi, Cummins, 97 ! 



2. A. Chevalieri, BeiUe in Pmll. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. }fem. viii. G5. 

 A shrub; young l)innclilets densely nnd softly pubescent, at length 

 glabiou.s. Leaves elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-1) in. long, 

 \^-6h in. broa<3,cliartaceous, rounded at the base, densely pilose on the 

 midrrb when young, glabrous except on the midrib and lateral nerves; 

 midrib produced a little beyond the apex of leaf-blade ; lateral nerves 

 1)-12 on each side, diverging from the midrib at an angle of 45°, 

 slightly immersed above, prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparaliel, 

 rather distant; petiole lJ-2 lin. long, channelled above, brownish- 

 pubescent ; stipules tripartite, rusty-pubescent, subpersistent. Male 

 flowers not known. Female inflorescences subsolitary, axillary and 

 terminal, sessile or shortly pedunculate, somewhat densely flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; axis subterete or .slightly compressed, 

 tomentose ; bracts ovate-triangular. Flowers very shortly pedicellate. 

 Sepals 5, free to the base, unequal, ovate, rather densely pubescent on 

 both sides. Disk annular, thick, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, twice the 

 length of the calyx, pubescent ; stigmas o, bifid or rarely tritid, shghtly 

 recurved. Fruits ellipsoid, compressed, 3-4 lin. long, 2-2J lin. broad, 

 sparingly pubescent, tipped by the persistent stigmas. 



Nortli Central. Dar Banda ; on the banks of the liolcalca Biver, U))per 

 Shari, Chevalier, 73-j:7 ! 7332! 73.59 his ! Kaga Bongolo, C//em^/er, 7262 ! Kourou, 

 Chevalier, 7381 ! Xdelle, Chevalier^ 7584 ! 



3. A. Staudtiiy Pax in Engl.Jahrh. xxvi. 327. Young branchlets 

 yellowish-tomentose, older ones shortly pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong or oblong-elliptic, acuminate, acumen mucronate, somewhat un- 

 equal and slightly narrowed to the base, older ones about 8 in. long 

 and 2 J in. broad, firmly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces except 

 on the pubescent midrib below ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, curved 

 and distinctly looped near the margin, slightly impressed above, sharply 

 prominent below ; tertiary nerves and veins lax, distinct on the lower 

 surface; petiole 2-4 lin. long, pubescent when young, at length 

 glabrous and wrinkled ; stipules entire, lanceolate-subulate, very acute, 

 about 1^ lin. long, rusty-pubescent. Male inflorescences not seen. 

 Female racemes pendulous, 14-16 in. long; axis densely puberulous ; 

 flowers shortly pedicellate, reflexed at an early stage; bracts minute. 



