C52 cxxii. EUPHOKBiACifiiE (hutchinson). [Hymenocardia, 



tlie petiole. Male spikes up to 2 J in. long ; axis densely puberulous; 

 bracts broadly spathulate, sparingly pilose. Calyx cupular, pinkish-red, 

 bliortly 5-lobed ; lobes triangular, ciliate. Stamens 5 ; filaments a little 

 longer than the calyx, swollen towards the top, glabrous ; anthers J lin. 

 long, white (in the dried state), with a conspicuous golden -coloured 

 gland on the back near the top ; apices of the cells pilose. Rudi- 

 mentary ovary linear, terete, bilobed. lobes pilose at the apex. Female 

 llowers axillary on leafy lateral branchlets. Calyx divided to the base. 

 Sepals 5-8, linear-lanceolate, densely pubescent. Ovary glabrous, 

 winged. Styles 2, distinct, divergent, about 1^ times the length of 

 the ovary, wrinkled and often twisted. Fruits obcordate, compressed, 

 reticulate, about 1 in. long and Ij-l J in. broad, glabrous, wings firmly 

 membranous, longitudinally striate. — Baill. Etudes Gen. Euph. t. 27, 

 fig. 25 ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 477 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. 145, t. 1)4 (erroneously called //. Ileudelotii on the plate); 

 Pax in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Af r. C. 236 ; De Wild. ^ Durand, Mat. Fl. Congo, 

 ii. 59, in Bull.' Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 47, and Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 

 49 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 9GG ; De Wild. Reliq. Dewevr. 207; 

 Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 282 ; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et 

 Moyen-Congo, ii. 2G9 ; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 194. //. 

 inollis, var, glabra, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv, 528. II. obovata, Beille in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mem. viii. G2. H. granulata smd II. lanceolatay 

 Beille, I.e. 62 and G3. 



Upper Guinea. Seiiegambia, Heudelot, 779! Casnmanca, Pero^^e/, 359 ! 

 Cheralier,2Q2ii\ Gambia: XlhreiXA, Leprieur ! Freiicli Guinea: various locali ies, 

 jFannar, 230! 231 ! 287! Chevalier, 311! 383! 573! 12481! Sierri Leone: 

 Kassrt, Scott-Elliot, 5075 ! Duuni.i, Scott-ElUot, 4886 ! Falaba plateaux, Scott- 

 Elliot, 5449! Gold Coast: Abetiti-Kwahu, Thompson, 86! Lajros : various 

 localities, Moloney! Foster, 31! Barter, 1206! Rowland! MacGregor, 189 1 

 Soutliern Nigeria : Western Province, Thompson, 25 ! Xorthern Nigeria : conHuence 

 of tlie Niger and lienne Rivera, Barter, "^'291 ^uiw, Barter, 1098! 1207! 15581 

 Kontagora, 2>«/c<>/, 78 ! Canieroons: (j&rna, Leder7nann, 5068! 



North Central. Dar-IJanda: foot of Kaga-Balidja, Chevalier, r.697 ! Eastern 

 Shari region : Siioussi country ; Kaga Toulou, Chevalier, 736ii\ 



Xrile Iiand. Soudan, Broun, 496! Jnr: various localities Schtceinfui'th, 

 126! 1310! 1338! 1519! 1576! 2353! Mittii, Schiceinfurth, 2111 \ 2844! 

 Uganda: Unym-o, Dawe, 694! Bugoma, Daice, 726! Madi, Speke S' Grant, 7331 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon, Thollon, 973! French Congo: nrrries of the 

 Batekes, Thollon, 180 ! 422 ! Lower Congo : various localities, Thollon, 904 ! 

 Pijnaert, 161; Vanderi/st ; Gillet, 152; Deicrvre, 349, 727, 73iA. Angola: 

 various localities, Welwitsch, 412! 412b ! 413! 414! 414b ! Gossiceiler, 962! 

 968 ! 3978 ! Baiim, 216 ! 547 ! Dekindt, 3024 ! Antunes, 368 ! 3128 ! 3147 ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. Britisb Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja, Z>^iofr*K.' 

 Rhodesia: Gazaland ; Chikore Hills, 5j(J^y««er^on, 1214 ! 1519! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Lomani River, Pogge, 1349 ! Bukila and 



Dibele, Laurent. 



