672 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE.t: (hutchixson). [^Pseudolfichnostylis. 



trifid, glabrous. Young female flowers not seen. Fruits tardily ? 

 septicidal, ovoid or ellipsoid, J in. long, i in. thick, o-celled : pericarp 

 coarselv wrinkled when dry, glabrous and .shining; endocarp horny, 

 about J lin. thick. Seeds ellipsoid, about 4 lin. long, 2 lin. thick ; tfsta 

 shining. — ClehtantJms ? ylaucus, Hiern in Cat. Atr. PI. Wehv. i. DO'). 

 Psemlolachnostifli's JJekiridtii, Pax, var. (?) tflabra. Pax in Engl. Jahvb. 

 Ixiii. 75. 1\ Verdickii, l)e Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 2m5, from 

 description. 



Jtovrer Guinea. Aii;«'-ola : Pun<ro Audoiif^o ; iicar Luxillo aiul Peilras de Guinga, 

 Welwitsch, ]235! Goluiifro Alto; bi'twten Caniilniii,^) :ni(l (^uitara, Wehintsch,\2-^\ 

 Malange district, Gos^weiU-r, 95S ! 'Jf?!. ! 967 ! 979 ! lionguelii, Dekindt, 8-49. 



South Central, liduiiui Conpro: Lidc;ifn, Verdirk, 33. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Gcnnaii Kas^t Africa : Ukanii; Moiogoro, ^o/i'r, 1788 ! 



2. P. Bussei, Pax JfSS. Branches terete, slightly sulcate ; bark 

 brown, glabrous ; ultimate branchlets rather slender, glabrous. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong or ovate-elliptic, rounded at both ends, l-J-4 in. long, 

 l-2£ in. broad, chnrtaceous or thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; lateral nerves (j-7 on each side, prominent on the lower surface, 

 branched towards the maigin ; tertiary nerves rather distant, distinct 

 below ; veins somewhat faint and rather close ; petiole 2 lin. long, 

 somewhat fleshy and wrinkled, quite glabrous ; stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers not known. Fruits depressed-globose, J in. in diam. ; pericarp 

 thin, coarsely wrinkled when dry, yellow-drab, glabrous ; mesocarp 

 thick, crustaceous or almost flbrous ; endocarp hard and bony, yellow, 

 about ^ lin, thick. Seeds ellipsoid, about o lin. long and 2 lin. broad ; 

 testa thin and shining. 



Mo7.aint>. Distr. Gerrrian Estst Africa : Mandcrrt, Sacleux, 925 ! Dar-es- 

 Salaani, Holtz, 1120! Sluhlmann, 39! Kilimatimle, Jlolf:, l-ioO ! and without 

 precise locality, Busae, 2807 ! 



3. P. maprounesefolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 20. A shrub 

 or small tree ; branchlets terete, tomentose when young, becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, rounded or very slightly and 

 obtusely pointed at the apex, rounded or slightly cuneate at the base, 

 lJ-3 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, slightly coriaceous, glabrous on both 

 surfaces except on the lower half of the midrib, which is more or less 

 densely pubescent below ; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, looped, 

 slightly prominent on the lower surface ; petiole 8-5 lin. long, slightly 

 wrinkled, brownish-pubescent ; stipules deciduous. Male flowers in 

 axillary pedunculate cymes ; peduncle 2-3 lin. long, more or less 

 densely pubescent ; flowers clustered, subsessile ; bracts ovate or 

 oblong, pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, \\ lin. long, Ij lin. broad, 

 pubescent outside, glabrous within. Disk annular, slightly wrinkled. 

 Stamens as in P. Dekindtii. Rudimentary ovary very small. Female 

 flowers solitary ; peduncle up to 3 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, 2 J lin. long, IJ lin. broad, distinctly 5-G-nerved on 

 the outside, pubescent. Disk cupular, toothed, glabrous. Ovary 

 densely brown-villous ; styles 3, connate at the base, lobed, glabrous. 



