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cxxii. EUPHOHBIACE^ (pRAiN). [Erythrococca. 



31. E. loelwitschiana. 



33. E. Poggei. 



than the pronounced columnar style ; 

 disk (wliire known) shallow urceolate, 

 very slightly 2-lobed. 

 Leaves 4-6 in. long, ultimately glabrous ; 



stamens 30 . 

 Leaves 1^2 J in. long, persistently 

 pubescent; stamens 48-60. 

 Pubescence adpressed ; bracteoles 



ovate, TT^j in. longj stamens 48-54 32. E. columnaris. 

 Pubescence of spreading hispidulous 

 Imirs; bracteoles subulate, ^ in. 

 long ; stamens 60 ; female flowers 

 unknown ..... 

 Stigmas (where known) ovate-lanceolate, 

 longer than the short but distinct 

 style, divaricate in flower, recurved 

 in fruit. 

 . Hypogynous disk entire, very eccentric, 

 much developed on one side, nearly 

 obsolete on the other ; leaves usually 

 more or less rounded at the base ; 

 stamens 30-40 ; fruit ^ in. across . 

 Leaves pubescent, especially on the 

 nerves on both sides; capsules 

 slightly depressed between the 

 cocci ; seeds shallow foveolate . 34. E. atrovlrens. 

 Leaves ultimately glabrous except on 

 nerves beneath ; capsules deeply 

 depressed between the cocci ; 

 seeils distinctly foveolate . . 35. E. oleracea. 



Hypogynous disk (where known) dis- 

 tinctly eiiually 2-lobed 

 Peduncles and petioles softly adpressed 

 pubescent ; leaves cuneate at the 

 b.ise. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long; fruit ^ in. 

 across. 

 Petiole ^ in. long or less ; female 

 peduncles about 4-flowered ; 

 hypogynous disk shallowly 

 2-lobeil ; male flowers un- 

 known .... 36. E. angolensis. 

 Petiole ^-^ in. long; female 

 peduncles 12- 16- flowered ; 

 hypogynous disk deeply 2- 

 lobed; stamens 34 . . 37. E.Jlaccida. 



Leaves 9-10 in. long; stamens 24; 



female flowers unknown . 38. E. macrophylh 



Peduncles and petioles hispid with 



spreading haiis; le:ives more or 



less rounded at the base; fruit 



^ in. across ; disk widely 2-lobed. 



Leaves tomentose beneath between 



the hispidly hairy nerves, 4-5 



in. long ; stamens 24 . . 39. E. Deicevrei. 



