Erythrococca.l cxxii. euphorbia CE-ffi (prain). 858 



Leaves finely verrucose, but not 

 tomeutose between the hispidly 

 hairy nerves, 5-8 in. long; 

 stamens 27 . . . . 40. ^. hispida. 



1. E. Kirkii, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. G09. Shrub about 6 ft. 

 high ; twigs slender, glabrous ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, 

 thinly membranous, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, base cuneate, 

 margin crenate, li-*2i in. long, IJ-U in. wide, dark green, purplish 

 when young, glabrous; petiole glabrous, J-J in. long; stipules accres- 

 cent, mammillate, rarely spinulose. Flowers minute, males in sessile 

 glomerules with pubescent rhachis ; pedicels glabrous, flexuous, \-\ in. 

 long; females on a short rhachis \-\ in. long; pedicels one-fourth the 

 length of the males. Male calyx pale green, glabrous, globose in bud ; 

 lobes 3, thinly membranous. Stamens usually 8 ; outer 5-6, the rest 

 central ; filaments longer than the anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, 

 5-6, flat, usually connate in an extra-staminal ring ; the rest rhomboid, 

 inter-staminal. Female calyx smaller than the male ; lobes 8, ciliate. 

 Ovary glabrous, 3-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate- 

 laciniate throughout. Disk of 3 discrete scales. Capsule 3-coccous, or 

 2-coccous, didymous, or 1-coccous ; cocci J in. across. Seeds with red 

 aril and foveolate reticulate testa. — E. mitis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxiii. 524, partly, as to Stuhlmann's Dar-es-Salaam plant; not of Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 238. Claoxylon Kirkii, Mull. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 436, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 776 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238 ; Sim, 

 For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 105. 



Nile Z.and. British East Africa: Momhasa,, Eildehravdf, 2039 \ Boivin ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : UsHmbara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2709 1 

 iJajramoyn, Sfuhhnann, 7233 ! 7266 ! Saclenx, 1443 ! Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann^ 

 7506! 7555! 7595! 7649! Useranio; Kodenga, Stuhlmann, 6369 I K\nd&, Stu hi - 

 HI ami, 6511 I Roviuna Bay, Kirk! Sim. ZsLUZihixr, S a deux, 6291 Portuguese 

 Kiist Africa : near Mozambique, Stuhlmann, 397 ! near Beira, Schlechter ! 



Appears to occur only on or near the coast. 



2. E. mitis, Pax in EngL Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238. Shrub or small 

 tree, 7-20 ft. high; twigs slender, glabrous; bud-scales persistent. 

 Leaves petioled, firmly membranous, ovate-oblong, abruptly and 

 obtusely acuminate, base wide-cuneate, margin crenate, 1^-2 J in. long, 

 1:|-1J in. wide, rather pale green, glabrous; petiole glabrous, J-J in. 

 long ; stipules accrescent, mammillate, sometimes spinulose. Flowers 

 minute, males in sessile glomerules with pubescent rhachis; pedicels 

 glabrous, rather stiflf, J-J in. long ; females on a short rhachis \-\ in. 

 long ; pedicels one-third the length of the males. Male calyx whitish- 

 green with purplish tip, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 3, firm. 

 Stamens usually 8 ; outer 5, the rest central ; filaments longer than 

 the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, 5 flattish, usually free, in an 

 extra-staminal ring, the rest rhomboid, inter-staminal. Female calyx 

 smaller than the male; lobes 3, ciliate. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, 

 less often 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, timbriate-laciniate 

 throughout. Disk of 3 or 2 discrete scales. Capsule 3-coccous, or 



