854 CXXii, EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). [Eryt/irococca. 



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

 aril and foveolate reticulate testa. — Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 524, as 

 to Goetze's Morogoro plant only; Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 610. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Usambara; between Magila and 

 Sega, Volkens,12\ Morogoro; Khntu Steppe, Ooetze,\(i5\ 



Very nearly allied to E. Kirkii, from wliich it difPers cbietiy in the rather shorter 

 and stiffer male pedicels, the rather smaller and firmer calyx-lobes and the tinner 

 leaves. 



3. E. bongensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 88. Shrub 2-() ft. 

 high ; twigs thinly pubescent ; bud-scales deciduous. Leaves short- 

 petioled, membranous, ovate, acute or rounded at the tip, base cuneate, 

 margin obscurely crenate, 1-1 J in. long, \-\\ in. wide, green paler 

 beneath, sparingly hairy on the nerves above and below ; petiole softly 

 hairy, \-\ in. long ; stipules accrescent, usually spinulose. Flowers 

 minute, males in sessile glomerules with densely pubescent rhachis; 

 pedicels glabrous, \ in. long. Male calyx green, glabrous, globose in 

 bud ; lobes )^, rather firm. Stamens 9-12 ; outer 6-8, the rest central ; 

 filaments longer than the anthers; glands minute, glabrous, all inter- 

 staminal ; filaments of the outer series eiich with a pair of adnate basal 

 glands but with no extra-staminal ring. Female flowers and fruit not 

 seen. — Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 610. 



urile Ziand. Bongo: Gurfalu, ScJnceinfurfh, 2226 (Herb. Horlin) ! 2296 

 (Herb. Kew) ! 



South Central. Heleiaii Congo: Kastern I'rovince, Kutschnrru Stejipe, 

 Mildhraed, 1874 ! 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. (icrman Kast Atricu : Kuanda; Hugan/a, soutli of Lake 

 ^I'lohasi, Mildbraed, 59 1 ! 



4. E. rigidifolia, Pax in Enyl. Jahrb. xliii. 320. Shrub 3-10 ft. 

 high ; twigs at first softly pubescent, at length glabrous ; bud-scales 

 persistent. Leaves short-petioled, firmly membranous, narrow elliptic, 

 acute, base cuneate, margin crenulate, !£-''> in. long. f-l| in. wide, 

 rarely j in. long, \ in. wide, dark green, glabrous; petiole at first 

 pubescent, soon glabrous or with only a few hairs in lateral lines, I in. 

 long ; stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Flowers minute, 

 males in short-ped uncled glomerules with densely pubescent rhachis; 

 peduncles stout, pubescent, \ in. long ; pedicels glabrous, rather stiff, 

 J in. long; females in sessile or casually short peduncled fascicles, 

 pedicels one-third the length of the males. Male calyx gieen, glabrous, 

 globose in bud; lobes 3, rather firm. Stamens y-15 ; outer 6-9, the 

 rest central; filaments longer than the anthers ; glands minute, glabrous 

 or occasionally with a few hairs, all inter-staminal ; filaments of the 

 outer series each with a pair of adnate basal glands, but with no extra- 

 staminal ring. Female calyx smaller than the male ; lobes 3, glabrous. 

 Ovary glabrous or occasionally with a few hairs, •3-celled, less often 

 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. 

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

 sometimes 3-coccous ; cocci \ in. across. Seeds with orange-red aril 



