856 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE.G (prain). [Erytkrococca. 



globose in bud ; lobes usually 4, sometimes ;^, rather firm. Stamens 15 

 or 18 or 21; outer 8-10, the rest central ; filaments longer than the 

 anthers ; glands minute, glabrous or sparingly hirsute, 2-8 outer 

 extra-staminal, never forming a complete ring ; the rest rhomboid, 

 inter-staminal ; filaments of the outer series each usually with a pair 

 of adnate basal glands. Female calyx smaller than the male ; lobes 8, 

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

 fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 3 discrete ovate scales. Capsule 

 usually by abortion 2-coccous, didymous, but often 3-coccous ; cocci 

 J in. across. Seeds with purplish aril and distinctly foveolate-reticulate 

 testa. — Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. Gil. 



If He Xiand. Uganda: Ankole; near the River Kufna, ^rt^.v/m?^^, 513 1 

 Mozaxub. Dlstr. CJerniau East Africa: Kilimanjaro j Mai-angu, 5000 ft., 

 Volke?is, 2354 ! 



Very nearly allied to E. Fischeri, differing mainly in the more nnmerons stamens 

 with an incouqplete extra-staminal ring and in the more shortly pednncled male 

 glomeroles. 



7. E. Fischeriy Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 88. Shrub ; twigs 

 slender, glabrous; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, membranous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, margin crenate, 2-3 in. long, 

 J-lJ in. wide, dark green, often purplish when young, glabrous ; petiole 

 glabrous, J-J in. long ; stipules accrescent, usually spinulose. Flowers 

 minute, males in peduncled glomerules with glabrous rhachis ; peduncles 

 slender, glabrous, up to | in. long, usually produced and with a smaller 

 terminal glomerule ; pedicels glabrous, up to J in. long. Male calyx 

 green, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 3, rather firm. Stamens 9-12 ; 

 outer 6-8, the rest central ; filaments longer than the anthers; glands 

 minute, sparingly hirsute, 5-() outer somewhat compressed, more or less 

 connate in an extra-staminal ling ; the rest rhomboid, inter-staminal. 

 Female flower and fruit not seen. — Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 0. 238 ;• 

 Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. Oil. 



Mozaxnb. Blstr. German East Africa: without precise locnlity, Fischer, 21 ! 

 This, owing to its prodticed rhachis. forms a link between tlie species with 

 glomerulate and tliose with racemose flowers. 



8. E. abyssinica, Par in Engl, J(fhrh. xix. 87. Shrub 10 ft. 

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

 Leaves petioled, finely membranous, oblong, acuminate, base cuneate, 

 margin crenate-serrate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1 j in. wide, occasionally 4-5 in. 

 long, 2-2J in. wide, dark green, often purplish when young, glabrous; 

 petiole glabrous, ^-| in. long; stipules accrescent, unibonate or spinulose. 

 Flowers minute,in short-peduncled racemes which are occasionally panicu- 

 late ; peduncles and rhachis glabrous ; pedicels glabrous, male J in. long, 

 female as long, solitary or in pairs. Male calyx green, glabrous, globose 

 in bud ; lobes 3, rather firm. Stamens usually 8 ^ outer 5, the rest 

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

 hirsute ; 5 outer rather flat, in an extra-staminal ring ; the rest rhom- 

 boid inter-staminal. Female calyx smaller than the male, 3-lobed. 



