Erythrococca.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 857 



Ovary glabrous, o-celled, rarely 4-celled or 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, 

 patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 3, rarely 4 or 2, small 

 discrete scales. Capsule 8-coccous, or sometimes 2-coccous, didymous ; 

 cocci nearly J in. across. Seeds with dark crimson aril and foveolate 

 reticulate testa. — Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 306; 

 Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 612. Mercurialis ? sp., Defl. Voy. Yemen, 203. 

 Claoxylon Dejiersii, Schweinf. ex Prain, I.e. Dejlersia erythrococca^ 

 Schweinf. ex Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova, 351) ; Schweinf. in 

 Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, xxxiii.,663, 667, 708 [Abyssin. Pflanzennam. 

 17, 21, ^2] (name only). 



wile land. Eritrea: Ghiuda, 3300 ft., Schweitifurth, 327! near Acrour, 

 6300 ft., Schwei?ifnrth c$- Miva, 1037 ! Goleb, 5700 ft., Schweinf urth Sf Biva, 1132 ! 

 near Felakhit, 3000-3500 ft., Schiveinjurth, 2239! Mogod Valley, 4650 ft., 

 iSch wet nf urth, 2059 ! Abyssinia : Rora, 6000 ft., Hildehrandt, 509 ! 



Also ill Arabia. 



1). E. usambarica. Pram in Keiu Bulletin, 1911, 90. Shrub 

 6-10 ft. high ; twigs glabrous ; bud-scales deciduous. Leaves short- 

 petioled, firmly membranous, ovate- lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, base 

 wide-cuneate or rounded, margin shallow crenate, 1^-2 in. long, J-1 in. 

 wide, dark green, paler beneath, glabrous; petiole slightly pubescent or 

 glabrous, \ in. long; stipules accrescent, mammillate or umbonate. 

 Flowers minute, in short-peduncled racemes; peduncles and rhachis 

 pubescent; pedicels puberulous or glabrous, ^V in. long. Male calyx 

 green, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, occasionally 5, membranous. 

 Stamens 6-7 ; outer 5, the rest central ; filaments longer than the 

 anthers ; glands minute, glabrous ; 5 outer 2-lobed in an extra-staminal 

 ring ; the rest rhomboid, inter-staminal. Female calyx smaller than 

 the male, 2-lobed. Ovary not seen young ; stigmas (marcescent on the 

 capsules) free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 

 2 small scales alternating with cocci. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous, or 

 1-coccous; cocci |- in. across. Seeds with reddish aril and distinctly 

 foveolate-reticulate testa. — Prain in Ann, Bot. xxv. 613. 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. Gennau East Africa : Usambara; I>(ivema, Scheffltv, 160! 

 near Amani, 2800-3000 ft., Engler, 708 ! Handai ; Nquelo, 3000 ft., Heinsen, 74 ! 



Very closely allied to E. abyssinica. 



10. E. zambesiaca, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 90. Shrub; 

 twigs .sparingly pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, 

 membranous, ovate, obtuse or subacute, base cnneate, margin faintly 

 crenate, |-1 in. long, J-t' in. wide, rather pale green, with a few adpressed 

 white hairs on the" nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous ; petiole sparingly 

 pubescent, J in. long ; stipules accrescent, strongly spinescent. Flowers 

 minute, in short-peduncled racemes; peduncles and rhachis adpressed 

 pubescent ; pedicels glabrous, males I in. long, jointed near the base. 

 Male calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, rarely 5, occasion- 

 ally 3, membranous. Stamens 15 or 18; outer 9, the rest central; 

 filaments longer than the anthers; glands minute, all thin, ovate, 

 ilattened, with marginal fringe of white hairs ; 6 outer extra-staminal, 



