Erythrococca.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 861 



scales intercalated. Fruit not seen. — Claoxtjlon sp. aff. C. trisLi, Pax 

 in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 283. C. Menyharthi^ Pax in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 877. C. virens, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 

 1909, 140. 



Kower Guinea. Angola; Mossamedes; on the Kwito below the confluence 

 with the Longa, Baum, 549! German South West Africa; Awas Mountains, 

 Dinter, 808 ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Af ricji : Magu Kagehi, on Lake Victoria, 

 Fischer, 387 ! Portuguese East Africa : Boruma, Ment/harfh, 889b ! Hritish 

 Central Africa : Ngami Land ; Kwebe Hills, 3400 ft., Mrs. Litgard, 51 ! LufjarcJ, 

 53 ! 94! Bechuanaland ; near Messeringa Vley, Seiner II, 277 ! 



Very nearly related to E. tristis, of which the female flowers alone are known, 

 and only differing fi*om that species in having several-flowered female racemes in 

 place of solitary flowers. The male pedicels in this species are jointed high up as in 

 E. aculeata. It is the only species of Erythrococca witli an extra-staminal ring of 

 glands unaccompanied by inter-staminal ones. 



16. E. tristis, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 61G. Shrub 2-7 ft. high ; 

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

 branous, ovate, acuminate or acute, base rounded, margin rather closely 

 crenate, 1-lJ in. long, J-| in. wide, rather pale green, sparingly softly 

 pubescent, especially on the nerves ; petiole ^V ^^' ^^^^^ pubescent ; 

 stipules accrescent, umbonate. Male flowers unknown. Female 

 peduncles softly pubescent, |— J in. long, each with a solitary terminal 

 jointed pedicel, yo-J in. long. Female calyx 2-partite, silky. Ovary 

 densely strigose, 2 -celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate- 

 laciniate throughout. Disk of 2 subcylindric scales, longer than the 

 calyx-lobes. Capsule by abortion 1-coccous with a rudimentary coccus 

 at its base, setose, J in. across. Seed with a reddish aril and deeply 

 foveolate-reticulate testa. — Claoxylon triste, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 

 1804, 334 ; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 770 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 975. 



^over Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Humpata, in rocky places at 5000 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 390! Dekindt, 104! Mono de Lopello, Wehvitsch, 391! Monnyino, 

 6000 ft.. Anilines, 313 ! Cazengo, Pearson, 2303 ! 



17. E. lasiococcay Prr«m m Ann. Bot. xxv. 016. Shrub; twigs 

 virgate, densely grey-pubescent : bud-scales persistent. Leaves short- 

 petioled, membranous, ovate or oblong, acute, base rounded, margin 

 sparingly toothed, J-J in. long, i-J in. wide, medium green, paler 

 beneath, sparingly pubescent above, more densely so beneath ; petiole 

 pubescent, J in. long ; stipules accrescent, usually spinulose. Flowers 

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

 pubescent ; male pedicels with a few scattered hairs, \ in. long ; female 

 pedicels yV in. long, pubescent. Male calyx green, sparingly pubescent, 

 globose in bud; lobes 3, sometimes 4, membranous. Stamens 15; 

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

 staminal. Female calyx pubescent, smaller than the male, 2-lobed. 

 Ovary hirsute, 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate- 

 laciniate throughout. Disk of 2 discrete scales. Capsule 2-coccous. 



