Rrythrococca.'] cxxti. ErpHORBrACEiE (prain). 863 



20. E. trichogyne, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 017. Shrub 4-5 ft. 

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

 branous, oblong-ovate, abruptly acuminate, base cuneate, margin rather 

 closely toothed, IJ-^J in. long, f-lj in. wide, rather dark green, paler 

 beneath, sparingly hairy, at length glabrous above, softly pubescent 

 especially on the nerves beneath ; petiole \ in. long, sparingly pubescent ; 

 stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Male flowers unknown. 

 Female peduncles slender, J in. long, 2-?)-flowered, and rhachis softly" 

 pubescent ; pedicels short, distant, \ in. long. Female calyx 2-partite. 

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

 laciniate throughout. Disk of 2 free scales. Capsule 2-coccous, didy- 

 mous; cocci setose, \ in. across. Seeds with red aril an/i distinctly 

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

 Bot. 1864, 334 ; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 778 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 

 i. 975. 



Xiower Culnea. Ang^ola: Cfolungo Alto ; near Sange, Welwitsch, ZQQ\ 



21. E. hirta, Pa.v in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 321. Shrub; twigs softly 

 pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, membranous, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, rather closely and 

 regularly crenate-toothed, 2-4 in. long, f-l| in. wide, medium green, 

 paler beneath, sparingly softly pubescent with somewhat spreading 

 hairs especially on the nerves ; petiole softly pubescent with spreading 

 hairs, \-\ in. long ; stipules accrescent, umbonate or spinulose. Flowers 

 minute, in lax peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender, males J-J in. 

 long, 2-4-flowered ; females J-| in. long, 2-4-flowered, and rhachis 

 softly hirsute with spreading hairs ; pedicels silky, sometimes sparingly, 

 males I in., females \ in. long. Male calyx pale green, sparingly silky, 

 globose in bud; lobes 3, membranous. Stamens 10; outer (I, the rest 

 central ; filaments twice as long as the anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, 

 all inter-staminal. Female calyx pubescent, smaller than the male, 

 4-partite or occasionally 3-partite. Ovary densely hirsute, 2-celled ; 

 stigmas free, linear, patulous, fimbriate-laciniate throughout. Disk of 

 2 broad ovate obtuse or truncate emarginate scales shorter than the 

 calyx. Capsule 1-coccous by abortion ; cocci sparingly setose, J in. 

 across. Seeds with a coral-red aril and foveolate-reticulate testa. — 

 Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 017. 



Nile Iiand. Uganda: Kuwenzori ; Butaga Forest, 7000-8000 ft., Scot I - 

 Elliot, 7998 ! Entebbe, 4000 ft., Bagshaxve, 793 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: West Kuwenzori, Kalange, 3600 ft.. Mild- 

 hraed, 2486 ! 



Very closely allied to E. trichogyne, and only to be distinguished by tlie more 

 numerous female calyx-lobes. 



22. E. pauciflora, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 618. Shrub 2^3 ft. 

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

 membranous, oblong, acute or acuminate, base wide-cuneate or rounded, 

 margin obscurely crenate, 2-3 in. long, 1-lJ in. wide, medium green, 

 paler beneath, when young purplish, almost glabrous ; petiole sparingly 



