866 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (prain). [Evythrococca. 



margins contiguous under the base of the ovary. Capsule 2-coccous, 

 didymous, or by abortion 1-coccous; cocci J in. across. Seeds with 

 a reddish aril, and distinctly foveolate-reticulate testa. — Claoxylon 

 Mannii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 20; MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 778. 



Upper Guinea. Fernnndo Po : Clarence Peak, 5000 ft., Mann, 260 ! 633 ! 



27. E. africana, Prain in Ann. hot. xxv. G20. Shrub; twigs 

 glabrous or adpressed-pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short- 

 petioled, membranous, ovate, acuminate, base wide-cuneate or rounded, 

 margin faintly crenate, 2-2J in. long, 1-lJ in. wide, medium green, 

 paler beneath, glabrous when mature ; petiole glabrous or adpressed- 

 pubescent, \ in. long ; stipules unmoditied, hyaline-scarious, minute. 

 Flowers small, in peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender, glabrous or 

 adpressed-pubescent, males |-1 in., females l|-2 in. long; pedicels 

 glabrous, males up to \ in., females \ in. long. Male calyx green, 

 glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, or occasionally o, membranous. 

 Stamens 24; outer 1(1, the rest central; filaments much shorter than 

 the anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. 

 Female calyx deeply 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2- (rarely 3-) celled ; 

 stigmas connate at the base, suborbicular, suberect, papillose. Disk 

 shallow-urceolate, in flower subentire, in fruit shortly 5-lobed. Capsule 

 usually 2-coccous, didymous, occasionally 3-coccous ; cocci \ in. across. 

 Seeds with a reddish aril and a finely foveolate-reticulate testa. — 

 Treioia? africana, Biill. Adansonia, i. 08. Clao,r>/lon Barteri, Hook. 

 f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 21 (footnote); Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 

 649. C. africanum, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 777. 



Upper Guinea. 8eiiec:;mibia : Casninanre Hivcr, Verrolfei, 748 ! Sierra 

 Leouc : Crauibnrs Island, Afzelivft ! Hafodoya Hills, ."^ro/Z-^/Zjo^, 5505 ! 5647! 

 Liberia: Siuoe R.-isiii, Whiitc ! Ivory Coast: bctweoii Zaon ami .Vyanie, Chevalier^ 

 17805 tor! Zaramou, Ckci'alipr,\l{\^\ ! Cavally IJasiii, Clievalier, 19987 ! Soutlieru 

 Ni(;eria: Laj^'os ; VcqWc, Millen, \%Z\ xwicvior, Roiv bind ! Yoruba forests, ^a?'/ej', 

 3344! Lagos Island; Barter, 222^ \ V.\^\^fi\\,^ Barter, 3285! near Ipati:, Foster, 

 184! 



A very distinct species, on account of its distinctly jiapillose, yet neither fimbriate 

 nor lobulate stigmas. 



28. E. Chevalieri, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 621. Shrub; twigs 

 softly pubescent with spreading hairs ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves 

 short-petioled, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base wide- 

 cuneate or rounded, margin denticulate, 2 in. long, fin. wide, dark green 

 sparingly pubescent on the nerves above, paler, softly and persistently 

 pubescent beneath ; petiole softly pubescent, J in. long ; stipules un- 

 n)odified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled racemes; 

 peduncles slender, softly pubcvscent, 1-1^ in. long ; male pedicels glabrous 

 up to J in. long; female glabrous or sparingly pubescent, -jV in. long. 

 Male calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, or occasionally 3, 

 membranous. Stamens 30 ; outer 10, the rest central ; filaments much 

 shorter than the nnthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter- 

 staminal. Female calyx deeply 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2 -eel led ; 



