Erythrococca.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 867 



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

 shallow urceolate, margin distinctly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-coccous, didy- 

 mous ; cocci \ in. across. Seeds with a red aril and distinctly foveolate- 

 reticulate testa, — Claoxylon Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 

 Iv. Mem. viii. 75. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Fouta Jallon ; Labe plateau, 3650 ft.. 

 Chevalier, 12296! Diaguissa, 4000 ft., Chevalier, 12643! 12689! 



Very closely allied to E. africana, but easily recognised by the softly pubescen 

 leaves and peduncles, by the distinctly 2-lobed hypogynous disk and by the smooth, 

 not papillose stigmas. 



29. E, MoUeri, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 621. Shrub or small 

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

 membranous, lanceolate-oblong or ovate, acuminate, base rounded or 

 wide-cuneate, margin finely denticulate, 4-5 in. long, 1-2J in. wide, 

 medium green, when young reddish or greenish-purple, at first with a 

 few white hairs on the nerves beneath, at length glabrous ; petiole 

 glabrous, J in. long ; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. 

 Klowers small, in peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender, glabrous, 

 males J-| in., females 1-2 in. long; pedicels glabrous, males \ in., 

 females J in. long. Male calyx purplish, glabrous, shortly conical in 

 bud ; lobes ;>, membranous. Stamens 40; outer 10, the rest central ; 

 filaments much shorter than the anthers ; glands rather few, minute, 

 glabrous or occasionally hirsute, ovoid, all inter-staminal. Female calyx 

 usually 2-lobed, sometimes .S-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2- (rarely 8-) 

 celled ; stigmas connate at the base, suborbicular, suberect, smooth. 

 Disk urceolate, 2-lobed, in fruit crenulate. Capsule usually 2-coccous, 

 didymous ; cocci | in. across. Seeds with a crimson aril and distinctly 

 foveolate-reticulate testa. — Claoxylon Molleri, Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 

 X. 160 ; Engl. Jahrb. xix. 84. C piirpiirascens., Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France, Iv. Mem. viii. 75. 



lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas: St. Nicholas, 3000 ft., Moller S( 

 Quintas, 130! MoUer, 136! Henriques, 22! 24! St. Thomas Peak, 4650 ft., 

 Chevalier, im^ll 13656! 14527! 14582! 



A very distinct species. 



30. E. rivularis, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 621. Shrub 15 ft. 

 high ; twigs sparingly strigose with spreading brown hairs ; bud-scales 

 persistent. Leaves short-petioled, membranous, wide oblong, shortly 

 abruptly acuminate or acute, base wide-cuneate, margin subentire, 

 4-8 in. long, 2J-4 in. wide, dark green, paler beneath, minutely 

 verrucose, glabrous ; petiole glabrous or with a few spreading brown 

 liairs, \ in. long; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. 

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

 1-1 J in. long; pedicels glabrous, males \-\ in., females \ in. long. 

 Male calyx dark green, depressed-globose and faintly 4-aDgled in 

 bud; lobes 4, membranous. Stamens 40 ; outer 10, the rest central; 

 filaments much shorter than the anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, 

 rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female calyx 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 



