870 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). [Erythrococca. 



wide -cuneate, margin shortly denticulate, 3-4 in. long, I4—IJ in. wide, 

 medium green, paler beneath, hirsute especially in the nerves on both 

 surfaces; petiole hispidulous, J in. long; stipules unniodilied, hyuline- 

 scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled racemes; peduncles 

 slender, softly hairy, J-1 in. long ; pedicels glabrous, \ in. long. Male 

 calyx green, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, membranous. Stamens 

 30-40; outer 10, the rest central; filaments much shorter than the 

 anthers ; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter staminal. Female 

 calyx usually 2-lobed, occasionally o-lobed. Ovary glabrous, '1- (rarely 

 0-) celled ; stigmas linear-ovate, at first divaricate, at length recurved, 

 smooth, at the apex of a distinct cylindric style half as long as them- 

 selves. Disk eccentric, shallowly suburceolate, margin entire, much 

 developed on one side, narrow or nearly obsolete on the other. Cap- 

 sule usually 2-coccous, didymous, occasionally 3 coccous or by abortion 

 1-coccous ; cocci J in. across. Seed with a red aril and a slightly foveo- 

 late-reticulate testa. — Claoxylon atrovirens^ Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 

 85; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 245; Th. k llcl. Durand, 

 Syll. Fl. Congol. 491. C. inceqailaterum, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 820. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Tchiipe Pass, 4800 ft., Lederniann, 2653! 

 Biibangi 'rmigo ; Harnessing, 4500 ft., Ledermaiin, 5823 ! 



Nile Ziand. Uganda: Unyoro; Hoimn, 3500 ft., 5f?^'5//aujg, 1512 ! Entebbe, 

 3900 ft., Brown, 356 ! Cliagwc, 3900 ft., Daice, 215 ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; V)y the Kus^umbo River, 

 Schiceinfurth,'i\m\ Kwa Muera; Fort licni on the Seinliki, Mildhvaed, 2246! 

 2401! iMuera, 3300-3600 ft., J/j7rf^/;-aerf, 2271 ! 2277! Aruwimi Hiver ; Yambuya, 

 Solheid, 32 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. (iernian K;isr Africa: Hukoba, Slv.hlmann, 'iQ2'i\ 



A very distinct species. 



35. E. oleracea, Pi^ain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 624. Shrub 1^10 ft. 

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

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

 shortly denticulate, 2J-G in. long, 1 1-3 in. wide, dark green, paler 

 beneath, minutely verrucose, sparingly pubescent on the nerves beneath; 

 petiole softly adpressed -pubescent, ^-J in. long: stipule.s unmodified, 

 hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled racemes; pedun- 

 cles slender, sparingly pubescent, males up to 1 in., females | in. long ; 

 pedicels glabrous, males J-J in., females jV in. long. Male calyx 

 greenish-white, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, membranous. 

 Stamens 30-40 ; outer 10, the rest central ; filaments much shorter 

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

 Female calyx 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas linear-ovate, 

 at first divaricate, at length recurved, smooth, at the apex of a distinct 

 cylindric style half as long as themselves. Disk eccentric, shallowly 

 suburceolate, margin entire, much developed on one side, narrow or 

 nearly obsolete on the other. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous, occasionally 

 by abortion 1-coccous ; cocci J in. across. Seeds with a red aril and a 

 deeply foveolate-reticulate testa. — Claoxylon africcniuni, De Wild. iV- 

 Durand in Hull. Herb. Boiss. 2me scr. i. 47, and in Kelicj. Dewevr. 



