E^rT/fhrococca.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 871 



ii. 209 ; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, i. 180, and in Etudes Fl. Bas- et 

 Moyen-Congo, ii. 27*,), mainly, but excluding Sapin's Lualaba-Kasai 

 specimens; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 213; Tb. &, Hel. 

 Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 491, mainly, but excluding Sapin's specimens: 

 not IVeivia ? africana, Baill. C. oleraceum, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 

 94; De Wild. PI. Thonn. Congol. ii. 227. 



Upper Guinea. Caineroons : Tchape Pass, 5000 ft., Ledermann, 2845 ! 

 Tibati, 3000 ft., Ledermann, 2433! Vauude, 2700 ft., Zenker (^ Standi, 211 ! 

 Zenker, 184 ! 499 ! 712 ! 



Xlle Ziand. Uganda : coast of Lake Victoria, 4000 ft., Bagshawe, 588 ! 



Jtovrer Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Bebao, Tessmann, 555 ! Lower Congo : 

 St;inlcy Pool district ; Kisantu, GiUet,37 ! 74 ! 1419 ! 1865 ! Kimuenza, Gille(,2UA\ 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Lukolchi, Detvevre, 748 ! Injolo, Ledoux cj^ 

 llugghe, 22 ! Lulonga, Pynaevt, 161 ! Kala, Pynaert, 525 ! 920 ! Paku, Seret ! 

 IJangala district ; Huniba, Lavrent ! Abumonbasi, Thonner, 200! near Lake 

 Leopold II., Body, 92! 



\'ery closely allied to E.airoi'irens and agreeing with that species as regnrds the 

 flowers in both sexes, but as a rule leadily distinguishable by the shape of the leaf 

 and the nature of the indunientuni ; the petioles are always longer in E. oleracea 

 than in its allies. Throughout tiie Congo State the leaves of this species a})peiir to 

 be in general use as a vegetable. 



3G. E. angolensis, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 625. Shrub, o-4 ft. 

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

 at Jirst thinly membranous, at length firmer, oblong or ovate, acuminate, 

 base wide-cuneate, margin very shortly denticulate, 2-3 in., long, l-l| in. 

 wide, medium green, paler beneath, pubescent especially on the nerves 

 on both surfaces ; petiole softly pubescent, J in. long or less ; stipules 

 unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in peduncled 

 racemes; peduncles slender, pubescent, females i in. long, about 

 4-flowered ; pedicels glabrous, ^V in. long. Male calyx and stamens 

 not seen. 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 urceolate, 

 very slightly 2-lobed. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous ; cocci J in. across, 

 not seen mature. Seeds not seen. — Claoxylon angolense, Miill. Arg. in 

 Journ. Bot. 1864, 383; DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 777; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 975. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Loauda; Pungo Amlongo, near Luxillo, Welivitsch, 

 399! 



A very distinct species. 



37. £. flaccida, Frain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 625. Shrub or small 

 tree, 1 5 ft. high ; twigs pubescent ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves 

 petioled, at first thinly membranous, at length firmer, ovate, acuminate, 

 base wide-cuneate, margin very shortly denticulate, medium green, 

 paler and minutely verrucose beneath, pubescent especially on the 

 nerves on both surfaces ; petiole softly pubescent, J-^ in. long ; stipules 

 unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in })eduneled 

 racemes ; peduncles slender, pubescent, males up to .\ in. long, females 



