Eryihrococca.'] cxxii. euphorbiaoe^ (pradt). 878 



softly and closely tomentose beneath; petiole hispidly hairy, \-\ in. 

 long ; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, in 

 peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender, hispid, \-\\ in. long ; pedicels 

 glabrous, males \ in. long, females \ in. long. Male calyx green, glab- 

 rous, globose in bud ; lobes 4, membranous. Stamens 24 ; outer 10 

 the rest central ; filaments much shorter than the anthers ; glands 

 minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female calyx deeply 

 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas linear-ovate^ at first divari- 

 cate, at length recurved, smooth, at the apex of a distinct cylindric style 

 half as long as themselves. Disk shallow-urceolate, widely equally 

 2-lobed. Capsule 2-coccous, didymous ; cocci \ in. across. Seeds not 

 seen ripe. — Claoxylon Deivevrei, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 283 ; De 

 Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. ii. 209, partly; Th. & Hel. Durand, 

 Syll. Fl. Congol. 491 ; as to Dew^vre 947 only. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Babadji, 5200 ft., Ledermann, 5988 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Eastern Prov., Nyangwe, Dewhvre, 947 ! 



The plant from Babadji, male only, agrees well with that from Nyangwe, female 

 only, on which the species was based, as regards shape and pubescence of leaves, and 

 in these respects differs rather markedly from the closely allied E. hispida, from 

 which, as regards the flowers of both sexes and as regards fruit, E. Dewevrei is 

 not readily distinguishable. De Wildeman and Durand, I.e., have referred to 

 £. Bewevrei a male specimen also collected at Nyangwe (964a). This plant as 

 regards ]mbescence agrees, however, with i'. Awjsic^a, and not with E. Bewevrei; 

 as regards shape and size of leaf, and as regards male flowers it differs considerably 

 from both and may, when the fruit is known, call for separate treatment. In the 

 meantime it may without inconvenience be left where De Wildeman and Durand 

 have placed it, but must be treated as a distinct variety, characterised as follows : — 



Var. inopinata, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 626. Leaves smaller than in typical 

 E. Bewevrei, ovate, acute, basecuneate, margin very faintly toothed, 2 in. long, ^ in. 

 wide, dark green, sparingly hispid on the nerves as in IJ. hispida, and finely verrucose 

 on both surfiice.s, not, tomentose between the nerves beneath. Male calyx as in 

 E. Bewevrei nwd E. hispida but rather larger. Stamens 40; outer 10, the rest 

 central ; filaments and reccptacular glands as in E. Bewevrei and E. hispida. 

 Female flowers and fruit not seen. — Claoxylon Bewevrei, De Wild. & Durand, 

 Reliq. Dewevr. ii. 209, as to Dewevre 964a only; hardly of Pax. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Eastern Prov. ; Nyangwe, Bewevre, 964iA \ 



40. E. hispida, Frain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 625. Shrub G-S ft. high ; 

 twigs hispid with yellow hairs ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short- 

 petioled, membranous, oblong, very rarely ovate, acuminate, base 

 rounded or wide-cuueate, margin shortly distantly toothed, usually 

 5-8 in. long, when ovate only 2-3 in. long, lJ-2 in. wide, medium to 

 dark green, paler beneath, sparingly hispid on the nerves above, more 

 densely hispid on the nerves beneath, finely verrucose on both surfaces; 

 petiole usually hispid, |— J in. long ; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious. 

 Flowers small, in peduncled racemes ; peduncles slender, hispid, J-1 in. 

 long; pedicels glkbrous, males J- in. long, females J in. long. Male 

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

 27 ; outer 10, the rest central ; filaments much shorter than the anthers ; 

 glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female calyx 

 deeply 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas linear-ovate, at first 



