^84 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE.E (hutchinson). [Acolypka, 



1. A. fuscescenSy Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 821. A herb 

 1-1 J ft. high ; rhizome thick, woody ; stems numerous, erect or oblique, 

 slightly flexuous, about 1 lin. in diam. 6 in. from the apex, rather 

 densely setose when young, at length nearly glabrous ; lower internodes 

 about 1 in. long, gradually shortening upwards to J in. long. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute, a little narrowed to the base, 1J-4J in. long, 

 §-1 in. broad, serrate or slightly crenate-serrate, rigidly chartaceous, 

 rather dark, slightly shining and sparingly setose on the upper, dull 

 brown and shortly pubescent or tomentellous on the lower surface and 

 sparingly setulose on the lateral nerves and veins; lateral nerves 10-12 

 on each side, ascending and continued to the marginal teeth, not looped 

 or branched, raised on both surfaces, very prominent below ; tertiary 

 nerves close and subparallel, a little raised below ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, 

 flattened ; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, sparingly setulose. Flowei s 

 dioecious, the males not known. Female flowers solitary or in pairs in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, sessile. Bracts several-lobed, lobes alternately 

 long and short, linear-lanceolate, acute, rather densely tawny-pilose out- 

 ride. Sepals very small. Ovary globose, densely tawny-tomentose outside ; 

 styles 3-4, reddish, erect, free to the base, 2 lin. long, linear, coarsely 

 pectinate on the inner face with ascending bristles, shortly pubescent 

 on the outer face. Fruits not known. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pi. Welw. 

 i. 970. A. D ametorumy Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 18G4, 334, partly, 

 as to Welwitsch, 430. Ricinocarjnts fitscescensy 0. Kuntze, Rev. (len, 

 PI. ii. (')18. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Puiigo Andoiigo ; nejir Citghuy, Welwitsch, 430 ! 

 uiid without precise locality, Qossweiler, 970 ! 



2. A. pedunculariS) Melsn. ex Krauss in Flora, 1845, 82. Stems 

 simple, arising from a woody rhizome, up to 1 ft. high, pubescent with 

 long stiff and short crisped hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, i-1 in.' 

 broad, coarsely serrate, rather rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, more 

 or less setose on the nerves or sometimes almost glabrous ; lateral nerves 

 about 3 on each side, the lowermost pair running parallel with the leaf- 

 rnargin almost its full length, all distinct on both surfaces, prominent 

 below ; tertiary nerves distinct but not prominent ; stipules ovate- 

 triangular or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 

 about 1^ lin. long. Flowers dioecious.. Male inflorescence solitary, 

 axillary, pedunculate ; female sessile and terminal. Male peduncle 

 J-3 in. long, pubescent with long stiff spreading hairs and short crisped 

 hairs ; flowering portion J-2 J in. long. Bracts oblong-linear, setosely 

 ciliate. Buds reddish, slightly pilose. Female inflorescence short and 

 almost hidden by the upper overlapping leaves. Bract of the female 

 flower ovate, several-toothed or lobed, often with a few very shortly 

 stalked or nearly sessile glands, pilose. Sepals 4, ciliate. Ovary with 

 gland-tipped hairs ; styles 3, connate in their lower half, about | in. 

 long, shortly laciniate, otherwise glabrous. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 840 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239 ; Gibbs in Journ. Linn. 

 '^Qc. xxxvii. 470. A. villicaulis, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 199, 



