88C cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Acali/pfui. 



glandular ; styles 3, stout, purple, deeply laciniate, glabrous. Fruits ^ \ 

 and seeds not seen. 



larile l^and. Bongo: Sabbi, Schweinfurth, 2201 \ Uganda: yi ad'i, Speke ^ 

 Grant ! 



5. A. angolensiSy Midi. Arg. in Joivrn. Bot. 1804, 335. A shrub 

 4 ft. high, sparingly branched ; branches slightly angular, densely 

 crisped-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves ovate, rounded or subacute at 

 the apex, rounded at the base, 2-4 in. long, IJ-^ in. broad, rather 

 coarsely crenate, less so towards the base, membranous, pubescent on 

 both surfaces especially on the veins below, o-nerved at the base, 

 remaining lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, slightly raised on both 

 surfaces; petiole 1^-2 J in. long, densely pubescent; stipules subulate, 

 \\-2 lin. long, setulose. Flowers dioecious, the males not known. 

 Female spikes axillary, subsessile, about J in. long and J in. in diam. 

 Bracts 2 lin. long, irregularly and deeply lO-12-toothed, with as many 

 nerves, pilose on both sides, but more densely so on the outer. Sepals 8, 

 ovate, J lin. long, whitish-pubescent outside. Ovary trilobed, small, 

 long-pilose in the upper part, glabrous below ; styles 3, slightly connate 

 at the base, 4 lin. long, sparingly laciniate with filiform segments. 

 Fruits and seeds not known. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 835 ; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 977. Ricinocarpus angoleiisis, 0. Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. PI. ii. C17. 



l^ower Guinea. Angola: Piingo Andongo; in thickens at tlie outskirts of 

 the forest near Catete, TFelwitsch, 434 ! 



6. A. paniculata, Jfiq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 400. A sparingly 

 branched herb, 2-5 ft, high ; stem slightly angular or subterete, densely 

 pilose with both long and short hairs, about 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. from 

 the apex. Leaves ovate, subcordate or truncate at the base, rather 

 abruptly and shortly acuminate to an acute apex, 1 J-3J in. long, 1-3 in.' 

 broad, coarsely crenate-serrate, membranous, usually rather sparingly 

 setose on both surfaces, especially on the nerves, digitately 5-nerved at 

 the insertion of the petiole, remaining lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 subopposite, branched and gradually fading near the margin ; tertiary 

 nerves subparallel, very slender, 1-1 J lin. apart ; petiole rather slender, 

 ]-3J in. long, shortly and rather densely crisped-pubescent ; stipules 

 subulate, 2-3 lin. long, sparingly pilose outside, with a few stipitate 

 glands here and there along the margin. Flowers monoecious. Male 

 racemes solitary, axillary, 2 J-5 in. long ; axis terete, densely puberulous ; 

 bract subtending each cluster of flowers lanceolate, \ lin. long, sparingly 

 ciliate ; pedicel short, pubescent. Buds very small, 4-lobed, slightly 

 apiculate, glabrous. Female flowers in a terminal oblong panicle 

 0-8 in. long ; branches simple, slender, up to 2i in. long, like the main 

 axis rather densely crisped-puberulous, a few male flowers at the base 

 of each ; bracts 3-flowered, one flower only being, developed, ovate, 

 small, ciliate ; pedicels ^-1 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, J lin. long, sparingly pubescent outside. Ovary 

 slightly trilobed, closely beset with small wart-like protuberances with 



