^90 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEvE (hutchinson). [Acolypha. 



Jinear-subulate, J in. long, sparingly pilose. Flowers moncEcious, male 

 and female on separate inflorescences, rarely a few males produced at 

 the apex of the infructescence. Male racemes axillary, solitary, about 2^ 

 in. long. Axis of the male inflorescence sparingly glandular-pubescent ; 

 bracts conspicuous, linear, IJ lin. long, glandular-pubescent. Female 

 spikes terminal, 2-3 in. long. Bracts 1 J lin. long when in flower, J in. 

 long in fruit, several-toothed, shortly acuminate, with numerous stipitate 

 glands on the margin and on the outside, glabrous within. Sepals 8, 

 ovate, glandular-ciliate. Ovary deeply trilobed, pilose, not glandular; 

 styles much laciniate or pectinate, pilose on the back. 



XMEozamb. 3>i8tr. Rhodesia: Gwaai forest, Allen, 238! Lpsliumo Valley, 

 Bolub! Salisbury, i2a«6?, 1385! 1386! South African Gold-fields, Baines ! 

 Wankie Line, 80 miles north of liulawiiyo, on i-andstone, Eyles, 1130 ! 



11 . A. nigritiana, Mali, Arg. in Flora, 18G4, 440. A small shrub ; 

 branchleta ciisped-puberulous. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, 

 rounded and 'suhentire at the base, 1^-2 J in. long, |-1J in. broad, 

 crenate-serrate, membranous, pubescent on the lower surface, sparingly 

 80 on the nerves above, digitsitely o-O-nerved at the base, remaining 

 lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, very slightly raised on each surface; 

 petiole |-H in. lon<:, crisped-pubescent ; stipules linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 IJ lin, long, sparingly pubescent on the outside. Flowers mona'cious, on 

 separate inflorescences. Male inflorescences lateral, axillary, solitary, 

 1J-2J in. long ; axis pubescent. Male buds nearly glabrous. Female 

 inflorescence terminal, about Ij in. long (seen only in a young state). 

 Bracts obovate-cuneate, caudate-acuminate, about § lin. long, about 

 5-toothed on each side of the acumen, glabrous inside, villous outside, 

 with several stipitate glands on the teeth. Sepals lanceolate, ciliate, 

 nearly enveloping the ovaiy. Ovary small, pubescent in the upper part, 

 not glandular ; styles 3, bilobed to near their middle, not laciniate. 

 Fruits and seeds not seen. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Piodr. xv. ii. 834. 

 Jiicinocar^ms nigritanus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. (»18. 



Upper Guinea. Soutliern Nigeria: Lagos; Yoruba forests, 5ar^c2:, 3425 ! 

 Tins species is very closely allied to A. ornata, of which it may be only a variety. 



12. A, omata, IlocJtst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Ab>/ss. ii. 247. An 

 undershrub ; branches more or less sulcate, crisped-pubescent with short 

 hairs and rather densely hirsute with longer reflexed hairs, the latter 

 sometimes absent. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, subcordate, 

 rounded and rarely subcuneate at the base, 2-4J in. long, 1 J-2J in. 

 broad, rather coarsely senate, membranous, sparingly setulose on the 

 upper surface, spreadingly pilose on the nerves and veins beneath, 

 digitately 5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 4-5 on each 

 eide, prominent below : transverse nerves subparallel, about 1 lin. 

 apart ; petiole J-2 J in. long, sparingly pilose or hirsute ; stipules subulate- 

 filiform, 2-3 lin. long, pilose. Flowers monoecious. Male inflorescences 

 axillary, solitary, very slender, lJ-2 in, long; axis sparingly pubescent ; 

 bracts subulate, ciliate, J lin. long. Buds glabrescent. Female inflo- 

 rescence terminal, solitary, 2-3^ in. long. Bracts 1-flowered, ovate- 



