892 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [AccUypha, 



below; veins lax; petiole 4-(> lin. long, sometimes setose or crisped 

 puberulous; stipules linear-subulate, 2-8 lin. long, nearly glabrous. 

 Flowers monoecious. Male inflorescence solitary, axillary, pedunculate, 

 lh-'> in. long ; axis sulcate, crisped-pubescent. Buds glabrous. Female 

 spike terminal, 1-1 J in. long. Bracts small, broadly ovate, caudate- 

 acuminate, about 10-toothed, teeth rather densely stipitate-glandular. 

 Sepals o, lanceolate, ciliate. Ovary small, sparingly pubescent, not 

 glandular ; styles stout, '2-2^ lin. long, laciniate, otherwise glabrous. 

 Fruits and seeds not seen. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese Kast Africa : near Lake Xya^a, Johnson, 457 I 



14. A. angustissima. Pax hi Engl. Jahrh. xix. 90. Stems short, 

 about G in. long, arising from a woody rhizome, compres.sed or deeply 

 grooved, glabrous, or hairy only towardrs the base. Leaves sessile, 

 linear, acute, 1-2J in. long, 1-H lin. broad, entire, coriaceous, glabrous; 

 stipules linear-subulate, li-2 lin. long, sparingly pilose. Flowers 

 monoecious, the male and female on separate inflorescences. Male 

 inflorescence axillary, solitary, pedunculate, 1-1 J in. long; axis angular 

 or grooved, glabrous; bracts linear, nearly 1 lin. long, pilose in the 

 upper part. Male buds very small, nearly glabrous. Female spikes 

 terminal, solitary, sessile, \-\ in. long. Bracts subcupular, coriaceous,. 

 2-0 lin. long, with about 20 lobes, glabrous on both sides, lobes subulate, 

 sparingly ^etulose towards the tips. Sepals 3, lanceolate, ciliate towards 

 the apex. Ovary trilobed, glabrous; styles 8, suberect, about 2 J lin. 

 long, very shortly laciniate. Seeds ellipsoid, \\ lin. long, smooth. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: between Kiinbundonnd the Coango Kiver, 

 Po!i;,i', 113! 



15. A. welwitschianay Mull. Anj. in Joum. Bot. 1864, 334. A 

 shrub o-T) ft. high, sparingly branched in the upper part ; branches a 

 little over 1 lin. in diam. about (I in. from the apex, slightly angular, 

 rather densely crisped-pubescent, with a few longer straight hairs 

 intermixed. Leaves ovate-elliptic, rounded or subacute at the apex, 

 rounded or slightly cuneate at the base, 1^-4 J in. long, 1-2 J in. broad, 

 rather coarsely crenate, subentire towards the base, membranous, 

 setulose-pubescent on both surfaces, 8-5-nerved at the base, remaining 

 lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, slender, slightly raised on both surfaces ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. long, rather slender, densely crisped-pubescent ; stipules 

 subulate, H-2 lin. long, sparingly setulose. Flowers monoecious. Male 

 spikes solitary or in pairs in each leaf-axil, 1^-3| in. long, scarcely or 

 very shortly pedunculate ; axis tomentose. Buds densely pubescent. 

 Female spike solitary, terminal, scarcely J in. long, about J in. in diam. 

 Bracts rather small, several toothed, without glands, rather densely 

 pilose. Sepals 3, ovate-lanceolate, sparingly pilose on the outside. 

 Ovary small, slightly trilobed, glabrous ; styles long nnd slender, 

 2 lin. lonjj, laciniate and sparingly pubescent. Fruits and seeds not 

 known. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 884; Hiern in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 977. Ridnocarpus wehvitschianus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 

 PI. ii. 018. 



