Acahjpka.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (hutchinson). 893 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; at the outskirts of the forest 

 ncai- Luxillo, Welwitsch, 433 ! 



16. A. villicaulis, Hochst. ex xi. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 248. 

 Stems evidently arising from a woody rhizome, 1^-2 ft. high, woody at 

 the base, angular, hirsute with slightly reflexed hairs. Leaves lanceolate 

 or ovate, subacutely acuminate, cordate at the base, 1^-4 J in. long, 

 |-2| in. broad, rather coarsely crenate-serrate, membranous, sparingly 

 hirsute above, more densely so below, digitately 5-7-nerved at the 

 base, remaining lateral nerves y-7 on each side, slightly raised on both 

 surfaces; transverse nerves subparallel, distant; petiole J-2J in. long, 

 hirsute, often provided with two fleshy glands at the apex ; stipules 

 subulate, IJ lin. long, setulose. Flowers monoecious, on separate 

 inflorescences. Male inflorescences axillary, solitary, pedunculate, 

 1 J-2J in. long ; axis crisped-pubescent. Male buds slightly pubescent. 

 Female spikes solitary or two or three together, terminating each shoot. 

 Bracts small, several-toothed, densely pubescent, not or very sparingly 

 glandular. Sepals coriaceous, ovate, pilose on the back. Ovary densely 

 pilose; styles 8, laciniate, about J in. long, glabrous. — Miili. Ar^^ in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 845, partly ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 146, 

 t. 98. A. kirsnta, Hochst. ex A. Rich. I.e. (name only). A. zamhesica, 

 var. hrevistyla, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1908, Mem. viii. 81. 

 R'tcinocarptis villicaulis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 618. 



irorth Central. Shari Region : Golo, near Ndelli, Chevalier, 7742 ! 



Xlle Xiand. Gallabat : on the bank of the Gendua, Schweinfurth, 860! 

 Abyssinia: Feri-fera, Schimper, 131 ! 781 ! and without precise locality, Sc?iimpery 

 684 ! Quartin Billon Sf Petit, 90 ! Steudner, 570 ! Upper Nile, Freeman ^ 

 Lucas, 84! LTganda: Elgon Dlstv'ict, Evan-James ! Sibu, Xuudi conntry, Evan- 

 James ! Britisli E;ist Africa: Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 6441 ! 



Mozamb. Blstr. German E:ist Africa: Karague, SpeJce Sf Grant, 379! 

 between Meru and Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 1615 ! Kilimanjaro, Smith ! Uhignru, 

 Ooetze, 344 ! Nyasalaiid : Namasi, Cameron, 1 ! 



17. A. manniana, Milll.^ Arg. in Flora, 1864, 441. Stems 

 herbaceous, about 6 ft. high ; branches angAiIar and subtomentose 

 when young, at length terete and nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, gradually and acutely acuminate, rounded, cordate or 

 truncate at the base, l|-4 in. long, 1-2 J in. broad, rather coarsely 

 crenate-serrate, membranous, sparingly setose on both surfaces, digi- 

 tately 5-7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 5-0 on each 

 side, raised on both surfaces; petiole lJ-3 in. long, slender, densely 

 pubescent ; stipules subulate-filiform, 3-3 lin. long, very sparingly 

 setulose. Flowers monoecious. Male spikes axillary, solitary, 2-3 in. 

 long ; axis tomentellous; Buds puberulous. Female spikes terminal, 

 solitary, pedunculate; peduncle J-IJ in. long, tomentose; flowering 

 part 1 J-lf in. long, nearly | in. in diam. Female bracts 4 lin. long, 

 nearly J in. broad when spread out, laciniate with about 20 unequal 

 more or less filiform densely ciliate teeth, very sparingly pilose on both 

 sides. Sepals 3, ovate, very small, ciliate. Ovary rather densely pilose, 

 especially in the upper part ; styles 3 lin. long, filiform, glabrous. 



