Acalypha.'] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 895^ 



Angola: Huilla; near Lopollo, Wei wi/sch, 4291 near Mumpulla, WelwitscJi, 4211 

 between Lopollo :ind Ferrao da Sola, Welwitsch. 428 ! 



20. A. crotonoides. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 97. Habit of 

 A. polymorpha ; stems densely yellow-tomentose. Leaves subsessile, 

 oblanoeolate or oblong •oblanceolate, acute, about 1 in. long, nearly 

 J in, broad, sharply serrate, rigidly coriaceous, yellow-villous on both 

 surfaces ; lateral nerves about 9 on each side, prominent on both sur- 

 faces ; stipules linear-subulate, J in. long, rather densely pubescent. 

 Flowers monoecious, male and female on separate solitary inflorescences. 

 Male inflorescence axillary, pedunculate, f in. long ; axis yellow- 

 tomentose ; bracts subspathulate, ciliate. Buds pilose. Female spikes 

 terminal, conic, 1-1^ in. long, about J in. in diara. Bracts ^ in. long, 

 rather irregularly 12-lobed to about the middle, glabrous inside, 

 adpressed-pilose on the outside, lobes subulate, not glandular. Sepals 3, 

 oblong, ciliate. Ovary deeply trilobed, densely pilose, not glandular ; 

 styles 3, laciniate, yellow. Capsule pubescent. Seeds somewhat 

 rounded, truncate at the base, about 1^ lin. in diam., pale brown, 

 smooth. 



I^ower Guinea. Angola: HmWdi, Antunes,l\5\ 886! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Lunda; Kimbundo, Po^^e, 114 ! 



2 1 . A. fruticosa, Forsk. Fl. Jigypt.-Arah. 1 G 1 . A shrub ; branches 

 shortly crisped -pubescent when young, soon becoming quiie glabrous 

 and clothed with a light brown bark. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate 

 to a more or less sharply mucronate apex, abruptly cuneate or more 

 rarely somewhat rounded at the base, very variable in size, up to 4 in. 

 long und o in. broad, rather coarsely crenate, membranous, clothed with 

 somewhat scattered conspicuous persistent golden-coloured glands on 

 the lower surface, shortly pilose on both sides, at length glabrous or 

 nearly so, (iigitately 3-5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 

 3-5 on each side of the midrib, subopposite, the lower with several 

 branches on their lower side ;• tertiary nerves conspicuous in the larger 

 and older leaves, parallel, 1-1 J lin. apart ; petiole J-2 in. long, pubescent ; 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, about 2 lin. long, sparingl}^ pubescent. In- 

 florescence bisexual, axillary, up to J in. long, consisting of 2 or 3 

 foliaceous unilateral bracts, each containing a solitary sessile female 

 flower, and a very short terminal pedunculate male spike ; bract sub- 

 tending each male flower ovate, densely pubescent. Buds subquad- 

 rangular, pubescent. Female bract about \ in. long, dentate, teeth 

 pilose, several-nerved, very shortly pubescent on the nerves outside, 

 often with a few scattered glands, glabrous within. Sepals 3, ovate- 

 lanceolate, J lin. long, pilose on both sides. Ovary slightly trilobed, 

 with numerous golden glands in the depressions between the lobe^, 

 pilose ; styles 3, free, terete at the base, much branched above, branches 

 simple, filiform. Capsule trilobed, pilose. Seeds ellipsoid, quite smooth. 

 —Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 822 ; Kurz, For. Fl. ii. 397 ; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 415; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239, and in Ed«:I. 

 Jahrb. xxviii. 419; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 30^; 



