89f; cxxii. EUPHUKBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Acolyj^ka. 



Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Geneva, 181)2, 8nl). A. hetidina, Retz. 

 Obs. V. m; Vahl, Svmb. i. 77; Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 522; A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 240 ;' Schweiiif. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 33. Bicinocarpus 

 fnUicosiis, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 618. 



wile Xiand. Eritrea; vHi-ioiis localities, Schweinfurth Sf Sira, 349, 350, 

 6101! 1616; Ifildehrandt, 686! Abyssinia: vnrious localities, Schimper, 398! 

 1026! 1588! Ehrenherg ! Petit! Galla CoviX^tvy, EUenleck, 338! Soinalilaiid : 

 various localities, EUenheck, 338! 1050! 1099b! 2282; Rohecchi-Brichefti, h%\\ 

 649 ! Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Revoil ! Svjdan : Tiahr el Jebel, Broun, 506 ! Uganda : 

 Unyoro; Kibcrn, BagshaKe, 901 ! Biitish East Africa: various localities 

 Battiscomhe, 256 ! Hildehramlt, 2701 ! 2574 ! Kdssner, 297 ! Scott -EUiof, 6113 ! 

 Scheffler, 27 ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar. ^i7rfeJm»</^ 702 ! 1168! German East Africa: 

 various localities, Volkens, 57! 181! Stnhlmann, ^\5\ 680! 702! 8662! 8679! 

 8689! 7/0/^^2058! Heinsen, \\Q\ Goetze,\\5\ Braun, \%11 \ Erig1er,'^Z\\ 

 Merker, 571 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: outlet of tbe Seiulike River, at Lako 

 Albert Edward, Mildhraed, 1936 ! 



Var. villosa, Pax MSS. Leaves more or less villous. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar, Li/ne, 54! German East Africa: Usambara ; 

 Mascliena, Eolst, 3569 ! Dar-es-Salaam district; Usaramo, Stnhhnann,9>^^4:. 



'2'2. A. ceraceopunctata. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xlv. 238. A herb 

 or undershrub 3-4 J ft. high ; branchlets subterete, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate or rhomboid-ovate, shortly and gradually acuminate, 

 cuneate at the base, 2J-3J in. long, 1-2 in. broad, rather obtusely 

 serrate, membranous, yellowish-green when dry, dotted with numerous 

 yellow glands on the lower surface, otherwise glabrous except the crisped- 

 puberulous midrib ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, prominent below ; 

 tertiary nerves very slender, subparallel ; petiole J-1 J in. long, sparingly 

 €risped-pubescent ; stipules subulate, soon falling off. Inflorescence 

 bisexual, axillary, very slender, 1^-3 lin. long, several foliaceous 2- 

 flowered female bracts towards the base, the upper half male and sub- 

 spicate. Male buds sparingly puberulous. Female bracts foliaceous, 

 2-flowered, about J in. long when in fruit, J in. broad, serrate, sparingly 

 gland-dotted outside, otherwise glabrous. Sepals 3, unequal, the largest 

 sometimes bifid, very sparingly ciliolate at the apex, otherwise glabrous. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabronsi ; styles stout, much laciniated. Fruits hidden 

 by tlie enlarged female bracts, deeply trilobed, about \ in. in diain., 

 dotted with yellow peltate glands. Seeds 1\ lin. in diam., smooth. 



upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Katagura district, Dalziel, 209 ! Yol«, 

 Dalziel, 151 ! Cameroons : Buba, Ledermann, 4079! Niokodi, Ledermann, 4232! 

 near Ngesik, Ledermann, 4283 ! 



23. A. ptLbiflora, Baill. Adansonia, i. 2()8. A woody shrub 4-5 ft. 

 high ; branches twiggy, glabrous or very nearly so, somewhat angular 

 when young. Leaves obliquely lanceolate, gradually acuminate and 

 slightly mucronate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 1^-5 in. 

 long, |-1J in. broad, crenate, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces 



