Acalypha.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 908 



Uganda : Muka, Kdssner, 929 ! Galunka, Kassner, 791 ! and without precise 

 locality, Siuhlmann, 1251 ! 1258 ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt, 1038 partly ! Schlechter ! 

 Stuhlmann, 421 ! 423! German East Africa: Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 6599 ! 7005! 

 8674! Mrogoro, Stuhlmann, 8285! Marangn, Volkens, 2316! Dar-fS-Salaam, 

 Stuhlmann, 7007 ! 7410 I 7415 ! 7824 ! 7562 ! Tanga, Jlolst, 2022 ! Volkens, 166 ! 

 Amboni, Molst^ 2746! Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique, Kuntze I 



33. A. crenata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 246. An 

 annual up to 1 J ft. high ; stem erect, simple or rarely sparingly branched 

 from the base, rather thick and fleshy, channelled or more or less 

 compressed, rather minutely crisped-pubescent. Leaves ovate or 

 elliptic-ovate, obtuse or subacute, more or less rounded or obtuse at 

 the base, never cuneate, j-2 in. long, J-1^ in. broad, crenate, mem- 

 branous, glabrous on both surfaces or slightly pubescent on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves below, 5-nerved from the base, remaining lateral 

 nerves 3-4 on each side, prominent below ; tertiary nerves subparallel, 

 lax, distinct on the lower surface ; petiole as long as or usually longer 

 than the leaves, sulcate, pubescent ; stipules very small, subulate, 

 pubescent. Inflorescence bisexual, several female flowers crowded in 

 the lower part, the males very few and above the females, the axis of 

 each inflorescence terminated by 1-5 globose densely muricate abortive 

 female flowers. Female bracts suborbicular, about 4 lin. in diam. when 

 spread out, with several triangular teeth, conspicuously ciliate, othei*wise 

 quite glabrous, nerves as many as the teeth, not conspicuous. Sepals 3, 

 oblong-ovate, ciliate. Ovary pilose with tubercle-based hairs ; styles 3, 

 slender, laciniate. Seeds ovoid, J lin. long, minutely and closely pitted. 

 — MUll. Arg. in Linnsea, xxxiv. 42, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 871 (excl. 

 var. glandulosa) ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239 ; Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 34. A. abortiva, Hochst. ex Baill. Etude Gen. Euphorb. 

 443. A. vahliana, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 147, partly, not of 

 Mull. Arg. Ricinocarpus crenatus, O. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. PI. ii. 617. 



Upper Guinea. Nigeria : confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers, Barter ! 

 Stirling Hill, Ansell ! Cameroous : Garua, Ledermann, 4953 ! 



SSrile l<and. Abyssinia : Hamedo, Schimper, 192 ! Gageros, Schimper, 137 ! 

 in fields near Galta, Schimper, 1200 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 491 ! 

 Galabat: Matainma, Schweinf urth, 858! Kordofan, Kotschy, 24! 91a I Pfund, 

 190 ! 483 ! Somalilaud : Juba Province, Mlenbeck, 2314 ! Uganda : Unyoro, 

 Speke <Sf Grant, 545 ! Busoga, Brown, 276 ! 



34. A. indica, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 1003. An annual up to 3 ft. 

 high ; stem simple or sparingly branched, herbaceous, sometimes woody 

 at the base, shortly crisped-pubescent, sulcate or angular. Leaves 

 rhomboid-ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 

 cuneate or cuneate-truncate at the base, £-2^ in. long, J-l^ in. broad, 

 serrate, membranous, glabrous on both surfaces, except on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves, digitately 5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral 

 nerves about 4 on each side, raised and slightly pubescent on both 

 surfaces; tertiary nerves very distant and subparallel, somewhat 

 indistinct ; petiole as long as or usually longer than the leaf-blade 



