904 Gxxii. EUPHOEBiACE/E (hutchinson). [AccUi^pka. 



J-3 in. long, rather sparingly crisped-pubescent ; stipules subulate or 

 subulate-filiform, pilose, 1 lin. long. Inflorescence axillary, bisexual, 

 solitary or geminate, |-2J in. long, with 1-7 rather distantly arranged 

 females in the lower part, the males very few and terminal, remote 

 from the female ; axis slightly pubescent and terminated by an obovoid 

 pubescent abortive female flower. Female bracts 1-2-flowered, sub- 

 orbicular, 1^3 lin. long, 2J-4 lin. broad (when spread out), 10-12-trian- 

 gular-dentate, sparingly setulose-pubescent on. the nerves outside and 

 on the teeth, otherwise glabrous. Sepals 3, ovate-triangular, sparingly 

 ciliate. Ovary deeply trilobed, pilose with tubercle-based hairs ; styles 

 short, laciniate. Seeds ovoid, ^-| lin. long, very closely and minutely 

 pitted.— Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 523 ; Bl. Bijdr. 628 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 675 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 877; Mlill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 868; Hook. f. 

 Fh Brit. Ind. v. 416; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova, 1892, 359; 

 Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239, and in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 

 283; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 978; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 Ind. i. 62; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. ii. 610; Durand & De Wild. Mat. 

 Fl. Congo, ii. 61; De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 210; N. E. 

 Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 141 ; Th. & H61. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 

 492. A.spicata, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 161. A.somalium, Miill. Arg. 

 in Abhandl. uaturw. Ver. Bremen, vii. 27. A. somalensis, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xix. 100. Ridnocarpus indicus, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL ii. 618. 



irile X.and. Eritrea: Bogos, Steudner, 532! Dalac and Eilet, Ehreyiherg ! 

 Somaliland: Maid, Mildebrandt, 1455! 1518! between Dagape and Gobeli, Ellen- 

 heck, 1011! between Maju and Aroris, Ellenbeck, 1074a! Guelidi, Rev oil ! and 

 witbout precise locnlity, Drake-Brockman, 393 ! 394 ! Miss E. Cole ! Sudan, 

 Broun, 1740! Hritish East Africa: Kibwezi River, Kdssner, 685! 



Ko^^er Guinea. Angola : Loanda ; slopes of Praia de Bispo, Wehoitsch, 

 417 ! Bumbo; at the base of Serra da Xella, in neglecte<l fields nfter cultivation, 

 Welwitsch, 427 ! between Umpupe and Palmfontein, Baum, 26 ! Amboland : 

 Oshundo, Sehinz, 731 ! 



Sontli Central. Belgian Congo : Kasai ; Lusambo, Laurent. 



Moxamb. Blstr. German East Africa : between the Njaraso and Matron 

 Lakes, Merker, 374 ! Usambara ; Kwai, Eick, 151 ! Mashena, Hoist, 8786 ! Ngami- 

 land : Kwebe Hills, Mrs. Lugard, 184 ! 



Occurs also, mostly as a weed, in Madagascar, Arabia, India, Ceylon, and the 

 Philippines. 



Var. hailloniana, Hutchinson. Female bracts large and pubescent between the 

 nerves, Jin. long and over |- in. broad when spread out. — A. hailloniana, Miill. Arg. 

 in Linnaea, xxxiv. 44, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 869 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt, 1195! Last! Stuhlmann, 561! 

 Schmidt, 40 ! Boivin. German East Africa : Pangani, Stuhlmann, 346 ! 



35. A. segetalis, Miill. Arg. in Joum. Bot. 1864, 336. A small 

 spreading annual, 6-12 in. high, branched from the base; stem and 

 branches more or less deeply channelled. Leaves ovate, obtuse or 

 subacute, more or less rounded at the base, J-l J in. long, J-1 in. broad, 

 crenate, membranous, shortly ciliate, very sparingly setulose on the 

 midrib and lateral nerves, 5-nerved at the base, 3 of the nerves sub- 

 erect, remaining ones about 3 on each side, slightly raised on both 



