906 cxxii. EUPHORBiAciLE (hutchinson). [Acolypha, 



linear or subulate, very acute, the middle one longer than the rest, long- 

 pilose or almost villous, not glandular. Sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, 

 about \ lin. long, ciliate towards the apex. Ovary tomentose, not 

 glandular ; styles free, multilaciniate, about 2 lin. long, pubescent on 

 the back. Seeds ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 J lin. long, glabrous. 



Xrile Xiand. Uganda : Elgon district, Evan-James ! Kavironda, Scott-Elliot, 

 7028! Nainasi, Cameron^ 11 ! 



Mozamb. 3>lstr. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott- 

 Elliot, 8160 ! Ukoine, Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 885 ! Usumbara, Keil, 156 1 

 British Central Africa: Nyas;»land ; Mount Malosa and Mount Zombn, Whyte ! 

 Shire Highlands, Whyte ! Scott-Elliot, 8465 ! 8466 ! and without precise locality, 

 Buchanan, 321 ! 826 ! 1365 ! 



37. A. ambigua, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 9G. A herb 5-9 in. 

 high ; rhizome thick and woody, many-headed ; stem tufted, erect, 

 sparingly branched, subtomentose when young. Leaves linear, acute, 

 slightly narrowed to the base, 1-2 J in. long, 2-3 lin. broad, coriaceous, 

 serrulate, setose on both surfaces ; lateral nerves ascending, 5-6 on each 

 side, very prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves subparallel, 

 distinct below; petiole short, scarcely 1 lin. long, setose-pubescent; 

 stipules subulate, 1 J lin. long, pubescent. Flowers monoecious. In- 

 florescence bisexual, axillary, up to Ij in. long; female flower sessile 

 and solitary or geminate at the base, the remainder male. Male buds 

 shortly pubescent. Female bracts similar to those of A. angustissima^ 

 Pax, but adpressed -pilose on the outer side. Sepals 4, lanceolate, acute, 

 ciliate. Ovary setulose-pubescent ; styles laciniate. Seeds ellipsoid, 

 about 1^ lin. long, smooth. — A. polymorpha, vars. depauperata and 

 angustifolia, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot, 18(54, 335, and in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 830 ; Iliern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 978. A. dumetorum, Pax 

 in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 283, not of Miill. Arg. 



liower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Dekindl, 8Z5\ about Lopollo, Welwitsch, 

 424! between Mmnpulla and Hinnpata, Welwitsch, 422; between Munipulla and 

 Nene, Welwitsch, 423! Benguella; Mount Elende, Wellman, 1172! 1271! 

 Malange, Teuscz, 405 ! Goudkopje, on the Kiver Chitanda, Baum, 171 ! 



38. A,, erioyihyliviy Hutchinson in Kew Bidletin, 1911, 185. Stems 

 arising from a woody rhizome, erect, simple, up to 8 in. high, deeply 

 channelled or sulcate, villous with weak spreading whitish hairs. 

 Leaves crowded towards the apex of each shoot, more or less over- 

 lapping, subsessilc, ovate or ovate-elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, 

 rounded or (in a young state) slightly cuneate at the base, J-1 in. long, 

 \-\ in. broad, rather sharply serrate or almost dentate, chaitaceous, 

 densely villous with long white hairs on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 

 prominent on both surfaces but nearly hidden by the indumentum ; 

 stipules conspicuous, trilobed or tripartite, 2J-4 lin. long, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous inside, pilose outside, segments linear-lanceolate, subacute or 

 obtuse. Inflorescence bisexual, in the axils of fallen leaves ; female 

 flower solitary, inserted on and at the base of the axis bearing the 

 male flowers. Male portion pedunculate, about 1 in. long; peduncle 



