908 cxxii. EUPHORBiACJEiE (hutchinson). [AccUypha. 



long, persistent, minutely and sparingly puberulous when young, at 

 length glabrous ; petiole up to 3 in. long, very sparingly setulose or 

 glabrous. Inflorescence bisexual, axillary, solitary, 1-1 J in. long, two 

 or three females towards the base, the upper part males and spicate ; 

 axis tomentellous. Male buds puberulous. Female bracts reniform, 

 about IJ lin. long, and 3 lin. broad when spread out, margin dentate, 

 very sparingly pubescent outside. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, broad at the 

 base, J lin. long, ciliate. Ovary densely covered with coarse bristle-tipped 

 tubercles; styles 3, connate at the base, finely laciniate. Seeds not 

 seen. — Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. A. mUdbrcediana, var. glah- 

 rescens, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 323. 



irile Xiandi British East Africa: Uganda ; Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7093! 



Mozamb. Slstr. Zanzibar: Kirloti, Hildebrandt, 1146! German East 

 Africa: Usambara; Gombelo, JGToZ^f, 2160 ! 



Soutb Central* Belgian Congo : forest north-west of Fort Beni, Mildbraed, 

 2254! 2273! 2337! 2372! 



Var. pubescem, Hutchinson. Young brnnchlets Aelvety-pubescent ; leaves softly 

 pilose on the lower surface. — A. mUdbrcediana, \av. pubescens^ Pax, I.e. 324. 



Sontb Central. Belgian Congo: forest north-west of Fort Beni, Mildbraed, 

 2263! 2335! 



41. A. Volkensii, Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. A shrub 

 up to 5 ft. high ; branches finely sulcate, often long pilose or pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate, shortly and more or less gradually and subacutely acumi- 

 nate, cordate at the base, 1^-3 in. long, |^-1| in. broad, crenate-serrate, 

 membranous, pubescent especially on the nerves and veins below, 

 5-nerved from the base, remaining lateral nerves G-7 on each side, 

 branched near the margin, prominent on both surfaces ; tertiary nerves 

 rather lax, subparailel, prominent below; petiole 1-1 J in. long; stipules 

 linear-filiform, sparingly pilose, 2 lin. long. Inflorescence axillary, 

 bisexual ; female bract solitary, sessile in the leaf -axil at the base of the 

 male raceme, the latter 2-3| in. long, very slender ; axis pubescent. 

 Male buds glabrous. Female bracts foliaceous, very broadly ovate, more 

 or less cordate at the base, doubly serrate, nearly glabrous, about J in. 

 long. Sepals 3, ovate, ciliate. Ovary hirsute, especially in the upper 

 half; styles 3, slender, deeply laciniate and very sparingly pilose. — A. 

 psilostachT/oides, Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 183, for the most part. 



wile Ziand. Abyssinia, Soth ! Sonialiland : Galla Highlands, Mlenbeck, 

 1262 ! Ualema, Riva, 1529 ! and without precise locality, Riva, 1386 ! Uganda : 

 Kavirondu, Whyte ! British Enst Africa : N'di, Taita mWs, Hildehrandt , 2.51^ \ 

 Mount Boura, Sacleux, 1315 ! Sani, Kassner, 765 ! Mtoni River, Kdssner, 624 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : UsHnabara, Buchwald, 532 ! 575 ! 

 610 ! 628 ! Mbalu, Engler^ 1481 ! Sakare, Engler, 959 ! Ainani, Engler, 764 ! 

 Kranzlin, 2\2\ \ Lake Eugili, ZJ7ilig,124\ Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 419! Johnston, 

 109 ! Moschi, Merker, 597 ! Kwai, Albers, 281 ! Lutindi, Solst, 3382 ! Luibusch ! 



42. A. bipartita, Mull. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 538. A climbing shrub ; 

 branches subquadrangular, tomentellous when young, puberulous when 

 older and clothed with light-brown bark ; internodes J-IJ in. long. 

 Leaves ovate, gradually and subacutely acuminate, slightly rounded or 



