Accdypha.'] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 909 



subtriangular at the base, 1 J-2J in. long, j-1 j in. broad, serrate, mem- 

 branous, rather sparingly setulose above, densely pubescent with spreading 

 hairs on the nerves and veins below, digitately 15-nerved at the insertion 

 of the petiole, remaining lateral nerves about 4 on each side, looped arid 

 anastomosing before reaching the margin, raised on both surfaces ; trans- 

 verse nerves subparallel, about 1 lin. apart ; petiole ^-J in. long, densely 

 pubescent; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, pubescent. Inflorescence 

 bisexual, axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; peduncle about 1 in. long, with 

 a female 2-flowered bract placed slightly above the middle, upper part 

 male and spicate, 1-lJ in. long. Buds of the male flowers slightly 

 pubescent. Bract enclosing the female flowers foliaceous, about 3 lin. 

 long and broad, pubescent outside, rather sparingly so within, margin 

 rather deeply crenate-dentate, without glands. Sepais 3, ovate, J lin. 

 long, ciliate and pubescent on the back, setose at the apex. Ovary 

 pubescent, slightly trilobed ; styles 3, suberect, f lin. long, laciniate and 

 distinctly pubescent. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 8(10 ; Oliv. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. l^G, t. 97; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 23t). 

 Ricinocarpus bipartitus, 0. Kuntze, Rev, Gen. PI. ii. 617. 



Wrile Iiand. Uganda : Entebbe, Mahon ! Fyffe, 129 ! Husoga, Broun, 11 \ 

 Kaviroiido, Scott-Elliot, 7095, partly! 7097 ! 7 days' march from Mumias, Whyte ! 

 Usogo villages, Whyte ! Kome Island, in Lake Victoria, Conrads, 31 ! between 

 Issenge and Mpororo, Mildbraed, 338! Muanza, Stuhlmann, 4618! and without 

 precise locality, Stuhlmann, 1309! 



Mozaznb. Distr. German East Africa : Karagwe, Speke (Sf Grant, 161 ! 

 Kilimanjaro; JMoschi, Merker, 595 ! 



According to Capt. Grant the branches of this plant are used for basket-making 

 in Unyoro. 



Imperfectly known species. 



43. A. sidaefolia, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 249. Stem woody, 

 branched ; branches terete, tomentose. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, very 

 acute, cordate at the base, | in. long, about J in. broad, serrate, hirsute 

 above, villous-tomentose below ; petiole about J in. long ; stipules acute, 

 hirsute. Male spikes axillary, dense-flowered, hirsute, longer than the 

 leaves. Female spikes ovoid, compactly and densely flowered. Bracts 

 1 -flowered, broadly reniform, 0-11-lobed, lobes triangular, 1-2-laciniate 

 at the base. Ovary silky -tomentose ; styles long, shortly pectinately 

 laciniate. — Ricinocarpus sidifolius, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL ii. 618. 



XTile Iband. Abyssinia : Shireh province, Quartin- Dillon. 



44. A. Dewevrei, Fax in Engl. Jalirb. xxviii. 24. A shrub; 

 young branches pubescent. Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse at the 

 base, about 6 in. long and 3J in. broad, denticulate, thinly membranous, 

 3-nerved, pubescent on the nerves, ciliate; petiole IJ-Sf in. long, 

 pubescent; stipules acuminate from a broad base, 2J lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad. Inflorescence bisexual, axillary, 2-3 in. long, with a few female 

 towards the base, the upper part male. Female bracts reniform, IJ Un. 

 long, slightly dentate, nearly glabrous. Sepals 3-4. Styles laciniate. — 

 De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewovr. 210. 



