Alcho?'nea.] cxxri. euphorbiace^ (prain). 915 



Leaves 6-12 in. long, nerves 12 or more on each side ; 



male intlorescences all lateral; capstjie smooth . 2. A. Jforibunda. 

 Leaves 2i^6 in. long, nerves 10 or fewer on each side ; 

 male as well as female inflorescences terminal. 

 Capsule smooth ; petioles finely puberulous or 



glabrous, ^ in. long or less . . . .3. A. glahrata. 



Capsule verrucose; petioles hispidly hairy, J-^ in. 



long . . . . . . . .4.-4. hirtella. 



Leaves with a pair of stipels at the cordate or sub- 

 cordate base; flowers moncEcious; inflorescences 

 both terminal and axillary. 

 Leaves firm ; capsule smooth . . . . .5. A. Engleri. 



Leaves membranous; capsule verrucose , . .6. A. yamhuyaensis. 



1. A. cordata, Benth. in ITooh. Niger Fl. 507. Shrub 3-12 ft. 

 high or a small tree ; twigs pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, moderately 

 firm, cordate-ovate, acute, crenate or entire, 4-10 in. long, 3-G in. wide, 

 glabrous when mature, 5-nerved from the base, with 4 basal glands in 

 the angles of the nerves; petiole 2-4 (occasionally 5-6) in. long. Male 

 spikes copiously paniculate ; panicles axillary ; buds globose, J lin. wide. 

 Female flowers in long lax spikes ; calyx 4-lobed. Capsule 2-celled, 

 \ in. wide. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 979 ; Stapf in Johnston, 

 Liberia, ii. 650: not A. cordata^ Miill. Arg. A. cordifolia, Miill. Arg. 

 in Linnsea, xxxiv. 170, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 908 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 257 ; Pax in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 160, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 

 105, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxxvii. 213 ; De Wild. & Durand in Contrib. Fl. Congo, ii. 57, Reliq. 

 Dewevr. ii. 211, and in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 48; De Wild. 

 Miss. E. Laurent, i. 129, Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 276, ii. 

 280, and Comp. Kasai, 330 ; Th. <k Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 494. 

 Schousboea cordifolia^ Schum. ife Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 449. 



Tipper Guinea. Senegal : various localities, Roger ! Ferrottet, 729, 730, 

 731 ! Heudelot, 23 ! Leprieur ! Farmar, 100 ! Gambia : Banks of the Gambia, 

 Hendelot, 345 ! French Guinea : Fouta Jallon, Miguel, 16 ! Kouria, Caille 

 (Chevalier), 14663 ! Konakry, Maclaud, 181 ! without precise locality, Faroisse, 34 ! 

 Sierra Leone : various localities, Johnston, 87 ! Kirk ! Mrs. Hunter ! Afzelius, 

 418! Bon! Vogel, 141! Daniell ! Garrett, 24! Scott-Elliot, 3844! 4179! 

 Liberia : Grand Bassa, Dinklage, 2097 ! Sinoe Basin, Whyte ! Gold Coast ; Aburi, 

 Brown, 937! Ashanti, Cummins, 1791 Togo: near Sokode, 1000-1300 ft., 

 KerHing, 50! 343! 405! 729! Kirikiri, 1000 ft., Kersting, 581 Misahohe, 

 Baumann, Z99 I Atakpame, Doering, 282! Dahomey: Dogba, Le Testu, 204! 

 205! Pomort, 113! Soutliern Nigeria: various localities, J/o/owej/ .' .Fo*^er, 153 ! 

 Millen, 162! Lamhorn,l4:\ Dawodu,lZ\ Dennett, 69 \ Vogel! Mann! Talbot, 

 682 ! 1319 ! Northern Nigeria : Kontagora, Dalziel, 88 ! Katagum, Dalziel, 405 ! 

 Gurara River, Elliot, 217! Cameroons: various localities; Deist el, 67 I 125! 

 Zenker Sf Staudt, 86 ! Zenker, 1091 ! 1309 ! Buchholz, 74 ! Freuss, 551 ! Dink- 

 lage, 1170! 1456! Bates, 69! Staudt, 600\ 551! Ledermann, Z^l \ 2048! 

 Winkler, 31b ! 1017 ! 1037 ! Fernando Po, Vogel,lZ\ Barter! Mann, 81 ! 



ITorth Central. Western Soudan: near the Banamiane, Chevalier, 151 I 

 Moussaiie, Chsralitr, 456 ! 



Kile Xiand. Niamniajn : Nabambisso Kiver, Schtveinfurlh, 2936! 3031! 



