926 CXXII. EUPHORBlACEiE (prain). [Argomue^lera. 



above, connate in their lower third. Capsule subf^lobose, somewhat 

 3-sulcate, breaking up into 3 2-valved cocci, densely pubescent, J in. 

 across. Seeds globose, brown, i in. across. — Durand & Schinz, Etudes 

 Fl. Congo, 246 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fi. Congol. 495 ; S. Moore in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 201. Pycnocoma Sapiiii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- 

 et Moyen-Congo, ii. 285, and Coinp. Kasai, 831. P. hirsuta, Prain in 

 Kew Bulletin, 1909, 51. F. parvijiora, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. Hi. 



Upper. Guinea. Ivory Coast : Zaranou; Indenie, Chevalier, llQSil l^etween 

 Mbosso and Zaranou, Chevalier, 17600 ! 



ITlle land. Uganda: Mabira Forest, 3900 ft, Dawe, 202! Ussher, 69! 

 forest luar Mfanga, Bagshatce, 1165! Unyoro; Badonga Forest, Bagshawe ! and 

 without precise locality, StuJilmann, 1313 ! 



I,ower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Bebai, Tessmann, 563 ! 624 ! 924 ! 

 French Congo: Ogow e, Leroy .' Lower Congo: without precise \ocsility. Smith ! 

 Angola : Benguella ; Cungullo, Oosstveiler^ 3806 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Eastern Prov. ; Fort Beni, Kwa Muera, 

 Mildbraed, 2251 L Irumu, Angalla, 3600 ft., Mildbraed, 2854! forest west of 

 Issongo-Semliki. 2900 ft., StuUmann, 2692 1 Seniliki, Karimi, Mildhraed, 1988! 

 Kasai; Lulua, Fogge, 13161 1393! Sankuru, Sapin ! between Lubuu and Bena- 

 Mahima, Sapin ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. (lerman East Africa: Hata^ Mildhraed, \iA\ Rhodesia: 

 Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft, Stcynnerton, 114! 



Var. Lauren/ii, Prain. Leaves slightly undulate, not toothed. — Pgcnocoma 

 Laurentix, De Wild. :ttude3 Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 285. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Kasai; Bumbaye, iawren^ .' 



This variety has, in the only specimen seen, a solitary terminal female flower. 

 In the form of typical A. macrophylla described as Pycnocoma hirsuta, Pruin, 

 this is also the case; in tlie form described as P. parvijlora. Pax, all the flowers in 

 all the glomerules are male. 



2. A. sessilifolia, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1912, 191. Shrub or 

 small tree, with tawny-pubescent branchlets. Leaves sessile, chartaceous, 

 oblancoolate-oblong, 14-15 in. long, 3-3 J in. wide, bluntly acuminate 

 with mucronulate tips, narrowed from the upper fourth to the narrowly- 

 rounded base, margin very minutely and remotely denticulate in the 

 upper half, glabrous on both surfaces ; stipules tawny-pubescent, lanceo- 

 late, J-| in. long. Racemes several from the upper axils, G-9 in. long ; 

 rhachis slender, pubescent ; bracts spreading, ovate, acute ; flowers 

 glomerulate, each cluster with several males and a single central female. 

 Male flowers : Sepals 4, or 3, erect, ovate-lanceolate, J in. long. Stamens 

 numerous ; receptacle with numerous inter-staminal glands hirsute at 

 the apex interspersed among the filaments. Female flowers : Sepals 6, 

 less often 5, distinctly 2-seriate, the inner the smaller, narrow-ovate, 

 acute. Ovary 3-celled, pubescent ; styles recurved, stigmatic on the 

 inner faces above, connate in their lower fourth. Capsule subglobose, 

 somewhat 3-3ulcate, breaking up into 3 2-valved cocci ; pubescent 

 externally, J in. across. Seeds globose, grey mottled with brown, ^- in. 

 across. 



&ower Guinea. French Congo: Ogowe River, TLollcn, 741! 



