PT/cnocoma.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain), 961 



acutely acuminate, narrowed from the upper fifth or fourth to the 

 acute base and then sometimes contracted into a winged pseudopetiole 

 J- J in. long, margin entire or oftener in the upper half distinctly, 

 shortly rather sharply toothed, 8-16 in. long, lJ-3 in. wide, glabrous 

 on both surfaces; petiole below the wing yV" 4 ^"- ^^ng. Racemes 

 peduncled, from the axils of the upper leaves; rhachis very thinly 

 puberulous or nearly glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, flat, acute, reflexed, 

 grey-puberulous outside ; pedicels slender, puberulous, ^ in. long, 1-3 to 

 a bract. Male sepals 4, less often 3, narrowly ovate, acute, glabrescent, 

 reflexed in flower, J in. long. Female sepals 5, narrowly oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, sparingly pubescent externally, reflexed in flower, J in. 

 long. Ovary 3-celled, closely adpressed pubescent, each cell with two 

 short triangular dorsal horns ; styles 3, sparingly pubescent, connate in 

 a stout column for three-fourths to four-fifths of their length. Capsule 

 (only seen young) closely velvety, with six short triangular projecting 

 horns. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : (xrand Bassa ; near Soarliidorf, DinHa(je, 1602 ! 

 neighbourhood of Kaka Town, Whyte I VtQ^wM, Bunting I Ivory Coast: between 

 the Sassandra and the Cavally, Chevalier, 19269 ! 



10. p. minor^ Milll. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 483. Shrub, 1-3 ft. 

 high ; branches slender, woody. Leaves clustered towards the ends of 

 the twigs, distinctly petioled, thinly chartaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, 

 acuminate, narrowed from the middle to the acute base which passes 

 into a winged petiole, margin entire or rarely coarsely toothed in the 

 upper half, 8-15 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 petiole below the wing J-2J in. long. Racemes peduncled, from the 

 axils of the upper leaves ; rhachis very finely puberulous ; bracts 

 lanceolate, acute, flat and reflexed ; pedicels slender, puberulous, J in. 

 long, 1-3 to a bract. Male sepals 3, less often 4, ovate-triangular, 

 acute, sparingly puberulous externally, more closely so at the tips, 

 reflexed in flower, \ in. long. Stamens numerous; filaments slender, 

 J in. long. Female sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, acute, sparingly puberu- 

 lous externally, reflexed in flower, J in. long. Ovary 3-celled, pubescent ; 

 each cell with two short triangular dorsal horns ; styles 3, sparingly 

 hirsute, connate in their lower three-fourths. Capsule 3-coccous, 

 3-dymous, sometimes one or less often two cocci abortive, } in. across ; 

 cocci 2-valved, closely and finely velvety externally, each valve with a 

 projecting short triangular obtuse horn-like wing, lj-21in. long, 1 J Hn. 

 deep. Seed globose, brown, J in. across. — DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 951. 

 P. petiolaris, Pierre MSS. 



Iiower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Muni River, Mann, 1841! Gaboon: 

 Lihrevillc, Griffon du Bellay, 46 ! 78 ! Klaxne, 68 ! 240 ! 460 ! 596 ! 



11. P. macrantha, Pax in Engl Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 239. Shrub or 

 small tree 3-18 ft. high ; branches slender, woody. Leaves clustered at 

 the ends of the twigs and scattered lower down, shortly petioled, thinly 

 coriaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, acute or acuminate, narrowed from 

 beyond the middle to the acute base which is often contracted into a 



