962 cxxii. EUPHORBIACE.E (prain). [PycTwcoma. 



narrowly winged pseudopetiole, margin entire, 8-15 in. long, 2J-4 in. 

 wide, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole J-J in. long. Racemes 

 peduncled, from the axils of the upper leaves ; rhachis rather loosely 

 pubescent ; bracts ovate, acute, flat or nearly so and reflexed, densely 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; pedicels rather densely pubescent, slender, 

 }-l in. long, ]-3 to a bract. Male sepals 3, ovate-triangular, acute, 

 densely pubescent externally, reflexed in flower, J in. long. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments slender, over J in. long. Female sepals 5, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, densely pubescent on both surfaces, reflexed in flower, 

 J in. long. Ovary 3-celled, densely pubescent, each cell with two rather 

 long narrow triangular dorsal horns ; styles 3, densely hirsute, connate 

 in their lower fourth. Capsule not seen. — Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 

 527. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Usambara; (ionja, 3400 ft., J?oZ*f, 

 4237! Auiaiii, 3000-3500 ft., Warfiecke, 477! Engler,^16\ 846! 3427a! Braun, 

 1036 ! Derema, 2700 ft., iicheffler, 97 ! Nquelo, 3500 ft., Heinsen, 65 ! 



75. NEOPYCNOCOMA, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 222. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous. Male : Calyx globose, splitting 

 into 2-3 valvat€ segments. Stamens numerous, free, inserted on a 

 hemispherical receptacle, mixed with oblong pilose glands ; anthers small, 

 introrse, 2-celled ; cells longitudinally attached to a narrow connective. 

 Rudimentary ovary distinct. Female : Sepals 5, distinctly 2-seriate, 

 the inner the smaller, imbricate. Disk (I. Ovary 3-celled, densely 

 tomentose ; ovules solitary in each cell ; styles 3, undivided, rather 

 stout, somewhat reflexed, slightly connate at the base, pubescent without, 

 stigmatic but not papillose on the inner face above. — Shrub. Leaves 

 alternate, shortly petioled, entire or slightly toothed towards the apex. 

 Flowers in androgynous spike-like racemes ; males many, fascicled ; 

 female solitary, terminal ; bracts herbaceous. 



A single endemic species. 



]. N. lancifolia, Pax in Kiigl. Jahrh. xliii. 223. A shrub 

 (or tree). Leaves short-petioled, lanceolate, 7 J-H in. long, 2-2J in. 

 broad, acuminate, gradually narrowed to the base, penninerved, margin 

 faintly denticulate, coriaceous, quite glabrous ; petiole 2-G lin. long ; 

 stipules 0. Spikes peduncled, about 4 in. long, in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, sparingly pubescent ; bracts small, triangular. Male flowers 

 glomerulate in the axils of the bracts. Male sepals orbicular, acute, 

 pubescent externally, 1 lin. long. Filaments 15-20, rather longer than 

 sepals. Rudimentary ovary rather shorter than the filaments. Female 

 sepals 5-G, triangular, acute, pubescent. Ovary densely tawny-pubes- 

 cent, globose, without wings ; styles 1 lin. long. 



Lower Guinea. Spanish (ininea; Nkolentangan, Mabiingo, 1500 ft., 

 Tessmann, 359 ! 



The characters of this species are, with the single exception of the ])resence of a 

 rudimentary ovary in the male Hower, those of Argomuellera macrophylla. Pax. 

 The rudimentary ovary lias a solitary distinct chamber with a well-developed 



