1008 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). [Sebasticmta. 



almost free, suborbicular, obtuse, their margin undulate. Stamens 3, 

 casually 2 or 4. Female : Sepals 3, ovate, acute, denticulate, egland- 

 ular. Ovary smooth ; styles united below in a column i in. long. 

 Fruit not seen. — Pax & K. Hofifm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Hippoman, 120, fig. 23. *S'. multiramea, var. liischnathiana, Miill. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1177, partly and as to African plant only. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : on the Ciiineroon River, Mann, 755 ! 2225 ! 

 Bipinde, Zenker, 3225 ! and without precise locality, Mildhraed^ 3626. 



A distinct species; though very nearly related to the Brazilian plant with which 

 MGller has identified it, readily distinguished therefrom by its differently shaped 

 leaves audits eglandular bracts. 



2. S. Chamselea, Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1175. Herb, 

 annual or perennial ; stems slender, glabrous, tufted, 6 in. to 2 ft. 

 high. Leaves subsessile or very shortly petioled, membranous, linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or sub-obtuse, somewhat narrowed to the base, 

 finely sharply denticulate,' 1J-2J in. long, ^-J in. wide, base egland- 

 ular, pubescent or puberulous beneath ; petiole yV-J in. long ; stipules 

 small, ovate, acute, ciliate. Spikes terminal or leaf-opposed, slender, 

 spirally floriferous, male portion J-| in. long, with 1 or more female 

 flowers at the base of the spike or below the spike ; male bracts 1-2- 

 flowered, triangular, acute, glandular on each side at the base ; female 

 bracts lanceolate, denticulate, with a large cylindric basal gland as 

 long as the bract at each side. Male : Sepals ovate, acute, denticulate. 

 Stamens 3. Female : Sepals ovate, acuminate, lacerate, with a simple 

 or lobed gland at each side on the inner face. Ov^ary glabrous, 

 aculeolate. Capsule 3-coccous, or casually 2-coccous, ^-|^ in. long; 

 cocci 2-seriately many-aculeolate on the back. Seeds ellipsoid-oblong, 

 iV~i ^^- ^^"S' smooth, blackish or grey. — Benth. ct F. Miill. Fl. Austr. 

 vi. 151 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 475; Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Hippoman. 116. S. Chamcdea, var. chariensisj 

 Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Ivii. Mem. viii. 128; var. africana. 

 Pax k K. Hoffm. I.e. 117. Tragia Chamcelea, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 081. 

 Microstachys Chamcelea, Juss. Tent. Gen. Euphorb. 49 ; Miill. Arg. 

 in Linn?ea, xxxii. 1)5. 21. sujnna, Klotzsch ex Pax tfe K. Hofl'm. I.e. 116. 

 Cnemidostachys Chamoilea, Spreng. Syst. iii. 835. C. linearifolia, Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 460. Elachocroton asperococcum, F. Miill. in 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. ix. (1857) 17. Stillingia Chamcelea Baill. Etude Gen. 

 Euphorb. 516. aS'. asperococca, Baill. ex Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 ii. 1161, 1175. Exccecaria Chamcelea^ Baill. Adansonia, vi. 323, 



Upper Guinea. Togo: Agome, Sehlechter, 12965! \jome,Wan}ecke,l%Q\ 

 Dahomey: Cotonou, Poisson, 131! Southern Xicjeria : La^yos, Datcodu, 287! 

 Atta (Id(la), Vogel, 57! Stirling Hill, Vogel ! Ansell! Northern Nieeria : Nupe, 

 Barter, 1492! Lokoja, Parsons, 7! Zungeru, Balziel, 72! Yola, Dahiel, 160! 

 Cameroons, 1000-1800 ft. : Sagche, Ledermann, 3737 ! Duma, Ledermann, 4341 ! 

 Lagdo, Ledermann, ^\Q ! Garur, Ledermann, 4l631 ! Shamba, Ledermann , 5241 ! 



Nortb Central. Bagirmi: Souka, Chevalier, 9055 ! " Kolkile, Chevalier, 

 9775! 



Also widely spread throughout South-eastern Asia to Northern Australia. 



