1020 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (prain). [Hiira. 



firmly membranous, ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, base rounded or cordate, 

 entire or finely and remotely toothed, 2i-8 in. long, 2-6 J in. wide, main- 

 nerves 10-12 pairs, secondary venation parallel, distinct pilose with long 

 spreading hairs on the nerves beneath ; petiole 3-(» in. long, glabrous; 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, J in. long, deciduous. Peduncle of male spike 

 2-3 in. long ; spike cylindric-conic, bright red, 2 in. long, | in. wide at 

 the base. Pedicel of female flowers h in. long, much elongated in fruit. 

 Anthers usually in 2-3, rarely in single whorls. Ovary including the 

 style 1 J-2 in. long; stigma h in. across, reddish-violet. Capsule depressed, 

 IJ in. deep, 3 in. wide hollowed at the apex and base, deeply sulcate 

 between the cocci. — Baill. Etude Gen. Euphorb. Atl. 14, t. 6, fig. 21-35 ; 

 Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1229 ; Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Hippoman. 272. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Dabou, cultivated, Jolly, 56! Canieroons : 

 Victoriji, cultivated, Deistel, 140. 



Var. Senegal ensis, Miill. Arc. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1230. Leaves quite glabrous 

 beneath. — H. senegalensis, Baill. Adansoiiia, i. 77. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal: Harkandy, in dry and rocky situations, naturalised, 

 but rare, Heudelot, 846 ! 



Xo doubt this variety, so far known only from African material, has been intro- 

 duced from America; it is only distinguishable from American specimens by the 

 absence of pubescence on the nerves beneath. The plant in the Dabou garden, 

 communicated by Jolly, has the leaves densely pilose on the nerves on the under 

 surface. 



