Q4 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Huilla, Mounyino, 1800 m, Buschwald 

 (Antunes n. 313!). 



Nota. Affinis E. tristi et E. Menyharthii, ab hac floribus Q solitariis di versa, sed ha- 

 bitu simillima. Distinguitur ab E. tristi, quacum cl. Prain speciem conjunxit, babitu robus- 

 liore, indumento patente, foliis latioribus, pedicellis Q manifeste longioribus et praesertim glan- 

 dulis bypogynis. 



Sect. I. 3. Lasiococcae Prain. 



Erythrococca III. Trichogyne' § Lasiococcae Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 

 608, 616. 



Stipulae induratae. Disci rf glandulae omnes juxtastaminales, extrastaminales nullae. 



13. E. lasiococca (Pax) Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 616; in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 VI. 1. (1912) 861. — Glaoxylon lasiocoecum Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 

 87; in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. C. (1895) 238. — Frutex; rami virgati, rigidi, 

 juveniles dense pubescentes, demum glabrati. Petiolus 3 mm longus; limbus 1 — 2 cm 

 longus, dz 1 mm latus, ovato-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi obtusus, denticulatus, 

 membranaceus, pubescens, subtus densius vestitus; stipulae induratae, lutescentes, den- 

 ticuliformes, parvae. Bacemi rf (juveniles) pubescentes, 1 cm fere longi, inferne nudi, 

 Q 2 — 3-flori, valde abbreviati, pubescentes; pedicelli utriusque sexus abbreviati. Calyx 

 (j 5 in alabastro globosus, apiculatus, pilosus, 1 ! / 2 mm latus, sub anthesi trilobus; lobi 

 late ovati; disci glandulae juxtastaminales pilosae, extrastaminales nullae; stamina 15. 

 Sepala Q 2, linearia, pilosa; disci hypogyni glandulae 2, trianguläres, complanatae, 

 acutae, pilosae, lutescentes, sepalis breviores; ovarium dense pubescens. Capsula 2-cocca, 

 pubescens, 6 mm lata, breviter pedicellata. Semina nigra, reticulato-scrobiculata, 3 mm 

 diametientia. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutsch-Ostafrika, Ostufer des Tanga- 

 nyika-Sees (Scott Elliot n. 823 1!); Uganda (Stuhlmann n. 1484!). 



14. E. Ledermanniana Prain in Kew Bull. (1911) 92; in Ann. Bot. XXV. (19H) 

 617; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 862. — Frutex 2 m altus vel arbuscula 3 — 

 5 m alta, squarroso-ramosa; ramuli juveniles mox glabrati. Petiolus 6 — 8 mm longus, 

 pubescens; limbus 4 — 6 cm longus, 1 y 2 — J 1 ^ cm latus, ovato-lanceolatus vel lanceo- 

 latus, acuminatus, basi acutus vel subobtusus, glabrescens, denticulatus, membranaceus; 

 stipulae denticuliformes, induratae, lutescentes. Bacemi q? saepe fasciculati, 2 — 3-ni, 

 subsimplices, fere 1 cm longi, paueiflori; i'hachis dissite pilosa; pedicelli tenues. Calyx 

 (j 1 in alabastro depresso-globosus, fere glaber, sub anthesi 3-lobus; lobi trianguläres, 

 acuti; disci glandulae juxtastaminales hirsutae, extrastaminales nullae; stamina nume- 

 rosa, ±27. Flores Q et fruetus ignoti. 



Sudanische Parksteppenprovinz: Nordkamerun, Esole, Bassogebirge, 

 1850 m (Ledermann n. 2032!); Mutiabhänge, 1700 — 1900 m (Ledermann n. 5877!, 

 592 1!). — Lichter Galeriewald. 



15. E. Mildbraedii (Pax) Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 617; in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 VI. 1. (1912) 862; Pax in Mildbraed, Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr. Afr. Exped. II. (1912) 

 453. — Glaoxylon Mildbraedii Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLIII. (1909) 8 0. — Frutex 

 1 y 2 — 2 m altus; rami virgati, tenues, elongati; ramuli juveniles pubescentes, mox 

 glabrati. Petiolus 8 — 1 3 mm longus, pubescens; limbus 5 — 7 ! /2 cm longus, 1 * 2 — 

 2V2 cm latus, lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi acutus, repandus, glanduloso-denticulatus, 

 membranaceus, flaeeidus, supra demum sparse pilosus, subtus molliter pubescens; stipulae 

 minutae, denticuliformes, induratae, lutescentes. Bacemi <^ in axillis bini, subsimplices, 

 paueiflori, 6 — 11 mm longi; rhachis cum pedicellis capillaceis hirsuta. Calyx Qp in 

 alabastro depresso-globosus, apiculatus, pilosus, 1 */ 2 mm latus, sub anthesi 3-lobus; lobi 

 late ovati, acuti; disci glandulae juxtastaminales pilosae, extrastaminales nullae; stamina 

 9 — 12. Calyx Q (ex Prain) bilobus; disci hypogyni glandulae complanatae. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Deutsch-Ostafrika, Buanda, Kissenge, 

 2300 m, im Bambusmischwald (Mildbraed n. 1452!). Uganda, Buwenzori, Kivata 

 (Scott Elliot n. 7637). 



