Eiiphorb'ui] cxv. el i'hukbiace.e. 943 



fully referred by Wehvitsch) in the Luurks on the seeds, etc., but 

 the material is insuliicient for exact naming : — 



LoANiiv. — Leaf oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends, glabrous, entire, 

 slightly unequal at the base, £ in. long, }, in. broad ; veins few, not 

 conspicuous ; petiole very short, glabruus ; fruit oblately spheroidal, 

 c',-, to iV. in. long, Vi in. in diameter, dusky glabrous, depressedly globose ; 

 seeds bliiisli grey, .;',, to .;'-, in. hnig, in the shape of a segment of an 

 oldate spheroiil, regularl}- and minutelj- tubercular-dotted, the tubercles 

 reddish, numerous, arranged in about three unequal longitudinal curved 

 rows on the two plane faces and in about six longitudinal rows on the 

 curved l)ack, each of the six rows lying in an imaginary plane con- 

 taining the straight inner edge of the seed ; seeds also marked with 

 numerous very inconspicuous delicate transverse wrinkles on the 

 curved back and even less conspicuous ones on the two plane faces. 

 In dry places, near Morro das Logostas ; March 1854. Coi.i.. Cai:i'. 9o7. 



7. E. andongensis Iliern, .sp. n. 



A glabrescent, glauce.'^cent, prostrate, perennial herb, branched 

 trom the base ; root thickening ; stems 3 to G in. long; branches 

 trailing, leafy, the barren ones puberulous or pubescent towards 

 the apex ; leaves broadly oval or rotund, rounded or sub- 

 emarginate at apex, more or less oblique and cordate at the 

 base, somewhat fleshy, i to | in. long, opposite, those of the 

 barren shoots ranging up to h in. long by I in. broad, entire, 

 shortly petiolate ; midrib and veins not conspicuous, depressed on 

 the upper face; stipules small, fimbriate-.subulate at the apex 

 or on the barren shoots limited to a transverse line or border ; 

 inflorescence axillary ; heads of flowers solitary, on peduncles 

 ranging up to i in. long ; involucre campanulate, glabrous outside, 

 bearded at the throat inside ; lobes very small, ovate, sub- 

 fimbriate ; glands 4, transversely oval, about -}^ in. in the greatest 

 horizontal diameter, not cornuate, subpeltate, thick and dusky 

 with thin and paler margins; bracteoles glabrous; filaments 

 une(iual, glabrous, some of the anthers exserted ; pistil exserted, 

 stipitate, glabrous, -^-^ in. long; stipe exserted by y^ "^m *'^- 

 cxu-ving, glabrous, abruptly swelled at the apex below the pistil ; 

 styles short, free to near the base, diverging; stigmas bifid at 

 the apex. 



Pcxi;<> AxKONco. — In pastures among low bushes, between Condo 

 and Quisonde ; fl. March l.s.">7. No. 281." 



Related to E. rami Retz. but differs by entire leaves, solitary flower- 

 heads, etc. 



8. E. Benthami Iliern, sp. n. 



A slender, rigid, glaucous, glossy, erect, sparingly branched, 

 perennial herl), 2 to 3 ft. high ; stem in the lower part hard 

 almost woody and subterete, in the upper part slender and 

 sparingly pubescent ; branches dichotomous, erect or ascending, 

 sleniler, angular, furrowed, subpubescent towards the apex, 

 moderately leafy ; leaves narrowly elliptical or the lower ones 

 broader, wedge-shaped at the base, very acute or finely apiculate 

 at the apex, membranous, somewhat pilose, distantly and deli- 

 cately serrulate-denticulate on the margin with small weak 



