80. EUPHORBIACEAE. 133. 



25. Disc central, inside stamens. Style or sessile stigmas, much 



broadened, sometimes wholly united. 7 DRYPETES. 



Disc outside stamens or disc glands between the filaments. 



Styles or style branches rather thin or broadened at apex 



only. 26. 



26. Male flowers without a rudimentary ovary. 



5 PHYLLANTHUS. 

 Male flowers with a well-developed rudimentary ovary. 



6 FLUGGEA. 



1. SYNADENIUM Boiss. "umBalele" or "umDlebe." 



arborescens Boiss. Shrub in coastbelt scrub. 



2. EUPHORBIA L. "umSulusulu." "isiHlontlo." -umHlontlo." 



1. prostrata Ait. Annual weed. Introduced. Common. 



2. inaequilatera Sond. Annual herb. Common. 

 inaequilatera var perennis. Near Durban. 



3. livida E.M. Prostrate herb. Seashore. 



4. hypericifolia L. Annual herb. Coastbelt and Midlands. 



5. hirta L. Annual weed. Coastbelt. 



6. gueinzii Boiss. Coast and Midlands. 



gueinzii var albo-villosa N.E.Br. Inchanga, Dumisa. 



7. multifida N.E.Br. Doubtful. 



8. peplus E.M. Annual weed. Coast and Midlands. 



9. striata Thb. Common all over. In grassveld. 

 striata var cuspidata Boiss. Common. 



10. natalensis Bernh. Common all over. 



11. epicyparissias E.M. Abundant around margins of bush. 

 epicyparissias var wahlbergii N.E.Br. Common. 



12. kraussiana Bernh. Common around bush, coast and Mid- 



lands. 



13. rhombifolia Boiss. Midlands. Thorn veld. 

 rhombifolia var laxa N.E.Br. Midlands. Thorn veld. 



14. tirucalli L. Dominant tree over much of the "succulent 



scrub" in river valleys such as the Tugela. Has been 

 worked for rubber. "uMunde." 



15. bupleurifolia Jacq. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



16. truncata N.E.Br. Estcourt. 



17. pugniformis Boiss. Doubtful. 



18. passa N.E.Br, (pugniformis Baker). Coastbelt. 



19. franksiae N.E.Br. Camperdown. 



20. woodii N.E.Br. Coastbelt. 



21. discreta N.E.Br. Mouth of Umzimkulu. 



22. tugelensis N.E.Br. Tugela Valley. 



23. grandicornis Goebel. Zululand. 



24. cooperi N.E.Br. Tree, Umgeni Vallej. 



25. ingens E.M. Common tree. Coastbelt to Inchanga. 



"umPapa." 

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