Refugium Botanicum.] [ April, 1870. 
TAB, 210. 
Natural Order EupHorBIAcE®. 
Tribe KupHORBIE®. 
Genus Evupnorsia, Linn. 
Section Trruymauus, Boiss. 
Ki. Srycrana (Wats. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 605). Fruticosa, sparse 
ramosa, ramis crassis erectis superne dense foliosis, foliis subses- 
silibus oblanceolatis obtusis vel subacutis coriaceis utrinque glabris 
vel infra leviter pubescentibus nervo medio manifesto, venulis 
inconspicuis, capitulis corymboso-paniculatis, foliis floralibus ob- 
longis vel obovatis dense ciliatis superioribus obtusis, involucris 
campanulatis extus et intus hirsutis, glandulis integris orbiculatis, 
bracteis dense ciliatis, capsulis glabris sparse verrucosis, stylis 
hberis emarginatis.— Boiss. in D.C. Prodr. xx. 2, 108. 
A native of the Azores. 
An erect sparingly-branched shrub several feet high, the 
numerous leaves densely aggregated towards the apex of the 
stout woody glabrous rod-like stems, which are prominently 
marked in the lower part with the raised scars of the leaves 
which have fallen. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, subsessile, 
four to six inches long by twelve to fifteen lines broad 
three-quarters of the way up, ascending, blunt or subacute, 
narrowed gradually from half-way down to the base, glabrous on 
both sides or finely pubescent beneath, the midrib prominent 
beneath, but the veining of the blade not conspicuous. Heads of 
jlowers very numerous, with a strong smell of honey, arranged in 
a corymbose panicle which slightly overtops the leaves. JLloral 
leaves membranous, concave, obovate or oblong, pubescent prin- 
cipally on the edge, the upper ones blunt. Jnvolucres cam- 
panulate, pubescent, the appendages suborbicular, entire, bright 
yellow. Bracts densely fringed with cottony pubescence. Capsule 
shghtly verrucose, glabrous, the emarginate styles free to the 
base. 
Very near the Madeiran LH. mellifera, Ait. Bot. Mag. 1305, 
from which it differs principally by its more coriaceous leaves, 
with a stronger midrib but less conspicuous venation beneath, 
and by the vestiture of the inflorescence. 
Tab. 210.— 1, 2, involucre and head of flowers ; 3, the same cut down 
the centre; 4, stamen; 5, the same with its subtending scale: all 
magnified. —J. G@. B. 
