SPENCER MOORE: MONOCHLAMYDEEX. 195 
cito ad 4 x 3 mm, auctum. Styli ramorum crura torta, 2 mm. long. Capsula 
subglobosa, minute velutina, 13-15 х 11-14 mm. Semina brunnea, circa 
9х8 тт, 
Nearest C. Draconopsis, Müll. Arg., which has a stellate indumentum, 
differently shaped leaves, male flowers with 15 stamens and bilocular ovary. 
This is a large beech-like tree with a fluted trunk and a durable timber. 
CROTON SYLVATICUS, Hochst. in Flora, xxviii. (1845) 82. 
Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 4. 
Distrib. South Africa. Not hitherto reported as tropical. 
Chindao name, * Musuguta.” One of the largest forest trees with brittle 
branches liable to be blown off by the wind. The bark is pounded and thrown 
into pools to poison fish, also used pulped as a poultice in cases of colic. 
Croron ($ Eueroton, Eutropia) MADANDENsIS, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Fruticosus, inferne nudus, ramulis ultimis foliosis primo dense stellato- 
pubescentibus cite glabris, foliis petiolis quam lamina longe brevioribus apice 
glandulis 2 parvulis pedicellatis gaudientibus insidentibus ovatis vel oblongo- 
ovatis acutis breviterve acuminatis basi truncatis vel leviter cordatis 3-5- 
plinervibus membranaceis utrobique sed præcipue pagina inferiore stellato- 
puberulis, stipulis linearibus pubescentibus, racemis foliis sepissime brevioribus 
peduneulatis discontinuis paucifloris floribus 1-2 infimis femineis reliquis 
masculis omnibus 5-meris et pedicellatis et extus dense pubescentibus, bracteis 
oblongis exiguis, florum masculorum sepalis ovato-oblongis obtusis quam petala 
oblongo-obovata obtusissima paullulum brevioribus, receptaculo piloso, stamini- 
bus circa 13, florum femineorum sepalis lanceolatis acutis, petalis 0, ovario 
subgloboso tomentoso, styli ramis brevibus semel dischtomis. 
flab. Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; nn. 1408, 1779. 
Folia solemniter 2:5—4 cm. long. (exstant majora fere 6 em. æquantia necnon 
minora 2 cm.), 1:8-2:8 (raro 3:5) em. lat., in sicco utrinque dilute brunneo- 
viridia ; petioli 5-15 mm. long., dense pubescentes, Stipule circa 2 mm. 
long. Racemi summum 3:5 cm. long., «epius vero breviores ; pedanculus 
5-15 mm. long., ut rhachis florigera pubescens. Pedicelli florum masculorum 
cirea 2 mm., florum femineorum circa 4 mm. long. Bracteæ circa 1 mm. 
long. Florum masculorum sepala 1:8 mm., petala 2 mm., filamenta 1:75 mm. 
long., puberula, antherze 0*6 mm. long. Florum femineorum sepala sub flore 
2 mm. sub fructu maxime crudo З mm. long. Ovarium 2 x 1:75 mm. Styli 
ramuli circa 1:5 mm. long. 
Near C. rivularis, Müll. Arg., and C. angolensis, Müll. Arg. From the 
former it can be distinguished by the stipitate petiolar glands and the smaller 
female flowers with narrow calyx-lobes; the latter, of which the female 
flowers are unknown, besides probably being diccious, has larger leaves more 
markedly cordate at the base and larger male flowers. 
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