Cleistanthus. | CXXIJ. EUPHORRIACEE (HUTCHINSON). 625 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Mtoni, Holtz, 983! Dar-es-Salaam, 
Holtz, 1021! Portuguese East Africa: Sofala, large tree growing on the borders of 
Mangrove swamps near the sea, Johnson, 268 ! 
Var. (?) pubescens, Hutchinson. Ovary and young fruit densely yellowish-pubes- 
_cent.—C. Johnsonii, var. (?) pubescens, Hutchinson, l.c. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: mangrove swamps at Sofala, 
Johnson, 264! 
C. Holtzii was described «as having dicecious flowers and acuminate leaves, and I 
therefore thought that the plant collected by Johnson could not possibly be the same, 
as it was undoubtedly moncecious, and the leaves were not at all acuminate, thus 
differing by the latter character from all the other described African species. On 
examining the type kindly sent on loan by Prof. Engler, however, I have come to the 
conclusion that the male flowers have dropped off, and in addition many of the leaves 
are not acuminate, just as in C. Johnsonii. 
_ 2. C. caudatus, Pax apud De Wild. &: Durand, Contr. Fl. Congo, 
149. A small tree. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, obtuse or 
truncate at the base, 21-31 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, coriaceous, reticu- 
late, shining above, opaque below ; petiole 3-4 lin. long, transversely 
rugose; stipules deciduous. Male flowers in 4-6- (rarely up to 8-) 
flowered racemes, apetalous. Sepals 5, ovate, glabrous. Filaments 
short; anthers erect. Rudimentary ovary subecylindric. Female 
flowers not known. Capsule glabrous, reddish, about 5 lin. long. Pax 
apud De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 203. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Bena-Kamba, Dewevre, 1099. 
3. C. apetalus, S. Moore in Journ Linn. Soc. xl. 191. A tree; 
ultimate branchlets slender, silky-pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
caudate-acuminate, obtuse, slightly rounded or obtuse at the base, 
2134 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, chartaceous, at length thinly coriaceous, 
Sparingly ciliate, glabrous except the puberulous nerves; petiole 2} lin. 
ong, silky-pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 3—4 
lin. long, silky, subpersistent. Racemes about 4 in. long; bracts small, 
subulate, soon falling ; pedicels 1 lin. long. Sepals of the male often 
wnequal, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, densely silky-pubes- 
cent outside. Petals absent. Disk prominent. Anthers oblong-ovoid, 
obtuse. Ovary subglobose, tawny-pubescent. — 
Mozamb. Distr. Gazaland: Zona River, Jihu, Swynnerton, 150! 
4. C, bipindensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 282. A tree 
about 18 ft. bigh ; branchlets grey, minutely pubescent. Leaves oblong 
or oblong-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 5-6 in. long, 
2-24 in, broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; acumen linear-oblong, 
obtuse, -4~9 lin. long, 1 } lin. broad at the middle ; lateral nerves 6-7 on 
each side, sometimes doubly looped, very prominent below ; petiole very 
on 3-4 lin. long, transversely rugose, glabrescent. Racemes short ; 
Tracts ovate-triangular, rusty-pubescent ; pedicels about 2 lin. long, 
Tusty-tomentose. Male flowers: Sepals ovate-triangular, 3 lin. long, 
