676 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). | Drypetes, 
Male flowers with a pedicel 2 lin. long 
**Flowers arising from the trunk or from the nodes 
of two-year-old branches which are devoid or 
almost devoid of leaves.. 
Stipules persistent or obo teh ia ovate-lanceo- 
Jate or lanceolate, 4-2 in. long. 
Midrib and lateral. nerv s of the leaves giabr ous 
below ; stipules } in. long, ovate-lanceolate, 
often toothed . 
Midrib and lateral nerves of ‘the leaves pubes- 
cent below; stipules } in, long, foliaceous, 
lanceolate, entire . 5 5 3 
Stipules deciduous, small. 
Leaves with entire or slightly undulate margins. 
Leaves equal- or subequal-sided at the base . 
Leaves unequal-sided at the base. 
Flowers produced in the axils of the leaves 
of the young shoots or from the nodes 
of two-year-old branches. 
Stamens 3. 
Disk of the male flowers cupular ; 
ovary 4-celled 5 
Disk of the male flowers thick and 
fleshy ; ss I-celled . 
Stamens 8 . 
Flowers produced on the old wood of 
several years’ growth. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic, caudate-acumi- 
nate, 4-6 in. long, 2-24 in. broad ; 
petiole glabrous 
Leaves elliptic or lanceolate- -cliiptic, gra- 
dually acuminate at the apex, 2—4 in. 
long, 1-2 in. broad; petiole pubescent 
Leaves more or less distinctly toothed. 
Sepals densely ciliate, pubescent outside 
Sepals shortly ciliolate, glabrous or nearly so 
outside. 
Flowers on more or less slender pedicels 
2-6 lin. long. 
Leaves rather small, 7 in. long or less, 
Midrib of the leaf hairy below. 
Ovary and fruit glabrous. : 
Ovary and fruit hairy . . . 
Midrib of the leaf glabrous below. 
Leaves caudate-acuminate . 
Leaves obtusely. pointed, scarcely 
acuminate, 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceo- 
_ late, denticulate ; pedicels of 
the male flowers very slen- 
der, 5-6 lin. long é ‘ 
Leaves ovate, dentate; pedicels 
. of the male flowers stouter, 
2-3 lin.long . ° 
: . Leaves very large, 12 in. long or more . 
. 20. D. Princtpum. 
. 21. D. stipularis. 
4. D, Mildbredii. 
22. D. Henriquesit. 
8. D. gabonensis. 
9. D. arborescens. 
ee De glabra. 
. 23. D. Afzelii.. 
24. D. usambarica. 
. £0. D. Principumn. 
25. D. Preussit. 
26. D. pierreana. 
. 27. D. ugandensis. 
28. D. floribunda. 
. 29. D. ovata. 
30. D. Staudtit. 
