752 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). | Croton. 
2. ©. Scarciesii, Scott-Hiliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 96. A 
shrub; branches slender, terete, glabrous; young lateral flowering 
branchlets very short, about $ in. long. Leaves crowded, oblanceolate 
or almost obovate, rounded at the apex, slightly cuneate or obtuse at the 
base, 4-14 in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous and 
dull on both surfaces; jateral nerves 4—6 on each side, distinct on both 
surfaces ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, shortly adpressed-pubescent ; stipules 
rigid, scaly, subulate and very acute from a broadened base, 14 lin. long, 
adpressed-pubescent, Flowers monecious. Male racemes very short, 
about 5-flowered, } in. long; bracts ovate, membranous, ciliate, } lin. 
long; pedicels 14 lin. long, minutely puberulous. Calyx campanulate, 
5-lobed ; lobes ovate, obtuse, $ lin. long, membranous, ciliate, sparingly 
stellate-pubescent outside. Petals about 4 the size of the calyx-lobes, 
obovate, obtuse, glabrous outside. Disk-glands very small, opposite the 
sepals, glabrous. Stamens 5-6; filaments very short, pubescent in the 
middle ; anthers oblong. Receptacle nearly glabrous. Female flowers 
solitary on a branchlet separate from the males; pedicel up to 1} lin. 
long, puberulous. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes ovate-triangular, acute, ad- 
pressed-pubescent on the outside, glabrous within. Petals absent. Disk 
fleshy, 5-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate, apiculate, glabrous. Ovary slightly 
trilobed, densely hirsute ; styles 3, spreading, bilobed to near the base; 
lobes linear, terete, 3 lin. long, glabrous. Capsule bristly with tubercular- 
based hairs. Seeds reddish-brown, dull, nearly 2 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: on rocks partly in water near Mofari, 
Searcies River, Scott-Elliot, 4432! near Sasseni, Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4518! 
Ivory Coast; Comoe River, between Alepe and Malamalassa, Chevalier, 17513! 
Abiati, Chevalier, 17539! 
3. C. polytrichus, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 533. Branches terete, 
glabrous; young branchlets densely yellow- or rusty-tomentose. Leaves 
oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly and acutely acuminate, 
rounded or very slightly cordate and biglandular at the base, 1-2 in. 
long, 3-1} in. broad, minutely serrulate or subentire, rigidly mem- 
branous or thinly chartaceous, rusty-tomentose when young, at length 
shortly stellate-pubescent on both surfaces, 5-nerved at the base, remain- 
ing lateral nerves about 4 on each side, nearly straight, curved and 
fading near the margin, prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves 
parallel, distinct below ; petiole 3-6 lin. long, villous ; stipules minute. 
Flowers monecious. Racemes terminal, the lower third entirely 
female, the upper two-thirds male; female pedicels very short, male 
about 2 lin. long, slender, rusty stellate-pilose; bracts linear, 1} hin. 
long, rusty stellate-pubescent. Male flowers: Sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, 
1 lin. long, rusty stellate-pubescent outside. Petals 5, oblong, as png 
as the sepals, densely villous on the margin, especially at the base and 
apex. Disk-glands small, fleshy, suborbicular. Stamens 15; filaments 
glabrous; anthers } lin. long. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers: 
Sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 14 lin. long, $ lin. broad, thinly rusty 
stellate-pubescent outside. Petals represented by tufts of hairs. 
thin, undulately lobed, glabrous. Ovary rusty stellate-tomentose ; styles 
