Croton. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). 755 
Leaves broadly ovate or rounded-ovate, obtuse or subacute, cordate at 
the base, 23-34 in. long, 14-34 in. broad, entire or very minutely and 
closely denticulate, thinly coriaceous, with several stipitate glands at the 
base, densely stellate-tomentellous above, tomentose below; lateral nerves 
8-11 on each side, spreading, distinct above, prominent below ; petiole 
3-1? in. long, stout, tomentose ; stipules filiform, } in. long, tomentose. 
Flowers moneecicus. Racemes terminal, up to 3 in. long, a few females 
towards the base, the remainder males; bracts linear-filiform, 4~2 lin. 
long, tomentose. Male flowers: pedicel } in. long in the open flower, 
densely pubescent. Sepals ovate, subacute, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, 
densely pubescent outside, glabrous within, Petals as long as the sepals, 
glabrous outside, villous within. Stamensabout 15; filaments glabrous. 
Receptacle villous. Female flowers: pedicel stout, } in. long, tomen- 
tose, attaining nearly 1 in. in fruit. Sepals larger than those of the 
male, tomentellous outside, shortly pubescent on the upper part inside, 
glabrous on the lower half. Petals very rudimentary. Disk very small. 
Ovary slightly trilobed, shortly stellate-tomentose ; styles 3, subentire 
or bilobed, incurved, slender, glabrous. Capsule 3 in. long, tomentose. 
Seeds shining, 34 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Benguella; Chibia, Antunes, 770! 
Pax quotes Dekindt as the collector, but on the original label in the Paris 
Herbarium it is Antunes. The leaves, described by Pax as entire, are more 
frequently minutely and closely denticulate. 
8. ©. Dybowskii, Hutchinson. Branches terete, covered with grey 
glabrous bark ; young flowering branchlets slender, subterete, shortly 
and sparingly puberulous with stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, obtusely 
acuminate, rounded at the base, 3-1? in. long, 4-1 in. broad, entire, 
membranous, glabrous above, very sparingly stellate-puberulous below, 
dull on both surfaces; lateral nerves 3-5, indistinct; petiole 2-4 lin. 
long, puberulous; stipules minute. Flowers monecious. Rae¢emes 
terminal, very slender, 1-14 in. long, few-flowered, 2 or 3 females 
towards the base, the remainder males; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 4 lin. 
long. Male flowers: pedicel 1-1} lin. long, slender, glabrous. Sepals 
elliptic, obtuse, 4 lin. long, slightly pubescent towards the tips, 
membranous. Petals as long as the sepals, woolly-ciliate. Stamens 
10; filaments glabrous. Receptacle villous. Female flowers: pedicel 
Stouter than in the males, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 
Subacute, 1 lin, long, membranous, glabrous. Petals absent. Disk- 
glands small, pubescent. Ovary globose, stellate-pubescent ; styles 3, 
filiform, slightly connate at and bilobed to near the base, glabrous. 
Capsule 22 lin. long, very sparingly pubescent. Mature seeds not 
Seen. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Sette Cama country, Dybowski, 76! 
. 9. ©. membranaceus, Mill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 534. Plant 
3 ft. high; branches slender, slightly angular, stellate-pubescent. 
eaves ovate, acutely acuminate, rounded and not glandular at the 
base, 1-3 in. long, 4-13 in. broad, entire, membranous, stellate- 
