758 OXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). [ Croton. 
dark brown above; lateral nerves about 12 on each side, spreading 
almost at right angles to the midrib, slightly impressed above, a little 
prominent below, but fading away towards the margin; veins not 
visible ; petiole 4-3 in. long, scaly and slightly puberulous; stipules 
linear, terete, 14 lin. long, covered with scales. Flowers diccious. 
Male racemes often crowded towards the end of the shoots, 2-3} in. 
long ; pedicels about 1 lin. long ; bracts subulate, scaly, as long as the 
pedicels. Sepals 5, connate at the base, ovate-triangular, obtuse, 1} 
lin. long, 1 lin. broad, covered with silvery shorily ciliate scales on the 
outside, pubescent within. Petals 5, as long as the sepals, oblong, 
obtuse, fimbriate-scaly on the outside, densely ciliate, slightly pubescent 
within, Stamens 13-15; filaments rather slender, thinly pilose in the 
lower part. Receptacle pubescent. Female racemes 14-2 in. long; 
pedicels and bracts as in the male: Sepals a little narrower than those 
of the male. Petals oblong-linear, obtuse, 1} lin. long, fimbriate- 
scaly on the outside, glabrous within, with a tuft of hairs on the 
margin at the top. Ovary fimbriate-scaly ; styles tripartite, segments 
bifid. Capsule subglobose, 4 lin. in diam., covered with yellow orbi- 
cular scales. Seeds 3} lin. long, 24 lin. broad, convex on the back; 
a light brown, dull and smooth.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. l. 
6. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: in gardens, Daniell! Waterloo, Kirk, 27! 
Northern Nigeria: Ilorin, cultivated about the Yoruba towns, Barter, 3323! 
Kontagora, Dalziel, 281! Southern Nigeria: Ebute Metta, Millen, 14! near 
Lagos, Rowland ! Foster, 33! Punch, 20! Abeokuta, Jrving! Okumi, Holland, 
173! Oban, Talbot, 109! 
14. C. zambesicus, Mill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 483. Branchlets 
sulcate or angular when young, scaly. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
obtuse or slightly acuminate, emarginate, narrowly cordate at the 
base, 13~—42 in, long, 1-1} in. broad, entire, submembranous, glabrous 
and dull brown. on the upper surface, silvery and scaly below, with 2 
conspicuous linear glands at the base; lateral nerves 12-14 on eac 
side of the midrib, spreading, slightly immersed above, raised below, 
gradually fading towards the margin; veins not visible; petiole 11k 
in. long, subterete, channelled above, scaly ; stipules linear-filiform oF 
obsolete, 3-4 lin. long, scaly. Flowers monecious. Racemes UP. oo 
4 in. long, with a few female flowers towards the base, the remainder 
males; axis angular, densely covered with scales; bracts onbaler 
lanceolate, scaly, 1 lin, long, soon falling off. Male flowers : pedice 
1-2 lin. long, densely scaly. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, 1} lin. ae 
1 lin. broad, coriaceous, densely covered with small fimbriate scales 
on the outside, very shortly pubescent within and on the pe 
Petals 5, ovate, as large as the sepals, scaly outside, villous op : e 
margin, thinly pilose or glabrescent within. Disk-glands fleshy; 
glabrous. Stamens 16-20; filaments thinly pilose in the lower part; 
anthers } lin. long. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers: Sepals as 17 
the male. Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1? lin. long, 
Disk minute. Ovary covered with fringed scales; styles sprea 
