— 
Croton. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). 769 
glabrous; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, curved and branched near 
the margin, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2-3 in. long, sub- 
_terete, sparingly stellate-puberulous when young, at length glabrous ; 
stipules linear, 2 lin. long, glabrous. Flowers monecious. Racemes 
terminal, 10-12 in. long, the lower third consisting of female flowers, 
the upper two-thirds of males; axis about 1 lin. in diam. at the base, 
sulcate, puberulous ; bracts linear-subulate, 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous. 
Male flowers: Sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin, long, 3? lin. broad, 
rather thinly coriaceous, very slightly stellate-pubescent outside, not 
scaly, not ciliate except for a tuft of hairs at the top. Petals 5, elliptic, 
i lin. long, $ lin. broad, glabrous and without scales outside, densely 
villous inside. Stamens 12; filaments glabrous. Receptacle villous. 
Female flowers: Sepals 5, linear-oblong, subacute, about 1 lin. long, 
very sparingly stellate-pubescent outside. Petals minute, terete, resem- 
bling glands. Disk rather thin, 5-lobed, lobes triangular, glabrous. 
Ovary stellate-pubescent ; styles 3, connate at the base, very shortly 
bifid at the apex, ‘glabrous, 14 lin. long. Capsule ellipsoid, obtusely 
trilobed, 4 in. long, 5 lin. in diam. ; exocarp and endocarp membranous, 
the former spotted sparingly with small white stellate hairs. Seeds 
usually solitary in each capsule, ellipsoid, 5 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, 
smooth and slightly shining.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 550; 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 971. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; forests by the River Quiapoze in 
Sobato de Mussengue, at Bumba de Bango, and at Capopa spring near Sange, 
Welwitsch, 344! Benguella: along the River Kubango, near Fort Princeza 
Amelia, Gossweiler ! 
33. C. nudifolius, Baker ¢ Hutchinson. Branches almost 
fleshy, green, very sparingly puberulous. Leaves elliptic or oblong- 
elliptic, acutely acuminate, slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 24-4} 
i. long, about 2 in. broad, crenate, membranous, glabrous and dull 
on both surfaces, biglandular at the base; lateral nerves 5-8 on 
each side, slender, distinct on both surfaces; veins very lax; petiole 
3-} in. long, puberulous; stipules minute. Flowers monecious. 
Racemes slender, up to 6 in. long, with several female flowers in 
the lower two-thirds, the remainder males; axis sparingly puberulous ; 
Tracts minute. Male flowers nearly sessile: Sepals sparingly pube- 
Tulous. Petals small. Stamens about 10; filaments glabrous. Female 
flowers : pedicel about } lin. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse, ? lin. long, 
3 lin. broad, membranous, nearly glabrous. Petals absent. Ovary 
tomentose ; styles bilobed to near the base, slender, glabrous, Fruits 
not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Kahreni, Limba, Scott-Elliot, 5583! 
Sasseni, Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4429 ! 
34. C, Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, \xvii. Mém. viii. 
123. A shrub; branches terete, covered with a glabrous grey bark ; 
young branchlets stellate-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, nar- 
Towed to, but obtuse at the base, 3-34 in. long, }-1$ in. broad, crenate 
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