Croton. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). 773 
39. C. Scheffleri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 78. A shrub?; 
branches terete, glabrescent ; young flowering branchlets slender, stel- 
late-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate, 
caudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 1-34 in. long, 4-24 in. broad, 
minutely serrulate, thinly chartaceous, stellate-pubescent above, tomen- 
tose below when young, but at length only pubescent, 5-nerved at the 
base, remaining lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, looped near the margin, 
prominent below ; tertiary nerves few, prominent below in the young 
leaves, at length almost invisible; glands at the base of the leaf long- 
stipitate ; petiole slender, 3-14 in. long, tomentellous or glabrescent ; 
stipules linear-oblanceolate, 2 lin. long, stellate-pubescent. Flowers mo- 
necious. Inflorescences solitary, terminating slender lateral branchlets, 
3-4 in. long, 2-4 females towards the base, the males numerous in the 
upper part ; bracts filiform, 1 lin. long. Male flowers: pedicel 1-24 lin. 
long, tomentose. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, 14 lin. long, submembranous, 
densely stellate-pubescent on the outside, reticulate and glabrous within. 
Petals 5, oblong, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, glabrous outside, villous on 
the margin and inside at the base. Disk-glands rather small, fleshy, 
glabrous. Stamens 15-20; filaments glabrous. Receptacle villous. 
Female flowers: pedicel 3-4 lin. long, tomentose. Sepals 5, much overlap- 
ping, foliaceous, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, obtuse or subacute, 2-4 lin, 
long, 3-2 lin. broad, green, 1-nerved, with several side nerves, sparingly 
stellate-pubescent outside. Petals minute, subulate, pilose. Disk 5-lobed, 
lobes rounded or truncate, glabrous. Ovary globose, stellate-tomentose ; 
styles incurved, bilobed to near the base, pubescent outside ; lobes linear, 
subacute, terete. Young fruits trilobed, 34 lin. long, 3 lin. in diam., 
tomentose. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kibwezi, Scheffler, 2! and without precise 
locality, Scott-Elliot ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Msilala, Hannington ! Kilimatinde, 
Prittwitz, DA 
40. C. angolensis, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 839, A 
shrub up to 13 ft. high; branches spreading, twiggy, leafy towards 
the apex, glabrous ; young branchlets stellate-tomentellous. Leaves 
obovate or rhomboid-elliptic, acutely and gradually or subcaudate- 
acuminate, very slightly cordate at the base, 14-3 in. long, 3-1} in. 
broad, serrulate, membranous, rather sparingly stellate-puberulous on 
both surfaces, ciliate ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, slender, distinct 
but not prominent on either surface; petiole 3—} in. long, stellate- 
tomentellous ; stipules minute. Flowers monecious. Kacemes terminat- 
ing short lateral branchlets, 14-34 in. long, slender ; female flowers few 
towards the base, males more numerous in the upper part. Male flowers : 
pedicel slender, about 1} lin. long, shortly pubescent. Sepals ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long, } lin. broad, glabrous, very shortly ciliate, 
Petals about the same length as the sepals, oblanceolate, shortly ciliate, 
otherwise glabrous. Stamens 15; filaments glabrous. Receptacle pilose. 
Female flowers : pedicel scarcely } lin. long, pubescent. Sepals ovate, 
*cuminate, ? lin. long, shortly pubescent. Petals absent. Disk annular, 
