Jatropha. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEE (HUTCHINSON). 783 
flowers: Sepals as in the male. Petals absent. Disk deeply 5-lobed. 
Ovary oblong, glabrous. Ripe fruit not seen.—Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 
xxii, 530, and in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 54. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from 
the coast, Johnston ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Muoa, Holst, 2994! 
ll. J. erythropoda, Pax ¢ K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Euphorb.-Jatroph. 66. Tuber 4 in. long, 14-1} in. in diam.; stems 
2-3 from each tuber, up to 8 in. high, pubescent, about 1 lin, in diam. 
Leaves subsessile, 1}-24 in. long, irregularly pinnatisect ; lobes linear, 
pinnately lobed, dentate or undulate; stipules setaceous, bilobed or 
simple, small. Cymes shortly pedunculate, small, shorter than the 
leaves, shortly pubescent ; bracts subulate-lanceolate, denticulate. Male 
flowers: Sepals triangular-ovate, acute, denticulate, 1} lin. long, glab- 
rous. Petals nearly twice as long as the sepals, obovate, glabrous. 
Stamens 8; filaments partially connate. Female flowers larger than 
the male: Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subacute, about 1} lin. long, toothed, 
glabrous. Petals linear-lanceolate, subacute, about twice the length of 
the sepals, entire, glabrous. Ovary glabrous; stigmas linear, about 1 lin. 
long. Capsule depressed-globose, about 5 lin. in diam., slightly warted. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Omaheke, Neitsas, Dinter, 
! 
12. J. gossypifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 1006. A shrub up to 
6 ft. high; branches stout, glabrous. Leaves more or less orbicular 
in outline, cordate at tne base, 3—5-lobed beyond the middle, 13-5 in. 
in diam., gland-toothed and shortly pubescent on the margin, mem- 
branous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes obovate or obovate-lanceolate, 
usually acute, 4-13 in. broad; lateral nerves to each lobe about 9-12, 
slender, looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces; veins rather 
lax, distinct below ; petiole up to 44 in. long, furnished with numerous 
forked gland-tipped appendages resembling the stipules, slightly pubes- 
ent; stipules multisect, about 2 lin. long; segments linear, gland- 
tipped, glabrous. Cymes pedunculate, lax; peduncle up to 4 in. long; 
racts linear-lanceolate, acute, up to } in. long, stipitate, gland-toothed, 
glabrous. Male flowers rather crowded: Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 
1} lin, long, with numerous glandular teeth, very slightly pubescent. 
Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, 2 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, entire, 
multistriate, glabrous. Disk-glands slightly wrinkled, rounded. Stamens 
8; filaments connate for 3 their length. Female flowers: Sepals lanceo- 
late, acutely acuminate, 4 lin. long, 14 lin. broad, gland-toothed, 
glabrous. Petals absent. Disk lobed. Ovary thinly pubescent ; styles 
erect, swollen and bifid at the apex, slightly connate at the base. 
Capsule 3in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 4 lin. 
long, greyish-yellow, slightly mottled ; caruncle about 10-segmentate.— 
Jacq. Ie. iii. t. 623; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 117; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
XV. li. 1086, incl. var. elegans, and in Fl. Bras. xi. ii. 491; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vy, 383 ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 26. 
