Jatropha. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). 787 
looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces; petiole }-3? in. 
long, not glandular ; stipules filiform, about 3 lin. long, gland-tipped. 
Flowers not seen. Capsule 5 lin. long, nearly smooth. Seeds 34 lin. 
long, with a large multisect yellow caruncle, shining. 
Nile Land. South Somaliland: Djuba; Ferschit, Zllenbeck, 2342! 
19. J. palmatifida, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 227. A shrub?; 
branches woody, subterete, glabrous, with a slightly glaucous bark. 
Leaves deeply 4-5-lobed ; lobes spathulate-oblanceolate, narrowed to 
the base, 3-1} in. long, 2-7 lin. broad, sharply repand-dentate in the 
upper widened portion, entire in the lower narrowed part, rigidly mem- 
branous or subchartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 
about 5 on each side, not raised on either surface; petiole 1 in. long, 
glabrous, not glandular; stipules 3-5-partite, segments setaceous, 
gland-tipped, 1-14 lin. long. Cymes long-pedunculate, about 2 in. 
long; peduncle 4—44 in. long, glabrous; bracts lanceolate, 2~3 lin. 
long, 4-2 lin. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous, stipitate-glandular on the 
Margin. Male flowers subsessile: Sepals lanceolate or ovate, slightly 
unequal in width, 1 lin. long, 4-% lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 
shortly glandular-toothed. Petals connate for about 4 lin. at the base, 
~obovate-spathulate, thin, 2 lin. long, ? lin. broad. Disk-glands rounded, 
glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments connate to near the top, about 1 lin. 
long; anthers } lin. long. Female flowers shortly pedicellate : Sepals 
subequal, ovate-lanceolate, 1} lin. long, ? lin. broad, coriaceous, glab- 
tous, with numerous glandular teeth. Petals absent. Disk 5-lobed ; 
lobes rounded, glabrous. Ovary obovoid, slightly 3-lobed, glabrous ; 
Styles slightly swollen and bifid at the apex.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Euphorb.-Jatroph. 34. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Golis Range, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! 
20. J. Brockmanii, Hutchinson in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 360. 
Branches thick and fleshy, glabrous, covered with a light yellow bark. 
Leaves trilobed to near the base, subcuneate at the base, about 14 in. 
long and broad, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces; seg- 
ments oblong-oblanceolate, coarsely dentate with sharp gland-tipped 
teeth ; lateral nerves to each segment about 8 on each side, distinct on 
both surfaces ; petiole a little more than $ in. long, glabrous; stipules 
crowded, divided into about 6 filiform glabrous gland-tipped segments 
fin. long. Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered ; peduncle 1} in. long, 
glabrous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pectinately gland-toothed, 2 lin: 
long, the lower resembling the stipules but much smaller. Male flowers : 
Sepals oblong-obovate, acute, 1} lin. long, gland-toothed in the upper 
half, otherwise glabrous. Petals obovate, free to the base, entire, 
glabrous, a little longer than the sepals. Disk-glands rounded, smooth 
and fleshy. Stamens 8; filaments connate to near the apex. Female 
flowers pedicellate : Sepals as in the male but larger. Petals not 
Seen. Disk saucer-shaped, undulately lobed. Ovary and fruit not 
Seen. 
Wile Land, Somnali'and: Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 131! 
