790 OXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). [ Jatropha. 
25. J. spicata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 109. An undershrub 
about 3 ft. high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 5-partite to near the 
base, up to 24 in. long and broad; segments lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
narrowed to the base, gradually tapered to an acute or subacute apex, 
up to 2} in. long and in. broad, rather closely serrulate, subchartaceous, 
with numerous spreading lateral nerves; petiole }-1} in. long, slightly 
glaucous; stipules divided into setaceous segments 14-~2 lin. long, with 
glandular tips. Cymesslender, pedunculate, about 2 in. long ; peduncle 
14 in. long; bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute, 1-2 lin. long, with very 
few glandular teeth. Male flowers sessile: Sepals oblong-elliptic, 
rounded at the apex, } lin. jong, } lin. broad, entire, coriaceous, glab- 
rous. Petals free nearly to the base, obovate, rounded at the apex, 
1 lin. long, glabrous. Disk-glands oblong, small, glabrous. Stamens 
8; filaments partially connate; anthers } lin. long. Female flowers 
14 lin. long (Pax). Sepals as in the male. Petals truncate at the apex, 
denticulate. Disk lobed. Ovary glabrous, Capsule nearly 3 in. long, 
slightly wrinkled. Seeds oblong, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, greyish- 
brown, and slightly spotted, with a much-divided yellow caruncle.— 
Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 36. 
Nile Land; British East Africa: Taita; Ndara, Hildebrandt, 2428! 
26. J. pseudoglandulifera, Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 
Jatroph. 1910, 34. An undershrub; root thick ; stems erect, glabrous, 
1-2 ft. long. Leaves digitately 5-6-lobed to beyond the middle, 14-3 
in. long, }-1 in. broad; segments lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 
tapered to an acute apex, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both sur- 
faces, toothed with stalked glands on the margin ; lateral nerves of the 
segments about 10 on each side, branched towards the margin, distinct 
but not raised on either surface ; petiole 1-4 in. long, glabrous, nds 
glandular ; stipules multisect, less than } in. long; segments linear- 
setaceous, tipped by a small club-shaped gland. Cymes shortly pedun- 
culate, about 4 in. long; bracts lanceolate, 14-2 lin. long, toothed with 
stipitate glands, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile, much smaller than 
those of the female. Sepals ovate, subacute, about $ lin. long and broad, 
entire, glabrous, not glandular. Petals connate at the base, obovate, 
rounded at the apex, about 1} lin. long and } lin. broad, glabrous. 
Disk-glands fleshy, small, rounded, glabrous. Stamens 8; i 
united for about half their length, glabrous; anthers } lin. long. Female 
flowers pedicellate: pedicel 1} lin. long, slightly hairy in the Roe 
part. Sepals ovate, subacute, 1} lin. long, ? lin. broad, entire or slightly 
serrulate, glabrous. Petals free to the base, obovate, 2} lin. long, 14 ve 
broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 5-lobed, lobes almost contiguous at . 
edges, entire, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly trilobed, glabrous; 
styles erect, connate for two-thirds their length, ? lin. long, swollen an 
bifid at the apex. Fruit not seen.—J. glandulifera, Mill. Arg. 1n f 
Prodr. xv. ii. 1084, partly ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1. 969, ct 
Roxb. J. gossypiifolia, Welw. Apont. Phyto-Geogr. 564, sub n. 19% 
not of Linn. é 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda; in dry places on hard sand, Welwitsch, 
