794 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). [ Jatropha. 
32. J. gallabatensis, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 
xviii. 661. Rhizome woody, dividing into long branches spreading 
horizontally ; stem herbaceous, erect, subsimple, subtrichotomously 
branched at the apex, 1-3 ft. high, terete, pilose below or becoming 
glabrous, subtomentose in the upper part when young, leafy from the 
base. Leaves shortly petiolate or the upper sessile, the lower entire 
(Schweinfurth), broadly ovate, oblique, acute, rounded or truncate at 
the base, the remainder 3-lobed to the middle, subcuneate at the base, 
2-3 in. long, 14-4 in. broad, rigidly membranous, almost laciniate- 
toothed, teeth with a small apical gland, pilose on both surfaces; nerves 
numerous and prominent below ; petiole of the lower leaves about } in. 
long, pubescent, not glandular; stipules laciniate, about 1} lin. long, 
segments tipped by a small apical gland. Cymes terminal, shortly pe- 
dunculate, about 1} in. in diam.; bracts linear, acuminate, 34 lin. long, 
$ lin. broad, with several stipitate glands along the margin, pubescent on 
the back. Male flowers shortly pedicellate : Sepals oblong-elliptic, sub- 
acute, 14 lin. long, slightly toothed in the upper half, not glandular, Petals 
free to the base, oblanceolate-obovate, rounded and very minutely emargi- 
nate at the apex, 2 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. broad, entire, glabrous. Disk- 
glands flat, oblong-elliptic, truncate at the apex, glabrous. Stamens 8; 
outer filaments more or less free to near the base, inner connate ; anthers 
# lin. long, glabrous. Female flowers shortly pedicellate: Sepals ovate, 
acute, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, pubescent outside, laciniate-toothed, 
teeth tipped by a gland. Petals lanceolate, obtuse, 22 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 5-lobed ; lobes transversely oblong, entire, 
thin, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, pubescent ; styles short. Capsule 3 lin. 
Jong, pilose or at Jength glabrous. Seeds pallid, smooth, 4 lin. long.— 
Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 69. 
Wile Land. Gallabat; Matamma, Schweinfurth, 932! 933, Steudner, 540. 
33. J. Schweinfurthii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 110. Stem herba- 
ceous, branched at the apex, densely tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed to 
about the middle, rigidly membranous, 3-6 in. long, 14-43 in. broad, 
tomentose below, more or less pilose above, serrate; lobes oblong oF 
lanceolate, subacute ; petiole thick, about 2 lin. long, tomentose, not 
glandular ; stipules soon deciduous, subulate, scarcely 1 lin. long, pu- 
bescent, not glandular. Cymes overtopping the leaves, peduncu ate, 
tomentose, more or less corymbose; peduncle up to 3 in. long; gry 
subulate, acute, 2 lin. long, pubescent on the back, not glandular. — Male 
flowers rather crowded, subsessile: Sepals obovate, subacute, slightly 
keeled on the back, 14 lin. long, 4 Jin. broad, coriaceous, pubescent out- 
side, not glandular. Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, 1} lin. long, 
entire, glabrous. Disk-glands obovate-cuneate, entire, glabrous. Stamens 
8; 5 outer filaments free nearly to the base, 3 inner connate ; ag 
4 lin. long, glabrous. Female flowers: Sepals lanceolate, subacute, : 
lin. long, } lin. broad, entire, pubescent outside, glabrous within, iin 
glandular. Petals free to the base, oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 3 ‘e 
broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 5-lobed; lobes transversely age ls 
rounded, entire, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid-obovoid, tomentose; S*Y 
