Jatropha. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). 795 
suberect, deeply bifid, pubescent, scarcely swollen at the apex. Capsule 
tomentose, 4 in. long. Seeds ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, shining, smooth; 
caruncle lacerate, large.— Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 70. 
J. sp., Speke, Journ. App. 647; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 148. 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1780, 1930! Bongo: Gir,. 
Schweinfurth, 1887! Uganda: Madi, Speke & Grant, 736! 
34. J. wethiopica, Will. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 485. Stems herba- 
ceous, stout, up to 9 in. high, densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed 
nearly to the base, rigidly chartaceous, up to 4 in. long and broad, 
sharply serrulate, densely tomentose on both surfaces; lobes narrowly 
lanceolate, acute ; petiole 4 lin. long, or absent from the upper leaves, 
not glandular; stipules laciniate, gland-tipped, pubescent. Cymes 
pedunculate, about 14 in. in diam.; peduncle 1-1} in, long, stout, 
tomentose ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, up to 1} lin. long, sharply 
toothed, slightly pubescent on the outside, not glandular. Male flowers: 
subsessile : Sepals elliptic, rounded at the apex, 1} lin. long, 2 lin. 
broad, keeled and pubescent on the back, toothed in the upper half. 
Petals free to the base, elliptic, subacute, 14 lin. long, ? lin. broad, 
entire, glabrous. Stamens 8; filaments all free nearly to the base ;. 
anthers 3 lin, long, glabrous. Female flowers: Sepals elliptic, subacute, 
2 lin, long, 1 lin. broad, laciniate-toothed but not glandular, pubescent 
on the outside, glabrous within. Petals free to the base, oblong, 
rounded at the apex, 24 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, entire, glabrous outside, 
very slightly pubescent within. Disk 5-lobed; lobes rounded, entire, 
glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous; styles erect, bifid and slightly 
Swollen at the apex. Ripe capsule not seen.—Miill. Arg. in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 1088; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 70. 
J. Sabdariffa, Schweinf, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 37. 
Wile Land. Sennar, Kotschy, 398! Fazokl,Cienkowski. Jur, Schweinfurth, 
1589. 
35. J. kamerunica, Pax ¢: K. Hoffm. in Engl. PAanzenr. Euphorb.- 
Adrianee, 102. Stem herbaceous, subsimple, 2-24 ft. high, tomentose, 
nearly glabrous towards the base. Leaves 3-lobed to below the middle, 
obtuse at the base, 33-6 in. long, 34-44 in. broad, glandular-serrulate, 
“anescent, whitish below, pubescent; lobes lanceolate, acute; petiole 
in. long; stipules dissected, glandular at the apex, 2 lin. long. 
Cymes pedunculate; bracts linear-lanceolate, glandular-ciliate. Male 
Sepals connate at the base, 1-1} lin. long, pubescent, glandular-ciliate. 
P etals free, spathulate-oblong, 2-24 lin. long, greenish-yellow, villous 
inside at the base. Stamens 8; outer filaments connate to the middle, 
inner longer connate. Disk-glands free. Female sepals and petals 
narrower than those of the male. Petals lanceolate, 24 lin. long. 
vary glabrous; styles 3 lin. long, free. Capsule slightly warted, 
Slabrous. Seeds 4 lin. long, smooth, brown ; caruncle palmatifid. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: sandy savannahs at Dangadji, Ledermann, 
3646, Garua, Ledermann, 3342. 
36. J. Phillipsez, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1898, 30. A shrub ; 
branches suleate, densely pilose with white soft hairs, Leaves triangular 
