796 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). | Jatropha. 
at the base, 3- (or very rarely 5-) lobed to a little below the middle, 
the side lobes smaller, about 23 in. long and 3 in. broad ; lobes rounded 
or obtuse, glandular-repand-dentate, pilose with white spreading hairs 
-on both surfaces ; petiole 23-6 lin. long ; stipules dissected, gland-tipped, 
5 lin. long. Cymes axillary, pubescent ; lower bracts up to 7 lin. long, 
ovate, pectinately glandular-toothed. Male flowers: Sepals 1} lin. 
long, broadly oblanceolate, pubescent, glandular-dentate. Petals 
2} lin. long, spathulate, obtuse. Stamens 8; filaments connate. 
Female sepals (in fruit) about 3 lin. long, ovate, glandular-toothed. 
Capsule 44 lin. long, wrinkled, glabrous. Seeds brownish, 3 lin. long, 
with a 2-lobed caruncle, lobes crenulate. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Waggar Mountains, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 
37. J. Stuhlmannii, Pax in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 240. Stems 
therbaceous, tomentose. Leaves 5-partite to near the base, up to 23 in. 
long and 34 in. broad; segments oblanceolate, acute, narrowed to the 
‘base, up to 2 in. long and ¢ in. broad, dentate, subcoriaceous, sub- 
tomentose on both surfaces; lateral nerves of the segments about 10 
on each side, arcuate, fairly distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 1-1} in. 
long, tomentose; stipules divided into setaceous segments ; segments 
about 14 lin. long, gland-tipped, pubescent in the lower half. Cymes 
long-pedunculate, about 2 in. long; peduncle 24-3 in. long, tomentose ; 
‘bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, with numerous glandular 
teeth, pubescent. Sepals oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 14 lin. long, entire, 
shortly pubescent. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, 
entire, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, slightly rusty-pubescent within near the 
middle. Female flowers: Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, with 
several glandular teeth, pubescent. Petals absent. Disk 5-lobed, glab- 
rous. Ovary glabrous; styles erect, swollen and bilobed at the apex. 
Capsule 3 in. long.— Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 39. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usaramo, Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann, 
6797! 7488! 7515! 
38. J. batawe, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 420. This is probably 
nly a variety of J. Stuhlmannii, from which it differs merely in having 
glabrous male sepals.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 40. 
Mozamb. Distr. (ierman East Africa: flats south of Rufidji, Goetze, 86! 
39, J. mollis, Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 184. Stem pilose, 
the;young flowering parts densely pubescent. Leaves 5-partite to near 
the base, glandular-denticulate, tomentose with whitish hairs on ri 
surfaces when young; stipules divided into numerous setaceous gland 
tipped pubescent segments. Cymes very small, few-flowered ; eae 
triangular or lanceolate, with numerous gland-tipped teeth. Male 
flowers: Sepals lanceolate, glabrous. Petals obovate-oblong, eae 
glabrous. Disk-glands very small. Stamens 8; filaments part “ y 
connate. Female flowers: Sepals narrowly lanceolate, subacute, 2 HD. 
jong, entire or usually with a few gland-tipped teeth, pubescent. Pe = 
oblanceolate, obtuse. Disk deeply 5-lobed. Ovary glabrous; sty 
