Jatropha. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). wird 
as in J. Stuhlmannii. Capsule not seen.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 
Euphorb.-Jatroph. 39. ( 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Tomba, Riva, 486! 511, 
40. J. velutina, Pax d K. Hoffm. in Engl. PAanzenr. Euphorb.- 
Jatroph. 37. Branches softly tomentose. Leaves reniform in outline, 
5-lobed to about one-third their length, 3-1} in. long, 14-2 in. broad,. 
rather shortly villous on both surfaces, especially on the nerves below ; 
lobes ovate, dentate, with a stalked gland at the apex of each tooth; 
lateral nerves about 4 on each side of each principal nerve, spreading, 
branched near the margin ; petiole 14-23 in. long, villous, not glandular ; 
stipules dissected, about 1} lin. long, segments setaceous, with an apical 
gland. Cymes long-pedunculate, scarcely } in. long, few-flowered ; 
peduncle 1-24 in. long, shortly villous; bracts subulate-lanceolate or 
narrowly lanceolate, 3 lin. long, ? lin. broad, with a few long gland- 
tipped teeth on the margin, shortly and rather densely pubescent, 
Male flowers subsessile: Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, gland-toothed, 
1} lin. long, } lin. broad, shortly pubescent outside, glabrous within, 
Petals free to the base, obovate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, entire, 
glabrous. Disk-glands small. Stamens 8; filaments nearly wholly 
connate ; anthers + lin. long. Female flowers subsessile: Sepals lanceo- 
late, 3 lin. long, ? lin. broad, stipitate gland-toothed, densely and softly 
pubescent. Petals free to the base, soon falling off, obovate-spathulate, 
2 lin. long, # lin. broad, hairy within at the base, otherwise glabrous. 
Disk 5-lobed, thin, lobes rounded, entire. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous ; 
styles erect, slightly connate at the base, swollen and bifid at the apex, 
glabrous. Fruit not seen. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taro, Kéissner, 499! 
41. J. acerifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 109. A small shrub ; 
flowering branches very thick and fleshy, softly pubescent with white 
hairs. Leaves and stipules as in J. velutina. Cymes shortly peduncu- 
late, small and few-flowered, shortly whitish-tomentose ; bracts subulate- 
lanceolate, 14 lin. long, with a few glandular teeth. Male flowers: 
Sepals lanceolate, acute, gland-toothed, pubescent. Petals spathulate, 
cohering nearly up to the middle. Disk-glands free. Stamens 6; fila- 
ments connate. Female flowers: Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, 13 lin. 
ong, with numerous glandular teeth, pubescent on both sides. Petals 
absent. Disk slightly 5-lobed, glabrous. Ovary glabrous; styles erect, 
slightly connate at the base, glabrous, swollen and 2-lobed at the apex. 
apsule not seen.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 37. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Buityuma, near Taita, Hildebrandt, 2377! 
42. J. Ellenbeckii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 284. A 
Shrub about 3 ft. high; young branches thick, densely and softly 
pubescent. Leaves digitately 5-lobed to below the middle, widely 
cordate at the base,’about 3 in. long and 4 in. broad, membranous, 
whitish-pubescent on both surfaces; lobes obovate, rounded at the apex, 
Coarsely glandular repand-dentate; lateral nerves to each lobe about 5 
