Cluytia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). 8038 
Leaves very narrow, linear to linear-lanceo- 
late, usually less than $ in. broad =. : 16. C. angustifolia, 
Leaves broader, oblong, oblong-lanceolate 
or elliptic, usually well over } in. 
broad. 
Ovary pubescent. 
Leaves crowded towards the apices 
of the shoots, with very short in- 
ternodes, soon falling off from the 
lower parts of the branchlets . 17. C. richardiana, 
Leaves laxly arranged along the 
shoots, separated by long inter- 
nodes . : : a : 18. C. Swynnertonit. 
Ovary glabrous. 
Sepal-scales 2-3-partite . : . 19. C. robusta. 
Sepal-scales 5-partite : : . 20. C. polyadenia. 
1. ©. benguelensis, Mull. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 337. Stems 
annual, arising from a woody many-headed rhizome, unbranched, tomen- 
tellous when young, at length pubescent. Leaves subsessile, oblong- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, slightly narrowed to the base, 3-1} in, 
long, 24-5 lin. broad, entire, subchartaceous, somewhat glaucous, indis- 
tinctly nerved, glabrous. Flowers diccious. Male flowers 2-3 together 
in the leaf-axils in the upper half of each stem; pedicel about 1 lin. 
long or less, pubescent. Sepals obovate, rounded at the apex, | lin, long, 
¢ lin. broad, glabrous on both sides. Petals a little narrower and more 
membranous than the sepals. Glands numerous, small and rounded. 
Filaments connate for three-quarters of their length; anthers } lin 
long. Rudimentary ovary cylindric, entire, 4 lin. long, glabrous 
Female flowers (Pax): Sepals ovate, obtuse, with a 3—5-lobed scale on 
the inside at the base. Ovary pubescent.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii. 1052; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 973 (Clutia) ; Pax in Engl. 
Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiez, 67. 
: Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in rocky thickets near Mumpulla, Wel- 
witsch, 338! Tyivingiro, Dekindt, 3087! and without precise locality, Antunes, 
813. Benguella ; country of the Ganguellas and Ambuellas, Gossweiler, 1993! 
2. C. monticola, §S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 197. Stems 
‘nnual, evidently arising from a rhizome, simple, about 10 in. high, 
glabrous. Leaves subsessile, suborbicular or broadly elliptic, shortly 
and abruptly mucronate, }-1 in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, somewhat mem- 
ranous, glabrous, densely pustulate on the lower surface ; lateral nerves 
about 4 on each side, inconspicuous. Flowers white, dicecious, females 
hot known. Male flowers axillary, geminate ; pedicel very slender, $ in. 
eng, glabrous. Sepals obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, 1} lin. long, 
In. broad, membranous, glabrous, with a 5-partite scale below the 
middle within. Petals as long as the sepals, with an ovate obtuse limb 
and &@ narrow claw, and about 3 glands within the base of each. 
1column 3 lin, long, glabrous; anthers $ lin, long. Rudimentary 
*vary cylindric, slightly expanded at the top, truncate, glabrous. 
