806 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON). [Cluytia, 
lobes; styles free to the base, recurved, bifid, glabrous. Capsule sub- 
globose, } in. in diam., thinly and shortly pubescent. Ripe seeds not 
seen.—Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytie, 58. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bambuttu Mountain, near Markt Singwa, 
6000 ft., Ledermann, 1658! 
8. C. Whytei, Hutchinson. A small tree (Whyte); branchlets 
grooved or angular, slightly pubescent towards the tips, becoming quite 
glabrous below. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the 
base, 1-2 in. long, 4-14 in. broad, entire, rigidly membranous, dull and 
glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, looped some 
distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces ; petiole about 1 lin. 
long, glabrous. Flowers dicwcious. Male flowers numerous in each leaf- 
axil; pedicel about } lin. long, somewhat slender, pubescent. Sepals 
obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, 3 lin. long, nearly } lin. broad, 
membranous, slightly puberulous towards the base outside, with 3 club- 
shaped stalked glands towards the base of each within. Petals spathu- 
late, slightly toothed, nearly as long as the sepals, with a solitary large 
fleshy gland at the base within. Staminal column cylindric, # lin. long; 
free part of filaments spreading or slightly reflexed, } lin. long, glabrous. 
Rudimentary ovary cylindric, truncate, } lin.long, glabrous. Female 
flowers mostly 2-3 together in each leaf-axil; pedicel at first about 
2 lin. long, pubescent, at length (in fruit) $ in. long and more sparingly 
pubescent. Sepals oblong, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, $ lin. broad, 
membranous, with 2-3 club-shaped stalked glands at the base within. 
Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, nearly equalling the sepals, 
eglandular at the base. Ovary glabrous; styles recurved, slender, om 
lobed to about the middle. Fruits subglobose, about 24 lin. in diam., 
with light-coloured tubercles. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 1} lin. long, black 
and smooth. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: between Mpata and the Tanganyika Plateau, 
2000-3000 ft., Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 175! 
This species greatly resembles C. cordata, Bernh., and C. heteroprylla, T 
from South Africa, both of which, however, appear to be rhizomatous plants. 
‘hunb., 
9. C. pedicellaris, Hutchinson. A shrub; branches subsimple, 
terete, yellowish- or greyish-tomentellous. Leaves oblanceolate or $ 
long-oblanceolate, subacute, gradually or rarely abruptly narrowed to 
an acute base, 2-34 in. long, }—3 in. broad, entire, membranous, gate 
on both surfaces except the slightly pubescent midrib below; a re 
nerves 8-9 on each side, slightly raised below, looped well within 
margin ; petiole slender, }-} in. long, tomentellous ; stipules very Sm 
Flowers diwcious. Male flowers several in each leaf-axil ; pedicel very 
slender, } in. long, articulated a little below the middle, glabrous or gh 
slightly puberulous. Sepals oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long, ; 
broad, membranous, sparingly pubescent towards the base outside, g!4 . 
rous within and with 3 club-shaped stalked glands at the base. bye 
as long as the sepals, with a distinct claw and a solitary gland a 
base of each and an ovate-obtuse limb, glabrous. Staminal column very 
