808 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). | Cluytia. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: between Kilimanjaro and Meru, 
Uhlig, 1088! Marangu, Volkens, 2178! Karagwe, Speke & Grant, 479! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte! Masuku Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 66! 81! 101! 148! 480! 883! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Lusaka, Kassner, 2892! 
11. C. mollis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 112. A shrub; young 
branchlets yellowish-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or oblong- 
obovate, rounded at the apex, subcuneate at the base, 1-24 in. long, 
4-14 in. broad, membranous, entire, thinly pubescent above, more 
densely so below; lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, spreading ; petiole 
24-4 lin. long, yellowish-pubescent; stipules small and pubescent. 
Flowers dicecious. Male flowers numerous in the leaf-axils ; pedicel 
up to 1} lin. long, articulated in the middle, glabrous. Sepals elliptic, 
rounded at the apex, } lin. long, 4 lin. broad, with a 2-lobed linear scale 
at the base inside, pubescent outside. Petals about the same length as 
the sepals, obovate, with a solitary rounded gland at the base. Filaments 
connate for two-thirds of their length; anthers rounded, } lin. long. 
Rudimentary ovary cylindric, truncate, } lin. long, glabrous. Female 
flowers: pedicel attaining 7 lin. long in fruit, pubescent. Sepals linear- 
lanceolate, with membranous glabrous margins, 1 lin. long. | Petals 
similar in shape and size but glabrous. Disk-glands 2 opposite each 
sepal. Ovary ovoid, pilose; styles free to the base, bilobed, glabrous. 
Capsule 2} lin. long, thinly pubescent. Seeds 14 lin. long, black and 
shining, minutely pitted, with a bifid yellow caruncle.—Pax 1n Engl, 
Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 55. (. lewconewra, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 
xix. 112, ex Pax,le. (C. abyssinica, vars. usambarica and ovalifolia, 
Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiez, 57. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ndi, Taita Hills, Hildebrandt, 2521! 
Galunka, Kassner, 798! Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 2334! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Amani, Warnecke, 507! Usambara ; 
various localities, Holst, 144! 8931a! Buchwald, 159! 483! Albers, 126! 
Meinhof,101! Braun, 2711, 2745, 2805! 2827; Engler, 1070! Usumburu, Keil, 
67! and without precise locality, Zimmermann, 1725! Holtz, 1864! Uhlig, 165! 
12. C. rotundifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 85. A tree ; 
branchlets rather densely pubescent when young, at length glabrous. 
Leaves subsessile, obovate-elliptic or oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse 
or rounded at the base, 14-2 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, rigidly subchar- 
taceous, glabrous or nearly so above, yellowish-pubescent below ; latera 
nerves about 6 on each side, very prominent below, looped well within 
the margin; stipules small. Flowers dicecious. Male flowers axillary, 
few; pedicel a little longer than the sepals. Sepals suborbicular, 
pubescent outside, ? lin. long, with a 3-fid scale within at the ee 
Petals oblong, clawed, shorter than the sepals, with a solitary gland 
the base. Stamens as in (. mollis. Female flowers and fruits no 
known.— Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb,-Cluytiez, 56. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Mondul, Uhlig, 440! 
