Cluytia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). 809 
13. C. volubilis, /Zutchinson. A straggly climber; stem and 
branches subterete, densely tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed 
to both ends, acute, 3-1} in. long, 4—6 lin. broad, entire, rigidly charta- 
ceous or subcoriaceous, adpressed-villous on both surfaces, with indis- 
tinct nerves ; petiole 1-14 lin. long, tomentose; stipules small. Flowers 
diecious. Male flowers crowded and subsessile in the leaf-axils; 
Sepals obovate, subobtuse, about 1 lin. long and ? lin. broad, thick, 
yellow-pubescent on the outside except towards the thinner margins, 
glabrous and with a solitary gland just below the middle within. Petals 
obovate-spathulate, slightly toothed around the top, nearly as large as 
the sepals, glabrous. Glands several but small in the bottom of the 
flower. Filaments connate for three-quarters of their length; anthers 
% lin. long. Rudimentary ovary small, entire, glabrous. Female 
flowers solitary, no young ones seen. Sepals in the fruiting stage 
narrowly lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long, } lin. broad, coriaceous, pubes- 
cent outside, biglandular at the base within. Petals spathulate- 
oblanceolate, acute, a little shorter than the sepals, pubescent outside. 
Ovary tomentose ; styles not seen. Capsule nearly 3 lin. in diam., 
whitish-pilose. Seeds ellipsoid, black and shining, 14 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; between Kondowe 
and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! Rhodesia: Chimanimani, Johnson, 188 ! 
14. C. gracilis, Hutchinson. A climbing? shrub; branches and 
branchlets very slender, whitish-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-oblanceolate, more or less obtuse at both ends, those on the 
main branches 1-14 in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, those on the ultimate 
branchlets much smaller, all submembranous, rather densely pubescent 
on both surfaces, with a distinct midrib but no visible lateral nerves ; 
petiole 1-2 lin. long, densely pubescent. Flowers diccious. Male 
flowers about 5 in each Jeaf-axil; pedicel up to 1 lin. long, slightly 
pubescent, Sepals oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, } lin. broad, 
membranous, pubescent outside, glabrous and with a 2-3-fid scale below 
the middle within. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, midrib distinct, 
glabrous and with 3 glands within the base of each. Staminal 
column } lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary short, entire, glabrous. 
Female flowers : pedicel rather stout, up to 2 lin. long, very sparingly 
pubescent. Sepals oblong, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, } lin. broad, 
slightly fleshy, nearly glabrous outside, glabrous and with an adnate 
fleshy ‘slightly lobed scale within. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, } lin. 
ong, fleshy, glabrous and eglandular. Ovary glabrous; styles erect, 
Short, bifid, glabrous. Capsule ovoid-globose, about 2} lin. long, smooth. 
Seeds ellipsoid, 1} lin. long, black, smooth, with a fleshy bilobed 
caruncle.—C. stenophylla, Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiee, 
63, partly. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 362! 
15. C. Paxii, Knauf in Engl. Jahrb, xxx. 341. A shrub about 
3 ft. high ; branches erect, densely leafy, shortly pubescent. Leaves 
