810 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE® (HUTCHINSON). [ Cluytia. 
elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, rounded and obtusely mucronate at the 
apex, obtuse at the base, }-1 in. long, 3-6 lin. broad, thinly chartaceous, 
adpressed-pubescent on the midrib above, very thinly pubescent espe- 
cially on and near the midrib below ; lateral nerves few; petiole 7 
short, scarcely } lin. long. Flowers dicecious. Male eae ie : 
1 lin. long, pubescent, articulated in the middle. Sepals obovate, 
rounded at the apex, pubescent outside in the lower half, mee 
with a trifid scale within the base. Petals spathulate, shorter than oe 
sepals. Glands around the base of the staminal column about 15, me , 
rounded. Filaments connate for three-quarters of their length ; anthers 
rounded. Rudimentary ovary short, entire. Female flowers ates 
in each leaf-axil ; pedicel } lin. long, thinly pubescent. Sepals ord 
obtuse, subcoriaceous, 1 lin. long, very thinly pubescent outside, be wi 
erect minutely 3-fid scale (disk-lobe) at the base. Petals ge u : a 
oblanceolate, nearly as long as the sepals, without a scale or 8 grees: 
the base. Ovary subglobose, slightly trilobed, glabrous ; nee =“ cere 
recurved, bifid, glabrous. Fruits not known.—Pax in Engl. 7 sa 
Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 60. C. phyllanthoides, 8. Moore in Journ. . 
Soc. xl. 198. si 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ukinga atid ater ee 
Mountain, Goetze, 947! lower plateau north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! Rhodesia: 
Melsetter district, 6000 ft., Swynnerton, 1120! 1722! henics 
Both Knauf and Pax have omitted to describe the female flowers, which are 
numerous and exclusively on the right-hand specimen of the type dusiade, sc 
Moore (l.c.) remarks that C. Paxii, Knauf, is described as having gpa es 
at the base of the petals. There are about 3 glands to each petal, page ee 
are indicated by Knauf as follows: glandulis interioribus 15 parvis circa ¢ 
staminalem in duos cyclos, ete. 
16. C. angustifolia, Knauf in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 340. Fe Ss 
about 3 ft. high; branches slender, terete, pilose. ae 1 rae 
linear-lanceolate, acute at both ends, 1}-24 in. long, 2-6 at lateral 
firmly membranous, densely pubescent on both surfaces, conics 
nerves scarcely visible ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, densely pubescent. 1s short 
dicecious. Male flowers few in each axillary cluster; ate at the 
articulated in the middle, pubescent. Sepals | oblong, papas scale 
apex, 1} lin. long, 3 lin. broad, pubescent outside, with a “a arrowere 
inside at the base. Petals about as long as the sepals, bu ms thinly 
Glands in the bottom of the calyx about 20. Badimentary if the not 
pilose around the margin of the truncate apex. Female to 
known. Tountains 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kondeland; Ukangu Mou . 
near Langenburg, Goetze, 894! 
17. C. richardiana, Muill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. ote — 
var. 3. A shrub; branches densely whitish-pubescent = ee 
Leaves crowded towards the apices of the shoots, with “ae i ge 
oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to the base, obtuse or roun¢ in Sa ly 
1}-4 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, entire, membranous or thinly 
