Cluytia. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEA (HUTCHINSON). 811 
chartaceous, thinly pubescent on both surfaces; lateral nerves 6-8 on 
each side, faintly looped some distance from the margin, more or less 
prominent below; petiole 2-5 lin. long, pubescent; stipules very small 
and tomentose. Flowers diccious. Male flowers crowded in the leaf- 
axils ; pedicel short. Sepals obovate, rounded at the apex, 1} lin. long, 
% lin. broad, yellowish-pubescent on the outside except on the mem- 
branous margin in the upper half, glabrous within. Petals obovate, 
narrowed to the base, about as long as the sepals, membranous, glabrous. 
Glands within the base of the petals numerous, small, rounded, black. 
Filaments connate for more than half their length ; anthers } lin. long. 
Rudimentary ovary cylindric, entire, $ lin. long, glabrous. Female 
flowers: pedicel about 1 lin. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 
about the same size as in the male, pubescent outside. Petals oblong- 
oblanceolate, shorter than the sepals. Disk subpectinate, glabrous. 
Ovary oblong-ovoid, pubescent ; styles free to the base, bilobed, glabrous. 
Capsule 34 lin. in diam., pubescent. Seeds ellipsoid, 1? lin, long, black 
and shining. Sepals and petals persistent when in fruit.—C. lanceolata, 
var. pubescens, A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. §253. C. richardiana, var. 
pubescens, Miill. Arg.l.c.; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr, Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 
64. C'. lanceolata, Hochst. ex Pax, l.c. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1208! 1327! 1827! 
Abyssinia: Shireh Province, Petit! Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 199! 
ath Ghaba, Steudner, 543! British East Africa: without precise locality, 
tott, 3! 
Occurs also in Arabia. 
18. C. Swynnertonii, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 197. A 
shrub; branches slender, with rather distant internodes, pubescent or 
almost tomentose. Leaves laxly arranged, lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 
late, obtuse or rounded at the apex, more or less obtuse at the base, 
13-3 in. long, 4-1} in. broad, membranous, rather thinly pubescent and 
dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, faint and very 
slender, looped and branched well within the margin ; petiole 14-3 lin. 
long, densely pubescent. Flowers diccious. Male flowers pale green, 
Several in each leaf-axil; pedicel up to 1} lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 
obovate-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 1} lin. long, % lin. broad, shortly 
pubescent outside, with glabrous membranous margins, glabrous within, 
With a tripartite scale below the middle. Petals broadly spathulate, 
nearly as long as the sepals, glabrous, with 2 very small glands within 
the base of each. Staminal column 3 lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary 
ovary slightly expanded at the apex, glabrous. Female flowers solitary, 
Shortly pedicellate. Sepals and petals subequal. Ovary densely 
pubescent ; styles bipartite, pubescent in the lower part. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rbodesia: Chipete and near Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft., 
Swynnerton, 197! 5304! 530B! 530c! 
19. C, robusta, Pax in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. ('. 241. A shrub up 
to 12 ft. high; branches pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong 
or oblong-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the base, 
