812 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). [ Cluytia. 
2-5 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, membranous, sparingly pubescent on both 
surfaces or glabrous; lateral nerves 4~7 on each side, slender, looped 
well within the margin, slightly raised below ; petiole 4-7 lin. long, 
pubescent. Flowers diccious, or at. least normally so; males numerous 
at each node; pedicel about 1} lin. long, pubescent. Sepals oblong, 
rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, pubescent outside, with a 3-4-fid scale 
at the base within. Petals obovate-spathulate, nearly as long as the 
sepals, membranous, glabrous. Glands in the base of the flower 10-20. 
Female flowers solitary or 2-8 together ; pedicel not more than 1 lin. 
long in fruit, pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 1} lin. long, 
rather densely pubescent outside, with a 2—3-fid scale at the base inside. 
Petals spathulate-rhomboid, clawed, 1 lin. long, adpressed-pubescent 
outside. Ovary triangular, glabrous; styles erect, connate towards the 
base, bilobed, lobes linear, glabrous. Capsule slightly 6-ribbed, nearly 
3 lin. in diam., glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, 14 lin. long, black and shining, 
smooth, with a rather small bifid yellow caruncle.—Pax in Engl. 
Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiez, 60.  C. richardiana, var. trichophora, 
Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1044. ©. kilimandscharica, Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 285. C. brachyadenia, Volkens ex Pax in 
Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 61. C. robusta, vars. genuina, poly- 
phylla and kilimandscharica, Pax, l.c. 61. C. stenophylla, Pax & K. 
Hoffm. 1.c. 63, partly. ; 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: without precise locality, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 
217! Schimper, 1056! British East Africa: Lamuru, Scheffler, 233! Mau Plateau, 
Baker, 83! Abora, Fischer, 529! Lake Naivasha, Stuhlmann, 936! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, Volkens, 
620! 743! 748! 772! 826! 1460! Meyer, 145! 331! Engongo-Engare, 
Uhlig, 506! Iraku, Jaeger, 223! Gurui, Jaeger, 258! Gazaland: Melsetter 
district, Swynnerton, 1530! Mount Pene, Swynnerton, 6042! Chirinda district, 
Swynnerton, 15314 ! 
Var. acutifolia, Volkens ex Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiex, 6l. 
Leaves acute, but otherwise similar to the type. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Aberdare Mountains, Heller ! ; 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, Engler, 1816! Moschi, 
Uhlig, 121! 1117! Mawenzi River, Volkens, 888 ! 
Var. rhododendroides, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 85. Leaves narrowly oblanced 
late, subacute, less than } in. broad.—C. robusta, var. salicifolia, Volkens ex Pax in 
Engl. Pflanzenr. l.c. 
Mozamb. Distr. (ierman East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Yumba ya Ngusro, 
Volkens, 2010! slope of Deani voleano, Jaeger, 400! north-west sides of Lomalasin, 
Jaeger, 468 ! 
Swynnerton’s specimens quoted above, which are entirely female, appear to be a 
more glabrous form of the typical plant. 
20. C. polyadenia, Pax in Engl. Juhrb. xliii. 84. A shrub ; 
branches terete, pubescent. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, subacute 4 
the apex and base, 11-2 in. long, 3-7 lin. broad, firmly nag sorte 
nearly glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 6 on each ihe 
faint, looped well within the margin; petiole up to 2 lin. long, pire ~ 
much shorter, slightly pubescent. Flowers dicwcious. Male flowers} 
