822 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE® (PRAIN). | Crotonogyne. 
10-18 in. long, simple; male flowers in spikelets }-4 in. long, in 
glomerules 3—1} in. apart, rarely simply glomerulate and with a solitary 
central female flower accompanying each glomerule; females few, solitary, 
rarely in pairs towards the apex of the raceme, 4-14 in. apart; bracts 
always 2-glandular; male pedicel 4-1 lin. long ; female pedicel stout 
$-} in. long; casually male and female racemes on the same branch, 
and casually a solitary female flower at base of male raceme ; occasion- 
ally male spikelets also in sessile clusters. Male: Calyx globose, closely 
lepidote, 14-2 lin. wide, 3~-4-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate; tube 
hairy within, much longer than the 6-8 rounded lobes. Stamens 
11-19, 6-8 outer; extra-staminal glands 6-8, free. Female: Calyx 
oblong or ovvid-oblong, closely lepidote, 4 in. long; lobes 5, oblong, 
obtuse, eglandular or occasionally with 1-2 marginal glands. Petals 9, 
free. Disk urceolate. Ovary closely lepidote; styles 3, each 2-partite, 
with the arms usually again 2-partite and occasionally the individual 
segments 2-fid at the tips. Capsule closely lepidote, 3-coccous, i in. long. 
Seeds oblong, } in. long, brown overlaid with silver-grey blotches. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Iende; Elabi, Ledermann, 592! Kribi; by the 
Kribi River, Ledermann, 705! Nkolebunda ; Mabenauga, 350 ft., Ledermann, 724 ! 
Slopes of Nanga, 650-750 ft., Ledermann, 735! 813! 882! Mbonde, 650 ft., Leder- 
mann, 793! near Batanga, Bates, 118! Dinklage, 1055! 1179! Ebea, Dinklage, 
202! 2024! Bipindi, Zenker, 821! 822! Staudt, 272! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Libreville and neighbourhood, Klaine, 351! 747 ! 
768 ! 936! 993! 1765! 2048! 3087! 
4. C.manniana, Wiill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 535. Shrub, 10-12 ft. 
high, lepidote. Leaves scattered, short-petioled, firm, oblanceolate- 
oblong, abruptly and shortly cuspidate, narrowed from beyond the 
middle to an acute base, 6-11 in. long, 2-4 in. wide ; petiole 3-9 lin. 
long ; stipules ovate, acuminate, 24 lin. long. Racemes up to 1 ft. long; 
simple; bracts 2-glandular; male flowers on very short spikelets 1D 
glomerules }-1} in. apart, females few, solitary towards the apex of 
the raceme, about 2% in. apart; pedicel stout, at first } In., at length 
% in. long. Male: Calyx globose, closely lepidote, 1 lin. wide, usually 
3-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate ; tube hairy within, rather longer 
than the 5 wide-oblong lobes. Stamens 12-13, 5 outer ; extra-staminal 
glands slightly connate. Female: Calyx oblong, closely lepidote, 3 mt 
long ; lobes 5, lanceolate, subacute, sometimes with a gland at eac 
sinus and with usually 1-2 (occasionally 3) pairs of marginal ao 
Petals 5, free, Disk urceolate. Ovary closely lepidote ; styles 3, eac 
3-partite. Capsule closely lepidote, 3-coccous. Seeds not seen TIpe—~ 
DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 721; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 83. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 219! 220! 
5, ©, gabunensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 82. Shrub 10-12 ft. 
high, lepidote, Leaves scattered, short-petioled, firm, oblong-lanceolat, 
acutely rarely abruptly acuminate, narrowed from beyond the mid 7 
to an acute base, rarely abruptly narrowed to a ‘istinct pseudo-petio 
