Chrozophora. | OXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN). 835 
Petals very short. Capsule 3-coccous, red-purple, 4 in. wide, densely 
pubescent with harsh stellate hairs but not lepidote.—A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 252,.excl. syn. ; Baill. Adansonia, i. 67, partly ; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 1140, partly; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 283, partly ; 
Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 183. C-. obliqua, Schweinf. Pl. Nilot. 
10, t. 3; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 35; not of A. Juss., nor of Miill. C. prostrata, 
Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 235, 262; not of Dalz. C. plicata, 
y obliqua, Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii.698. (C. plicata, y prostrata, 
Mill. Arg. ].c. 747, as to African plant only; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxix. 146; Aschers. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Egypte, 138 ; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 306. Croton tinctorium, Forsk. FJ. Aigypt.- 
Arab. Ixxv. 162; not of Linn. C. plicatum, Vahl, Symb. i. 78; 
Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 588, partly ; Geiseler, Crot. Monogr. 70, partly; A. 
Juss. Tent. Gen. Euphorb. 28, partly. Lepidocroton serratus, Presl, 
Epimel. Bot. 213. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal: Dagana, Leprieur! Podar, Mathieu! Northern 
Nigeria: Kuka, near Lake Chad, Vogel,32! Cameroons: Garua,-sandbanks of 
the Benue, Ledermann, 3239! Kusseri, on the Shari, Foureau, 3006! 
Nile Land. Nubia: Dongola, Ehrenberg! Rifaud! Eritrea: Godofelassi, 
6000 ft., Schweinfurth, 548. Abyssinia: Goelleb, 4000 ft., Schimper, 27! 1694! 
Jenda, Steudner, 533!. by the River Tacazze, Petit! Quartin-Dillon & Petit! 
213! and without precise locality, d’Hericourt! Sudan: banks of the Nile; at 
about 16° N. Lat., Speke § Grant! at Getena, Schweinfurth 898! Sennar: 
Alm Sugra, Schweinfurth ! Wolet Medine, Kotschy, 473 in Herb. Delessert partly, 
Herb. Berlin and Herb. Leiden! Kordofan, Colston, 52! 63! Salati, Broun! onthe 
Blue Nile, Murie?, $/37! Nuer district, Brownell / 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: common on sandbanks in rivers, Allen, 716! 
Also in Egypt. 
Var. obliquifolia, Prain. Leaves ovate-orbicular, margin repand, often 14-2 in. 
long and about as wide ; petiole 1-1? in. long. Racemes distinctly peduncled ; 
peduncles naked; female pedicels in fruit about 4 in. long; petals yellow. 
—C. obliquifolia, Baill. Etude gén. Euphorb. 322.  C. plicata, Baill. Adansonia, 
67 partly; Schweinf. Pl. Nilot. 11, t. 4, excl. syn.; Klotzsch in Peters, Reise 
Mossamb. Bot. 576; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 36, 262; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 
1140, partly; Aschers. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Egypte, 138; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C. 237 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 283, partly; scarcely of A. Juss. 
C. tinctoria, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 99; not of Linn. C. plicata, 
B genuina, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 747, as to African plant only. Croton 
Plicatum, Sieb. Avis. ; herb. Egypt. 7, rem. 8; scarcely of Vahl. C. obliquifolium, 
Vis. Pl. Aigypt. Nub. 39, t. 7; fig. 2. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal: Dagana, Leprieur ! Northern Nigeria: Kuka, 
near Lake Chad, Vogel, 3 
. Mile Land. Nubia: Dongola, Ehrenberg! Daggeh and Sabou, Kralik! and 
Without precise locality, Pfund ! Eritrea: Abai, Stecker! Godofelassi, Rohifs & 
~ cag Abyssinia: Begemeder; by the River Reb, Schimper, 13551 Sudan: 
Wri, Schweinfurth, 832! near Shendy, Schweinfurth, 7371 North Ipsambul, 
Scott-Elliot, 3418! Sennar: Fazokl, Bhrenberg! near Abu Harrah, Schweinfurth, 
33! 8341 Wolet Medine, Kotschy, 473 in Herb. Delessert partly, Herb. Kew 
and Herb, Paris! White Nile, d’Arnaud ! Kordofan, Pfund ! Colston, 141 
_ Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique: Sena, Peters, 8! Gonongoza; Sungine, 
Fasse, 403! 
