344. CXXII, EUPHORBIACEZ (PRAIN). | Cephalocroton. 
stellate hairs, soon glabrous, Leaves petioled, membranous, ovate, 
acute, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin crenate-toothed, 1-1? in. 
long, 4-1 in. wide, when young stellate-pilose, soon glabrescent and 
pilose-scabrous only along the nerves; petiole slender, 4-% in. long, 
sparingly stellate-pilose ; stipules lanceolate, subentire, uncinate, 1 lin. 
long. Heads globose, terminal, } in. across; peduncles }—} in. long, 
rusty-pubescent ; female pedicels 5-6, subumbellate, erect, + in. long. 
Male: Calyx tomentose ; lobes wide ovate, subacute; rudimentary ovary 
2-lobed. Female: Sepals tomentose, pinnatipartite. Ovary tomentose ; 
styles shortly connate at the stellate-hairy base, glabrous and much 
divided upwards. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Boran; Wai Wai, Hllenbeck, 2137. 
2. C. nudus, Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 
Adrian. 10. Shrub; twigs stellate-pubescent, at length glabrescent. 
Leaves petioled, ovate, acute, base rounded, margin closely and finely 
crenate-toothed, 3~3 in. long, 1} in. wide, glabrescent above, sparingly 
stellate-tomentose beneath, somewhat scabridulous; petiole }-% in. long } 
stipules minute, subulate, subentire. Heads globose, terminal, $ in. 
across ; peduncle finely stellate-pubescent, 4} in. long ; female pedicels 
solitary to each peduncle, very short. Male : Calyx glabrous externally ; 
lobes ovate, subacute ; rudimentary ovary 2-3-lobed. Female: Sepals 
densely stellate-pubescent, short, pinnatipartite. Ovary tomentose ; 
styles almost free, glabrous. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Witu, near Malka Korokora, Thomas, 105! 
3. C. velutinus, Pax ¢& K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 
Adrian.10. Shrub, about 8 ft. high; twigs floccose with stellate hairs, 
at length glabrescent. Leaves petioled, very firm, ovate, acute, base 
cordate, margin entire or faintly repand-crenulate, 3-1 in. long, 4-3 in. 
wide, densely stellate-velvety on both surfaces; petiole $3 in. long, 
villous ; stipules subulate, incised, 1 lin. long. Heads globose, terminal, 
¢-} in. across ; peduncle }—} in. long, densely stellate-tomentose ; female 
pedicels 2, 4-4 in. long. Male: Calyx densely tomentose ; lobes 
triangular-ovate, acute; rudimentary ovary entire or faintly 2-lobed. 
Female : Sepals pinnately 4-lobed, densely tomentose. Ovary tomentose ; 
styles nearly free, pilose. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Juba Valley; Ferschit, Ellenbeck, 2338! 
4. C. cordofanus, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 370. Small shrub, up 
to 3-4 ft. high ; twigs finely stellate-hairy, sometimes also glandular, 
glabrescent. Leaves petioled, membranous, ovate-cordate, acute oF 
shortly acuminate, margin crenate, glandular or not, 3-2 in. a 
3-1} in. wide, stellate-tomentose, at length almost glabrous on gi 
sides ; petiole }-2 in. long, stellate-pubescent and sometimes os 
glandular ; stipules linear, slightly incised lobulate, 14 lin. long. Bea 
globose, terminal, } in. across; peduncle stellate-pubescent, up ore 
long ; female pedicels 1-3, 2 in. long, in fruit elongated up to Wy re 
long. Male: Calyx finely pubescent externally; rudimentary oy 
