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410 EUPHOEBlACEiE (Hutchiiisoii). [Hymcnocctrdia, 



1. H. 



131) 



with the habit of Wmus ; branchlets slender, glabrous or very 

 sparingly hairy when young; leaves ovate, ovate-elliptic or lanceo- 

 late, obtusely acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, about 

 \\ in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; lateral nerves 3-6 on each side, inconspicuous ; 

 petiole slender, 2-4 lin. long, sparingly pubescent ; stipules soon 

 falling off; male spikes raoemosely arranged on short lateral 

 branchlets crowded towards the ends of the branches, about i in. 

 long ; axis very slender, puberulous ; bracts broadly spathulate, 

 ciliate ; calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, densely ciliate ; 

 anthers with a small gold-coloured gland on the back ; rudimentary 

 ovary equalling the lilaments, entire, glabrous ; female racemes 

 axillary ; bracts oblong, pubescent ; calyx-lobes 5, linear, subequal, 

 membranous, about 1^ lin. long; ovary oblong, compressed, emar- 

 ginate, glabrous, with a few scattered yellow glands ; styles distinct, 

 linear, flattened, glabnms, about 2 lin. long ; fruits broadly obovate 

 or suborbicular, apex eniarginate, base rounded or acute, wings 

 joined at the base and decurrent on the stipe, J— | in. in diam., 

 glabrous, membranous ; pedicels 2-3 lin, long, glabrous ; stipe 1-2 

 lin. long. Pax in Engl Pfl, Ost-Afr, C, 236, and in Be WM. & 

 Durand, Confr. FL Congo, l 49 ; Hiern in Cat Afr. PL Welw. I 



966 ; De Will d Durand, Reliq. Deicevr. 207 ; De Wild. Miss. t. 

 Laurent, 127, and Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 269 ; HutcJiin- 

 8on in Byer, FL Trap. Afr. vi. i. 648. H. Poggei, Pax in EngL 

 Jalirh, XV. 528; Barand & Schinz, Etudes FL Congo, 243. H- 

 ulmoideSj var, capensis, Pax in EngL Jahrh. xxviii. 22. 



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Eastekx Region : DelagoaBay ; Matola, Schkchter, 11725 ! 



Occurs also in Tropical Africa, from Angola through French and Belgian Conges 

 to the east coast. 



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. Pax distinguished II, v.lmoides^ var. capensis, by the smaller and more ohtuae 

 leaves, hut Schlechter*s specimen, the type of this supposed variety, is identical 

 with the male type sheet described by Oliver, 



XIX. CROTON, Linn. 



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Flowers inonoeciouSj rarely dioecious ; petals in male flowers usually 

 present, in female flowers usually imdimentary or ; disc glandular 

 in male flowers, glandular or annular in female flowers. Male : 

 Calyx deeply divided into 5, rarely 4 or 6 valvate or narrowly im- 

 bricate segments, or sometimes the sepals free. Petals as long as 

 calyx-lobes or sepals, or shorter. Bisc-glands oip\^osite calyx-segments, 

 adnate to their base or free and alternate with outer filaments. 

 Stamens 5-ao , inserted on a usually pilose receptacle ; filaments free, in 

 bud inflexed, at length erect ; anthers in bud with their apices pointing' 



or 



downwards ; anther-cells 2, parallel ; dehiscence longitudinal. Rudi- 



