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or 2-fid, caducous ; cymes rather dense, many-flowered, hardly over- 

 topping the leaves ; peduncles 1 in. long ; primary branches \ in. 

 long ; hracts lanceolate with margin closely and minutely glandular- 

 denticulate, up to \ in. long ; male sepals lanceolate, closely and 

 minutely glandular-denticulate, ^ in. long, | in. wide; petals 

 spathiilate-oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long, free ; disc-glands free ; stamens 

 8, filaments of both series united below in a column, free above; 

 female sepals lanceolate, similar to the male sepals ; petals as in the 

 male but larger ; ovary glabrous ; styles 3^ 2-fid above ; capsule 

 3-dymous, |- in. across; cocci oblong; seeds narrow oblong, \ in. 

 long, 1 in. wide. Pax in Engl, PJlanzenr. Eu^Tiorh. JatropJi, 61. 



Var. j3, angnstata (Prain) ; leaves narrow lanceolate, acute, base rounded or 

 truncate; margin closely and minutely glandular-denticulate, 2J-4J in. long, 

 i|-J in. wide. 



Var. 7, swazica ^Prain) ; leaves obuvate, obtuse or subacute, base somewhat 

 cuneate- margin entire or sparingly and minutely glandular-denticulate, 3-5 in, 

 long, 1^-2 in. wide. 



Kalahari Ekgion : Transvaal; Lydenburg, Wilms, 1311! TVaterval Onder, 

 Middelherg ! Heidelberg, Sckkchterl near Barberton, 2000-3000 ft., Bolus, 9775 

 partly ! Var. P: near Barberton, 2000-3000 ft., growing with the type, Bolus, 

 9775 partly! Galpin, 526! Elands Hoek, Rogers, 3861 Eivulets, Hogers, 4311 

 Yar. y: Swaziland; near Bremersdorp, 2600 ft., Bolus, 12296! ridge between 

 Bremersdorp and Macnabs, Burtt-Dary^ 2942 ! 



Eastern Region: Natal ; near Durban, Sutherland i Wihns, 2274 ! 



Very nearly allied to /. liirsuta but readily distinguished by the glabrous leaves 

 and the eglandular stipules. 



The plant named by Dr. Pax /. latifoUa^ var. stenophyUa (Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Enphorb. Jatroph, 133), is /. lagarhithoides, var. cluytioides. 



female sepals lanceolate, similar to male sepals ; petals as in male 

 but larger ; ovary hirsute ; styles 3, 2-lobed above ; capsule 3-dymous, 

 \ in. across ; cocci wide-oblong, hirsute ; seeds oblong, \ in. long, 

 X in. wide. Sond. in Lijinsea, xxiii. 118 ; BailL Adansoniay iii. 149 ; 

 MhIL Arg, in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1088; Wood, Natal PL t. 71 ; Pax 

 in E/ifjL PJlanzenr. Enj)7iorh, Jatroph 62,/<jr. 24, 



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8. J. hirsuta (Hochst. apud Krauss in Flora, 1845, 82); herb 

 up to 10 in. high; rootstock stout, perennial; stems leafy, simple 

 or sparingly branched, glabrous or nearly so below, sparingly pilose 

 above ; leaves sessile, subcoriaceous, subobovate or elliptic, acute or 

 subobtuse, base cuneate, very rarely rounded, margin closely and 

 minutely glandular-denticulate, 2-2-i in. long, 1^-1 1 in. wide, 

 villous on both surfaces, but especially on tlic nerves beneath, with 

 soft spreading white hairs ; stipules divided into 4-6 filiform gland- 

 tipped segments ; cymes rather dense, many-flowered, hardly over- 

 topping the leaves ; peduncles 1 in. long ; primary branches ^ in. 

 long ; bracts lanceolate, margins closely and minutely glandular- 

 denticulate, up to \ in. long ; male sepals lanceolate, closely and 

 minutely glandular-denticulate, villous externally ; petals spathu- 

 late-oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long, free ; disc-glands free ; stamens 8, 

 filaments of both series united below in a long column, free above ; j 



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