426 EUPHORBiACE^ (Prain). [Jatropha. 



The variety here recognised is probably not a valid one ; it may be only a dwarf 

 condition or a young state, or both, of the typical plant. Pax states that the 

 leaves of his variety, besides being smaller than in the type, are sometimes entire 

 or subentire or little lobed. This is true, but the circumstance does not afford a 

 distinctive character, for the same thing is true of the leaves in some of the 

 Biggarsberg specimens of the type collected by Rehmann (7004 only, not 5333, 

 which, as Pax elsewhere correctly states, is /. Zeyherx), The species is very closely 

 allied to /. Zcyheri and appears to be the representative of J.Zcyheri to the south 

 of the Drakensberg ; it is, however, readily distinguished by the more completely 

 monadelphous Stamens and by the distinctly adherent male petals. The character 

 based on the venation of the leaves, pinnate in /. Woodii, palmate in /. Zeyherx, 

 relied on by Kuntze and accepted by Paz, although roughly useful, does not always 

 hold good in distinguishing the two species. 



10, J. Zeyheri (Sond. in Linn.Tea, xxiii. 117) j liez'b up to 1^ ft- 

 high; rootstock stout, pereninal ; stems leafy, s})aringly braDchea, 

 sparingly hirsute with spreading hairs ; leaves sessile or very shortly 

 petioledj firm, rather variable, spuriously palmately S-d-lobed^ base 

 wide-cuneate, lobes more or less runcinately lobulate, acute, margin 

 Avitb short glandular cilije, 2^—4 in. long, 3-5 in. across, lobes 

 1^-3 in. long, \-\ in. wide, more, or less pilose on the nerves, 

 especially beneath, nerves underneath prominent ; petiole not 

 exceeding 4 in. in length ; stipules dissected, lobules glanduliferous, 

 yV in. long ; cymes rather lax, usually many- flowered, hardly over- 

 topping the leaves; peduncles 1-H in. long, softly pubescent; 

 primary branches i-| in. long, softly pubescent ; bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, I in. long or less, margin glandular-ciliate ; male sepals 

 narrow lanceolate, margin glandular-ciliate, ^ in. long ; petals 

 yellow, silky outside, spathulate-lanceolate, \ in. long; disc-glands 

 free ; stamens 8, 2-seriate, shortly monadelphous ; female sepals like 

 the male but \ in. long ; petals like the male but ^ in. long ; 

 i^ypogynous glands free; ovary densely hirsute ; styles 3, 2-lobed at 

 the apex ; capsule oblong, slightly 3-dymous, ^ in. long, ^ in. wide, 

 pubescent; seeds narrow-oblong, ^- in. long, ^ in. wide. Bai^j- 

 Adansonia, iii. 149 ; Mull Arg. in DC. Prodi: xv. ii. 1088 ; Pax in 

 Engl Pflanzenr, Euphorh. Jatroph, 68. 



Var. j3, platyphylla (Pax I.e. 68) ; lobes of leaves rather shorter and broader, 

 little if at all lacinulate, otherwise as in the type J. Woodii, Pax I c. Q6, as to 

 Hehtnann, 5333 only ; not of 0. Kuntze. J. brachyadenia, Pax <fc K. Boffni. I.e. ^^, 

 partly. 



Vae. 7, subsimplex (Prain) ; leaves at least some, occasionally almost all entire, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, the others more or less S-lobed; 

 otherwise as in the type. /. brachyadenia, Pax d- K, Iloffai, I.e. 6^, partly. 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony ; Witteberg Range, Mr%. Bowker, 657 ! 

 Bechuanaland ; between Mafeking and Ramoutsa, Lugardl Doornbult, BtirU- 

 Davy, 10975 ! Transvaal ; Mooi River, Biirke, 183 ! Zcyher, 1515 ! Magaliesberg 

 Kange, Burkel Zeyheri Moord Drift, Mm Leendertz, 2208! Potyieters Rust, 

 Miss Lemdertz, 1217 ! Rogers, 2383 ! 25031 Waterval, Miss Leendcrtz, 822 \ Groot 



Letaba, Sicicr$tra, 2184! Var. )3 : Transvaal; Klippan, Rehmann, 5333! near 



■y, 2117! near Eerstelling Goldfields, ,'^elson, 372! Harte- 



Nylstroom, Burtt-Dai 



beeste Fontein, Nelso^i, 119 J Shilouvane, Junod, 747 partly! Var. 7- ^rans- 

 vaa.1 ; Shilouvane, Junod, 747 partly ! Potgieters Rust, Rojtrs, 2501 ! Pangkop 

 Siding, Burtt-Davy, 7046! Warmbath, Bolus. 12297! Burtt-Davy, 2635! 706- ! 

 Rogers, 15291 near Kyktroom, Surtt - Davy , 2116! 



