Cluytia.1 euphorbiacE/I^ (Prain). 429 



Leaves lanceolate to olx)vate -lanceolate, 



J-i in. wide (14) Alatemoides, 



Leaves very small, obovate-oblong, 1 in. 



long, ^^ in. wide ^ ... (15) imbricata. 



Leaf-margin flat : ... 



Internodes much shorter than the clo^e- 



set leaves ... (16) rubricaulis. 



Internodes about as long as the leaves ... (17) ovalis. 



:f JLeavea pellucid -punctate, their margins quite 



flat (18) impedita. 



tfLeaves distinctly petioled ; ovary glabrous : 



Leaf-margin more or less revolute ; stems pro.^trate ; 



leaves pellucid-punctate (19) alpina. ' 



Leaf -margin flat ; stems erect : 

 Leaves pellucid-punctate : 



Capsule smooth ; twigs and leaves glabrous '•., (20) glabrescens. 



Capsule warted-punctate : 



Twigs and leaves at first somewhat pubescent, 

 at length glabrous : 

 Petiole J in. long or shorter ; twigs and 



leaves not verrucose ... ,.. ... (21) Galpini. 



Petiole J in. long or longer ; twigs and leaves 



verrucose ... (22) pulchella. 



Twigs and leaves beneath persistently velvety- 

 pubescent (23) mollis. 



Leaves not pellucid-pnnctatej more or less pube- 

 scent (24) affinis. 



*Petals of male flowers each 3 -more-glandular ; glands 

 very rarely adnate to claw, usually free from the petal 

 and scattered over fundus of calyx : 

 tLeaves pellucid-punctate : 



Leaf -margin flat ; stems considerably branched ; _ , 



ovary glabrous (25) natalensis. 



Leaf-margin slightly revolute : 

 Sterna considerably branched : 

 Ovary glabrous : 



Leaves obtuse (26) platyphylla. 



Leaves acute or shortly acuminate (27) dregeana, 



Ovary pubescent ... (28) hirsuta. 



Stems simple or slightly branched, several from a 



woody base : 

 Fmiting pedicel several times longer than the 

 capsule ; A-enation of leaves not raised 

 beneath ; ovary usually more or less hirsute (29) disceptata. 



Fruiting pedicel not or only slightly longer than 

 the capsule ; ovary always quite glabrous : 

 Venation of leaves not raised beneath : 



Leaves cuneate or rounded at the base ... (30) monticola, 



Leaves all sul)cordate at the base (31) cordata. 



Venation of leaves distinctly raised beneath : 

 upper leaves cuneate, lower subcordate at 



the base (-32) heterophylla. 



ttLeaves not pellucid-punctate ; ovary glabrous : 

 Leaves dull, their margin flat: 



Leaves distinctly petioled, 4-5 times as long as 



broad ; twigs rather sharply angled (33) daphnoides. 



