Cluytia,] EUPHORBIACE^ (Prain). 431 



South Africa : Var. 7, without locality, Miss Cole ! and cultivated specimeus ! 



Coast Regtox: Piquetberg Div. ; Mount Congo, ManddsMalrel Malmesburv 

 Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1933! 1934! 1935! 1936 1 Worcester Uiv/; 

 Hex River Mountains, 2000-3000 ft., Drege, 2«2 ! Cape Div. ; various locali- 

 ties, Thunhergl Hesse \ Oldenburg I Zichtenstein I Drege, 8232 a pai-tly ! and d! 

 Krebs ! Bilmmer, 71 a partly ! Ecklou ! Wolley-Dod, 2661 ! Barchell, 965 ! Ecklan ! 

 Ecklon dj Zeyherl Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys Pass, 400 ft., Schlechter, 7814 

 partly! Caledon Div. ; neai- Genadendal, Burchdl, 7677 mainly! Bolus, 7425! 

 Klein River Mountains, 1000-3000 ft., EcUon cL* Zeyker, 58 partly! Grabouw, 

 Palmiet River, Guthrie, 3819! Svrellendam Div.; near Swellendam, Bojciel 

 Riversdale Div. ; Zandhoogde, Muir, 299 {Galpin^ 5334)! George Div. ; Cra- 

 docks Pass, Prior I OuteuK^ua Mountains, Krauss, 1716 ! Knysna Div. ; between 

 Groene Valley and Zwart Valley, Burckell, 5675 ! UitenliaL^^e Div, ; Van Stadens- 

 berg, BcJdon ^t Zef/hcr, 57 ! Scott Elliot, 309 partly! Winterhoek, Krauss, 1717 1 

 Port Elizabeth Div. ; Cockscomb, Mrs. Patcrsou, 2047 ! Albany Div. ; near 

 Grahamstovvn, IliUton f Coldspring, Glass^ 365 ! Var. ^ : Cape Div, ; various 

 localities, Bergius ! Miss Cole ! Roxhvrgh ! Barckell, 966 I 8426 ! 8482 ! Harvey, 

 5840! Rehrnann, 975! 2198! Drege I Ecldon, 115! 200! Prior \ Anderssonl 

 DumnuT, 71 a partly ! 1232! Zeyher, 3827 partly! Schkchtcr, 770 1 Wolletf-Dod, 

 1109 ! 2480 ! 2518 ! Bohertsoril Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrvs Pass, 400 ft., 

 Burchell, 8279! Schlechter, 7S14 partly! 7815! Hottentots "^ Holland, EcUon, 

 ^44 ! Ecklou d' Zeyher, hO ! Zeyher, 3827 partly ! Uitenhage Div. ; between 

 Maitland and Van Stadens River, Burchell, 4628 ! Van Stadensberg, Drege, 8232 e ! 

 Ecklon <t- Zeyher, 57 partly ! Scott Elliot, 309 partly ! Var. 7: Cape Div. ; near 

 Cape Town, Roxhurgh ! Mmson I Caledon Div. ; Baviaans Kloof near Gena- 

 dendal, Burchell, 7677 partly ! Knoflooks Kraal, Ecklon db Zeyher, 56 ! Klein 

 River Mountains, 1000-3000 ft., Ecklon d; Zeyher, 58 mainly! Swellendam Div. : 

 Sparrbosch, Drege, 8231 ! Puspas Valley and Voorniansbosch, Ecklon S: Zcyhcr, 

 ^5 ! by the River Zonder Einde, Zeyher, 3826 ! near Swellendam, Bowie \ Bolua. 

 fferh. Noo^m, Aiistr.-Afr, 1365 ! Riversdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, 1000-1400 ft.^ 

 Bolus I Schlechter, 2198 ! Galpln, 4570 ! Kleinberg, Muir, 501 ! 



Central Region: Prince Albert Div. ; Zwartberg, near Vrolyk, 3000-4000 ft., 

 ^rege, 8232 f (fide Sonder). 



2. C. nana (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1913, 386); a dwarf under- 

 slirub, 3-4 in. high ; branches stout, again intricately branching, 

 twigs quite glabrous ; leaves sessile, coriaceous, ovate, acute, base 

 rounded, margin involute, very closely imbricate, I in. long, jV in. 

 ^'ide, convex subcarinate below, deep concave above, quite glabrous ; 

 flowers dicBcious, male solitary; female not seen; pedicels very 

 short, glabrous ; male sepals ovate^ cucullate, obtuse, with a large 

 4-lobate basal gland ; petals ovate, obtuse, clawed, with a solitary 

 small gland at the junction of the lamina and claw ; rudimentary 

 ovary very short, rounded, glabrous. 



Kalahaki Region: Orange River Colony; Mont aux Sources, 10,000 ft., 

 Mann m HcrL. Marlotli, 2870 ! 



,3. C. tomentosa (Linn. Mant. Alt. 299 [Clatia]) ; a shrub, 2-ift. 

 ^igh ; twigs fastigiate, cylindric, densely grey-tomentose ; leaves 

 coriaceous, sessile or nearly so, elliptic or oblong or orbicular, usually 

 obtuse, base rounded, margin flat, ascending and often imbricate, 

 h~i in. long, i-i iu. wide, densely grey-pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 flowers dioecious, white, male usually, female almost always solitary 

 111 the leaf-axils ; pedicels short, pubescent ; male sepals densely 



