432 EUFHORBIACE^ (rrain). [Chtytia. 



pubescent, naiTOW-obovate, -^ in. long, ^vith a 3-5-lobate basal 

 scale ; petals shortly clawed, rounded ovate, as long as the calyx, 

 hairy externally, with an undivided basal gland ; rudimentary 

 ovary dilated at the tip, glabrous; female sepals ovate-oblong, with 

 an undivided basal scale ; petals rather longer than the calyx, 

 linear-oblong, tomentose externally, with a 2-lobed basal scale ; 

 ovary tomentose ; styles short, 2-fid ; capsule -i- in. long, nearly as 

 broad, densely woolly pubescent ; seeds black, shining. Lam. 

 EncycL ii, 54; Willd. Sjj. PL iv. 881, excL syn. Thiinl, ; Pers.Syn. ii. 

 636; Spreng. Syst. iii. 49; Sond, in Linnsea, xxiii. 131; Dietr. 



Syn. V. 455; BailL Etud, Gen. Eujjhorh. 331, L 16, Jiys. 20, 21, and 

 in Adanmnia^ iii. 152 ; 3IiilL Arg, in DC Prodr. xv. ii. 1053, incL 

 var. elUptica ; Pax in EngL Pflanzenr, EapJiorh. Clnyt, 76, ind, var, 

 elUplica iclwlhj and var. marginata partly , Prain in Kew BnUetin^ 

 1913, 386. (7. marginata^ E, Meyer in Drrge, Zicei Pfi. Boctimente^ 

 174^ h only; Sond. in Ltnneea^ xxiii. \Z0^ partly and as to Prrge's 

 Swellendam plant only. Pensea tomentom^ Tliunh. Prodr, 30, and 

 FL Cap. ed, Schdt. 150. Gelssoloma tomentostim^ Juss. in Ann. Sc, 

 Nat. Hme sir. vi. 27. 



South Africa: without locality, Tulha>jh. 129 in Herh. Lirip^rusl Ilcrh. 

 Willdenoiv, 18600! Thxniherg\ Lichten stein \ Thorn, 300! 



Coast Region : Caledou Div. ; nortlieru slopes of the Klein River Mts., 1000- 

 2000 ft., Eckl(m\ Echlon d. Zajher, 66! Zeyher, 3825! between Bontjes Kraal 

 and Zwarteberg, ^f7;Zon & Zeyher^ 55! between Babylons Tower aiid Caledon, 

 Ecklon 6c Zeyher \ Bredasdorp Div.; by the Kars River, Echlon ^& Zcyltcr I near 

 Elim, Schlechter, 7646 I Bolus, 7870 I Swellendam Div. ; Hills near Swellendam, 

 Burchell 7437 

 Breede River, 



iitr, f\)±yj : j:>uius, totv i oweiieuuam ui\. ; niiis near oweuciiuaui, 



37! Nivenl MacOimn, 1994! Kennedy] between Swellendam and 

 ■, BurclieU, 7444 ! Bowk \ between Span^bosch and Tradouw, Drege \ 



4. C, marginata (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 174 ; 



a only : name) ; a shrub 3-4 ft. high ; twigs spreading, angular, 

 densely grey-tomentose ; leaves firmly papery, shortly petioled, 

 obovate, acute, base gradually cuneate, margin flat, spreading, 

 not imbricate, ^-1 in. long, ^— ^- in. wide, densely grey-pubescent 

 on both surfaces ; petiole x2~tV i^- l^^g / flowers dioecious, white^ 

 male usually 1-3, female solitary in the leaf -axils ; pedicels short, 

 hoary pubescent ; male sepals densely pubescent, ovate-oblong, 

 ^ in. long, with a 7-9-lobate basal scale ; petals distinctly 

 clawed, rhomboid, sparingly hairy externally, with a minute 

 gland ; rudimentary ovary cylindric, sparingly hairy throughout ; 

 female sepals ovate-oblong, with a simple basal scale ; petals 

 as long as calyx, oblong, pubescent externally, with a 2-lobed 

 basal scale; ovary tomentose; styles short, 2-fid ; capsule ' ii^- 

 long, nearly as broad, rather sparingly shortly tomentose ; seeds 

 black, shining. Sond. in Linnwa, xxiii. 130, mainly, hut exel. Drege s 



Swellendam plant", BailL Adansonia, iii. 152; Prain in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1913, 388. (7. iomentosa, var. marginata, MiilL Arg.inDC. 

 Prodr, XV. ii. 1053, wholly; Pax in EngL Pjianzenr. Euphorb. Cluyt-y 

 76, partly, G, incanescens, Rort. ex Prain in Keio BnUeiin, 1913, 38o. 



South Africa : caltivated specimens ! 



