Cluytia.] eupiiorbiace.k (rrain). 437 



•vide, quite glabrous on both surfaces, rather dark green above, pale 



beneath ; internodes faintly angular, i-i in. long ; flowers dioecious, 



greenish- white, pedicelled, male solitary or in pairs, female solitary; 

 male sepals obovate, obtuse, with a 3-lobate basal scale ; petals wide- 

 obovate, cuneately unguiculate, 1 -glandular at the base; rudimentary 

 ovary turbinate, glabrous; female sepals elliptic-lanceolate, larger 

 than the male, with a 3-lobate basal scale ; petals oblong-obovate, 

 eglandular ; ovary glabrous ; styles free, 2-fid; capsule subglobose, 

 •J in. across; seeds black, shinini^. Prain in Kew Bidletin, 1913, 



391. ' 



Kalahari Rkgio' : Transvaal ; Amsterdam, BucJuuian, 2970 1 3185 ! Barberton, 

 Thorncroft, 3935! Umlomati ValJey, near Earberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 136S ! 

 SwazilajKl ; Dalriach, near Mbabane, 4900 ft., Bolu,% 122S6! 



Eastern Region: Pondoland ; without precise localitv, Bachmann, 782 1 809! 

 Natal; Umgoti, Oo-nml \ Ingouia, GerranI, 1163! KIip River, 3500-4500 ft., 

 Snihcrhind ! 



12, C. laxa (Eckl. ex Sond. in Liiina^a, xxiii. 128) ; a small erect 

 shrub up to 2 ft, high ; stems slender, woody, much branched ; twigs 

 rather spreading, jflabrons ; leaves sessile, coriaceous, opaque, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse but mucronulate, base rounded, margin slightly scabrous, 

 usually flat, |— 1 in. long, -J-^ in. wide, quite glabrous on both 

 surfaces, rather pale gi'een especially beneath ; internodes faintly 

 angular, under \ in. long ; flowers dioecious, white, subsessile, male 

 in few-flowered glomerules, female all solitary, rather densely 

 ^ggi'egated towards end of twigs ; male sepals obovate, obtuse, 

 with a 3-lobate basal scale ; petals wide-obovate, cuneately ungui- 

 culate^ 2-glandular at the base; rudimentary ovary turbinate, 

 glabrous; female sepals elliptic-lanceolate, larger than the male, 

 ^vith a 3-lobate basal scale; petals oblong-obovate, eglandular; 

 ovary glabrous ; styles free, 2-fid ; capsule subglobose, I in. across ; 

 seeds black, shining. Prain in Kew BuUetln, 1913, 392. C. Alater- 

 noides, Sims, Bot. Mag, f. 1321 ; AH. Hurt Kew. ed, % v. i22,partlifi 

 "fiot of Linn. C. alatenwidesj /? intermediay Sond, Z.c, mainly ; Baill, 

 Adanmnia^ iii. 150. G. alafernoides, y lanceoJata, aa jilanifolia^ 

 Sond. Ix.yexcL syn. WiUd. C. alaiernoides^ t, lanceolata, Baill. I.e. ; 

 Mull, Arg, in DC. Frodr. xv. ii. 1048. C. alaternoides, y amjnsii folia, 



if 



PJianz€}ir. Euphorl, Cliiyt 70, fig 



South Africa: cultivated specimens ! 



Coast Region : Rivcrsdale Div. ; Garcias Tass, PhilUj^s, 370 ! Oudtshooni Div. ; 

 iiear Oudtahooru, Miss Britten, 89 ; Knysiia Div. ; near Kiiysna, Newdegate ! 

 Uitenhage, £:ckIov d- Zryher, 42 ! Elands Kloof, E*'klon ! Ecklon & Zeyher, 59 ! 

 Tort Elizabeth, Bola», 2243 ! Mrs, Paterson, 1109 ! Walmer, Mrs. Paterson, 832! 

 Albany Div. ; at Soutar^^ Post, Burchell, 3504 ! Graliamstown, WUUamsoii I 



vvwu urv, ; nangkJip Mountain, DDOU-oduu it., i^tatpi/i, lu^i ; lu^^ : ^ju^^iixw^.^, 

 Range, Wylei/ \ Stutterheim Div. ; Fort Cunyngliame, >S;>/i, 2180! Komtrha Div. ; 

 near the mouth of the Kei River, 200 ft., Flanagan^ 1149! British KaSrana ; 

 without prec'se locality, Cooper, 78 I 79 ! 



