4 



Cluytia,] EUPHORBIACE^ (Prain). 439 



finally scabrous and usually distinctly revolute, . f-l|. in. long, 

 ^ in, wide, quite glabrous on both surfaces, dark green above, 



paler beneath ; internodes faintly angular, J-J in, long ; flowers 

 dioecious, white, pedicelled, male in few-flowered glomerules, female 

 solitary; pedicels glabrous, male slender, ^ in. lung, female in fruit 

 rigid and stoutish, ^- in. long ; male sepals obovate, obtuse, with a 

 3-lobate basal scale ; petals widc-obovate, cuneately unguiculate, 

 2-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, shining. 

 Linn, Sp. PL ecL ii. 1475, excL syn. Harm, $ and sijn. Comm. ; 



/ 



syn. Cohim. 

 Willd. Hort, 



BeroL 50, L 50, and Sp, PL iv, ii. 879, partli/; Pers. Syn. ii. 636 ; 

 Spremj. Sysf. iii, 49; E. Meyer in JDrege^ Zwci PJl. Documented 174, 

 «8 to aa partly and as to c] Dietr. Syn, v. 455; BaiJL Adansonia, 

 iii. 150, as to syn, Willd.; Prain in Kew Bulletin, 19t3, 395. C. 

 polygalsefolia, Salisb. Prodr, 390. C. alatemoides^ p intermedia^ 

 Sand, in Linnsea, xxiii. 128, as to syn, Burm,, hut excl, syn. E. 

 Meyer, C. alaternoides^ y laneeolata, Sond, Z.c, as to syn. Willd, 

 but excL ^yu. Bat. Mag. and syn. EekL and all specimens. C. 

 alaternoidcs, € angasiifolia, a longifolia, MiilL Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV, ii. 1048 ; not var. angustifoUay E. Meyer. C! alaternoidesy 

 y an giisf /folia, 1 haiceolatay Pax in EngL Pjlanze7V\ Efq)7iqrK Chnjt. 



Sond. 



ifolla, E. M^ 



?/ Knauf, 



Vau. B, brevifolia (E. Meyer ex Sond. iu Linnsea, xxiii. 128) ;■ a shrub, 6-10 ft. 

 high ; stem? and twigs as iu the type ; leaves as in the type,, but never exceeding 

 i in. in length, usually shorter; internodes usually di:>tinctly angular, sometimes 

 strongly win-^nd. C. aUte^^ioides , Tkuuh. Prodr. 53, and FL Cajt. ed. Schidt, 

 270, partli/ hardly ; of Linn. ; Prain l,c. 3i)6. C. alatermldis, B [IrevifoUa'}, E. 

 Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Bocumente, 174, as to a oahj (name). C, alaternoides, 

 y genuiiia, c hrevifoHa, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1048.. C. alaternotdcs, 

 y genuina, e imhricata, Midi. Arg, I.e. ; Pax iii Engl. Pflanzenr. EtiphorK CluyU 

 70. V. cdaternokJes^ g^uina, 3 eUiptiea, Pax Lc. partly; yiot of Mi'dL Arg. 

 C. (wjiduta, Burch.ya'nd C, myrtlfolla, Barcli. ex Prain in Keir Bidktin, 1913, 396. 



+ 



Vab. y, angustifolia (E. Meyer ex Soad. in Lhmtea, ssiii. 128, in part only); 

 shrub ; stems and twigs as in type ; leaves not exceeding ^ in. m length, very 

 distinctly revolute ; internodes distinctly angular or almost winged, but wings not 

 toothed. Prain, I.e. 396. C. alaternokle.% y [angustifolia'], E. Meyer in Drege, 

 Zivtl Pfl, Docmnente, 174, m to a only. C. alaternoides, y laneeoMa, ^j3 reroluta, 

 Sond, I.e. in part only. C. alaternoides , 6 angmtlfolut, c leptophylla, Miill. Arg. 

 in Da Prodr. xv. ii. lOlS ; Pax in EngL Pjianzenr. Euphorb. Clnyt. 70. 



South Africa: cultivated specimens ! 



Coast Region : ClanwilUam Div. ; Cedar Berg, near Hennig Vlei, 2800 ft., 

 Dieh, SM ! Piquetberg Div. ; Piqueniers Kloof, 1100 ft., Schkchter, 4966 partly! 

 Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Drege, cl 1S3(> ! Paarl Div.; 

 Wellington, Miss Doidge \ Cape Div. ; various localities, Burmann ! Oldenburg, 

 296 partly! Elliott \ Harvey^ 24! Masson\ Spielhausl Rehmann, 1271 mainly! 

 Maad * Maire ! Reeves \ Lalande ! Pinor ! Drege, aa ! 374 ! Pappel Wlhns, 3G13 ! 



