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446 EUPiiOFvBiACE.ii (rrain). [Cluytia. 



23. C. mollis (Pax in Engl. Jalirb. xix. 112) ; a shrub ; branches 

 and twig>^ terete, not warted, persistently tawny-velvety with 

 wsoft hairs ; leaves distinctly petioled, membranous, Avarted and 

 punctate, ovate-oblong, ovate or ovate-subcordate, subacute or 

 acute, base cuneate, truncate or subcordate, margin flat, 2-5^ in. 

 long, 1|-3| in. wide, sparingly pubescent with spreading hairs on 

 the nerves above, densely velvety on the nerves and sparingly 

 pubescent elsewhere beneath; petiole pubescent, ^-l^ in. long; 

 flowers dioecious, yellow, male short-pedicelled, in few-flowered 

 fascicles from perulate axillary swellings ; female usually paired ; 

 pedicels in flower \ in. long, pubescent with spreading hairs, 

 elongated in fruit and at length 1 in. long or longer ; male sepals 

 narrow-ovate, acute, warted-punctate and pubescent externally, 

 with a Sdobate basal scale ; petals spathulate-lanceolate, much 

 hunger than the sepals, narrowed to a wide claw, eglandular, but 

 each with a large stalked sub-2-lobed glai\d attached within the 

 insei'tion of the petals ; rudimentary ovary very short, cylindric, 

 glabrous ; female sepals firmer than the male, with a 2-3-lobate 

 basal scale ; petals much firmer than the male, hardly longer than 

 the sepals, Avith a small or obsolete basal scale; ovary glabrous; 

 styles free, shortly 2-fid ; capsule 1 in. across, subglobosc, strongly 

 warted-punctate ; vseeds black, shining. Encjl, Vjianzenr. Euphorh. 

 CltiyL 55; Hutchinson in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 808; Prain In 



Kew Bulletin, 1913, 406. 0. leuconenra, Pnx in Engl. Jahrh. Ix, 

 C. ahyssimca, var. usamharicaj Pax in Evyh Pjianzenr. Lc. 57 and 



vai\ ovalifolia^ Pax Lc. 



Easteun Region: Natal; Alfred County, near .Murchison, 2000 ft., Wood, 

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24. C. affinis (Sond. in Linnsea, xxiii. 126) ; a shrub, erect, 

 8-10 ft. high, much branched ; twigs spreading, usually terete or 

 slightly angled, grey- or tawny -pubescent ; leaves distinctly petioled, 

 firmly membranous, opaque, lanceolate-spathulate or oblong-obovate 

 or linear-elliptic, obtuse or subacute, narrowed from beyond the 

 middle to the base, margin flat, those of main-branches 2-3 in. long, 

 ^-1 in. wide, of small twigs about 1 in. long, |-?, in. wide, pubescent 

 or puberulous on both surfaces, with rather distinct main-nerves, 

 usually rather paler beneath; petiole 1-^ in. long, pubescent; 

 flowers dioecious, yellowish, male 4-6 together in axillary clusters, 

 female 2-3 ; pedicels ^^ in. long in the male, in the female up to 

 I in. long in fruit, rather rigid, pubescent ; male sepals n;irrow- 

 oblong, obtuse, pubescent, with a 3-lobate basal scale ; petals 



rounded-obovate, with a much thickened claw, 2-glandular at its 

 base ; rudimentary ovary cylindric, glabrous ; female sepals rather 

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

 than the male, eglandular ; ovary glabrous ; styles free, 3-fid ; 

 capsule ovoid, glabrous, puncticulate and slightly warted ; seeds 



