

Ca2)ero7ua,] EUPHOiiBlACE.E (rrain). 457 



tnan the otliers. Stamens usually 10 ; filaments connate below in a 

 column, distinctly 2-seriate abovej their free portions spreading ; 

 anthers 2-celled j cells dehiscing longitudinally , pendulous from the 

 tip of the glandular connective. Eudimentary ovary cylindricj 

 crowning the staminal column. Female : Sepals 5-6, rarely more 

 numerous^ somewhat unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, subetjual, nar- 

 rower than in the male. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules solitary in each cell ; 

 styles 3j slightly connate below, ovate, deeply laciniate. CapsnlG 

 3-coccous ; cocci 2-valYed ; valves externally covered with flattened 

 or subulate processes mixed with or passing into gland-tipped setse. 

 Seeds nearly globose, ecarunculate j testa minutely punctate- 

 reticulate ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. 



Erect annual herbs with branching stems ; leaves alternate ; racemes axillary, 

 with nTji^ierous male flowers above and a few badal female flowers. 



Dl-^tuib. Species about 12, mainly in tropical South America, a few African. 



1* C, Stuhlmanni (Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 81) ; stems branchin^ 

 rather stout, soft, hispid throughout, 2-5 ft. high ; leaves short- 

 petioled, lanceohite or oblong-lanceolate or linearj acute, base acute, 

 margin sharply serrate, 2-4| in. long, |— 1 in. wide, hispid on the 

 nerves, especially beneath; petiole yV"i ^^- ^^i^o? hispid* stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, or subulate, caducous ; racemes 

 --2|^ ill, long; rhachis and pedicels hispid; bracts lanceolate, 

 small ; male sepals 5, ovate, acute, hispid ; petals 5, veiy unequal, 

 3 larger spathulate-oblong, larger than the sepals, 2 very small, 

 narrow-oblong, all clawed ; female sepals 5-6, unequal, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, hispid, the 2-3 outer slightly shorter than the 3 

 inner; petals 5, casually 6, oblong-lanceolate, rather shorter than 

 the outer sepals ; ovary closely beset with narrow-subulate gland- 

 tipped processes ; capsule muricate and setose, \ in. across ; seeds 

 deep blue-grey or nearly black, spherical. Pax in Engl. Pji. Ost- 

 ^fr. a 237 ; Prain in Dyer, Fl Trap. Afr. vi. i. 831. 



EASTKitN Rkgion : Delagoa Bay; Incaubini, Schlcchtcr, 1203D I 

 Also in Tropical Eatit Africa. 



Very nearly allied to (7. pahistrh, St. Hil., which is wide-spread in Tropical 

 Africa ; the uiost satisfactory differential character is in the colour oi the seeds, 

 nearly black iu C. Stahlmumi, brown or tawny in C. ■palustns. 



XXIIa. CHROZOPHORA, Neck. 



The genus CiiiiOzopHORA, Neck., distinguished from Caperonia, 

 St. Hil, by its stellate pubescence, by the absence of a rudimentary 

 ovary in the male flower and by its 2-fid but not laciniate styles, h;is 

 ^^^t yet been recorded from within our region. One member, 

 G. pUcata, A Juss.. var. erecta^ Prain in Eew Bulletin, 1918, 94, 



