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articulatis 6 mm. longis; bracteolis herbaceis subulatis 2 mm. 
longis plurifloris. Calyx maris viridis, membranaceus, glaber, in 
alabastro e basi lata breviter conico clausus dein profunde valvatim 
4-lobus, lobis late triangularibus apice acuminato incrassatis. 
Stamina ultra 60, exteriora 10, cetera centralia, glandulis juxta- 
staminalibus rhomboideis apice pilis elongatis viscidulis onustis 
intermixta ; antherarum locelli obovoidei ; filamenta fere obsoleta, 
Flores feminei et fructus adhuc ignoti. C. columnare, Engl. in Sitz. 
Preuss. Akad, Wiss, xxxviii. p. 829; nec Muell. Arg. 
Tropical, Arrica. Congo State: Lualaba-Kasai Dist. ; 
Mukenge, Pogge, 1373; Kwango Dist., Butaye ; environs of 
Lazaret, Vanderyst. 
1204. Claoxylon (Athroandra) oleraceum, Prain {Euphorbiaceae- 
Crotoneae] ;_ affinis atrovirenti, Pax, sed foliis saturatius 
viridibus maturitate rigidioribus fere glabris nervis paucioribus 
magisque prominentibus, pedicellis brevioribus fructibusque 
subtus pallidiora minutissime verruculosa, et parce persistenter 
pubescentia praesertim secus nervos ; nervi utrinsecus 3-5, sub- 
patentes, intra marginem distincte anastomosantes et maturitate 
longo, pedicellis capillaribus glabris prope basin articulatis, maris 
0°8-1'2 cm., feminei 2 
Stamina 30-40, exteriora 10, 
boideis apice _ pilis elongatis viscidulis onustis intermixta ; 
; : culare, glabrum ; stylus crassus, 
_Stigmatibus 2 ovatis vel lineari-ovatis integris 
aevibus divaricatis coronatus. Fructus cinnabari 
bort 
Semina cinerea, fere faci manifeste reticulata.—C. Barteri, 
Hook. f., Journ, Linn. Soe. vi. p. 21, partim et queads is 
. Barteriana 
in insula Lagos lecta tantum., C. africanum, Muel So¥ in DC, 
