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* Suffrutex, caules numerosi, erecti, superne ramosi, 15-20 cm, alti, 
-conspicue angulati et sulcati. Folia. inferne squamiformia, superne 
linearia vel lineari-lanccolata, acuta, 0°6—1 em. longa, apice brunnea, 
Infloresentia terminalis, racemosa ; flores sessiles, singuli, rarius in 
cymas 3-floras in axillis bracteae dispositi ; bracteae anguste ovato- 
lanceolatae, acutae, carinatae, carnosulae, 4 mm. longae, floribus 
aequilongae, bracteolae 2, circiter 3 mm. longae. Perianthium 
3°5 mm, longum, segmentis 2 mm. longis elliptico-lanceolatis cucul- 
latis apice dense barbatis. Antherae 0°75 mm, longae. Stylus 
1:25 mm. longus, medio antherarum attingens. Fructus ovoideus, 
3-4 mm. longus, costis 10 conspicuis reticulationibus tenuibus 
instructus, 
TropicaL Arrica., §S. Rhodesia: Victoria Falls; Candahar 
Island, 915 m., Rogers, 5467. 
1429. Croton subgratissimus, Prain [Huphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species ms ergeaes Burch, et C. Welwitschiano, Muell. Arg., quam 
maxime s ab ambabus tamen foliis supra persistenter stellato- 
Gaberals facillime distingrusuds: 
Arbuscula 1-4-metralis ; rami saepissime ternatim verticillati ; 
ramuli angulati, lepidoti; cortex aromaticus. Folia trita fragrantia, 
alterna, in apice ramulorum subapproximata, distincte vel longe petio- 
lata, coriacea, penninervia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, apice ipso 
emarginata, basi minutissime cordata, margine integra, 3-9 em 
longa, 1°25-3 cm. lata, supra _crebre persistenter stellato-puberula, 
subtus lepidibus argenteis hinc inde medio fuscis vestita ; nervi 
laterales utrinsecus "12-14, supra visibiles nec tamen impressi nec 
elevati, subtus haud visibiles ; nervus medius supra —— subtus 
elevatus ; ; petiolus canaliculatus, lepidotus, 1-3°5 em, longus apice 
glandulis 2 sessilibus instructus ; stipulae ea lepidotae, 
saepissime perparvae, nonnunquam 5-6 mm. longae. Racemi ter- 
minales, androgyni; rhachis lepidota; bracteae 4-florae, subulato- 
lanceolatae, 1 mm. longae, lepidotae ; pedicelli 3 mm, longi, lepi- 
oti. Flores utriusque sexus alabastro globosi, extra lepidoti. 
alyx maris profunde 5-partitus, lobis ovatis obtusis intus 
pubescentibus, Petala 5, ovata, obtusa, extra parce lepidota, 
margine villosa, intus ceterum labra. Stamina 15-20; filamenta 
parce pubescentia ; receptaculum pilosum; glandulae disci crassae, 
glabrae. Calyx feminei ei maris simillimus. Petala 5, oblongo- 
Tasioectata obtusa, extra lepidota, intus hirsuta. Discus hypogynus 
perparvus. Ovarium dense lepidotum, 3-loculare, loculis l-ovulatis ; 
styli patentes 6-8-partiti, glabri. | Capsula parum 3-lobum, 
8-9 mm. longum, dense en Semina laevia. 
TropicaL ArFrica. Lower Guinea: German South - west 
Africa; Hereroland, Gkabande: 1340-1675 m., Hopfner, 44, 
Marloth, 1354, Dinter, 229; Otjivazandu, Rauianén, 571s Ombika, 
Beene, 572. 
mb. Dist.: Tropical Western Bechuanaland; Olifant’s 
Kloot Fle, oe 453a. 
Sout rica. Kalahari Region: Temperate Bechuanaland ; 
Pota Marth 3331. Transvaal ; Macalisberg, Engler, 2767 ; 
Wonderbo oort, near Pretoria, Rehmann, 4552, Leendertz, 270, 
Rogers, 233 urtt Davy, 1849, Fehr, 54, 
