752 cxxii. EUPHOiiBiACE.15 (hutchinsox). [Croton. 



2. C. Scarciesiiy Scott-Klliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 96. A 

 shrub ; branches slender, terete, glabrous ; young lateral flowering 

 -branchlets very short, about J in. long. Leaves crowded, oblanceolate 

 or almost obovate, rounded at the apex, slightly cuneate or obtuse at the 

 base, J-lJ in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, entire, membranous, glabrous and 

 dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 4-() on each side, distinct on both 

 surfaces ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, shortly adpressed-pubescent ; stipules 

 rigid, scaly, subulate and very acute from a broadened base, Ij lin. long, 

 adpressed-pubescent. Flowers monoecious. Male racemes very short, 

 about 5-flowered, ^ in. long; bracts ovate, membranous, ciliate, | lin. 

 long; pedicels IJ lin. long, minutely puberulous. Calyx campanulate, 

 o-lobed ; lobes ovate, obtuse, J lin. long, membranous, ciliate, sparingly 

 stellate-pubescent outside. Petals about J the size of the calyx-lobes, 

 obovate, obtuse, glabrous outside. Disk-glands very small, opposite the 

 sepals, glabrous. Stamens 5-6 ; filaments very short, pubescent in the 

 middle ; anthers oblong. Receptacle nearly glabrous. Female flowers 

 solitary on a-branchlct separate from the males ; pedicel up to l| lin. 

 long, puberulous. Calyx .^-lobed ; lobes ovate-triangular, acute, ad- 

 pressed-pubescent on the outside, glabrous within. Petals absent. Disk 

 fleshy, 5-lobed ; lobes broadly ovate, apiculate, glabrous. Ovary slightly 

 trilobed, densely hirsute ; styles 3, spreading, bilobed to near the base ; 

 lobes linear, terete, J lin. long, glabrous. Capsule bristly with tubercular- 

 based hairs. Seeds reddish-brown, dull, nearly 2 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: on rocks partly in water near Mofari, 

 Scarcies River, Scott-Elliot, 4432! near Sasscni, Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4518! 

 Ivory Coast; Conioe River, between Alepe anct Malamalassa, Chevalier, 17513! 

 Abiati, Chevalier, 17539 ! 



3. C. pol3^richus. Pax in Enyl. Jahrh. xv. 533. Branches terete, 

 glabrous ; young branchlets densely yellow- or rusty -tomentose. Leaves 

 oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic, rather abruptly and acutely acuminate,- 

 rounded or very sliglitly cordate and biglandular at the base, 1-2 in. 

 long, ^-Ij in- broad, minutely serrulate or subentire, rigidly mem- 

 branous or thinly chartaceous, rusty-tomentose when young, at length 

 shortly stellate-pubescent on both surfaces, 5-nerved at the base, remain- 

 ing lateral nerves about 4 on each side, nearly straight, curved and 

 fading near the margin, prominent on the lower surface ; tertiary nerves 

 parallel, distinct below ; petiole 3-6 lin. long, villous ; stipules minute. 

 Flowers monoecious. Racemes terminal, the lower third entirely 

 female, the upper two-thirds malej female pedicels very short, male 

 about 2 lin. long, slender, rusty stellate-pilose; bracts linear, IJ lin. 

 long, rusty stellate- pubescent. Male flowers : Sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, 

 1 lin. long, rusty stellate-pubescent outside. Petals 5, oblong, as long 

 as the sepals, densely villous on the margin, especially at the l3ase and 

 apex. Disk-glands small, fleshy, suborbicular. Stamens 15 ; filaments 

 glabrous; a,nthers \ lin. long. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers: 

 Sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 1 J lin. long, J lin. broad, thinly rusty 

 .stellate-pubescent outside. Petals represented by tufts of hair^. Disk 

 thin, undulately lobed, glabrous. Ovary rusty stellate-tomentose ; styles 



