Oroton.] cxxii. euphorbiace.*: (iiutchinson). 753 



3, spreading, linear, bilobed to the middle, slightly hairy below, lobes 

 glabrous. Fruits not seen. 



wile Xiand. Jur: Abu Gurun Seriba, Schweinfurih, 1845! 



Pax states in his description that the glands at the base of the leaf-blade are 

 absent, but they are present, though sometimes nearly hidden by the indumentum, in 

 both the Berlin and Kew specimens. 



4. C. dichogamuSy Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. l>i. A shrub orjtree 

 with pyramidal crown ; branches subterete, glabrous ; young branchlets 

 densely covered with brown overlapping scales, not hairy. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or slightly pointed, rounded 

 at the base, 1J-2J in. long, J-lJ in. broad, entire, almost membranous, 

 glabrous and yellowish-brown on the upper surface, den.sely covered with 

 silvery scales beneath with a few brownish ones scattered here and there, 

 not at all hairy ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, spreading, faint and 

 looped on the upper surface, usually slightly raised below ; glands 2 at 

 the base of the blade, cupular, subsessile, fleshy, glabrous ; petiole 3-r> 

 lin. long, densely covered with scales; stipules minute. Flowers mona^- 

 cious. Racemes terminating lateral branchlets, |-1J in. long, few- 

 flowered, the females at the base, the males in the upper part; ^xis 

 angular, densely scaly. Male flowers: pedicel 1-1 J lin. long. Sepals 

 G, broadly ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, | lin. broad, densely scaly outside, 

 shortly villous on the margin, glabrous within. Petals oblong, obtuse, 

 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, villous on the margin, otherwise glabrous. Disk- 

 L'lands rounded, fleshy, glabrous. Stamens 20 ; filaments pubescent. 

 Receptacle pilose. Female flowers: pedicel rather stout, 2 lin. long, 

 scaly. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, | lin. long, f lin. broad, scaly outside, 

 shortly villous on the margin, glabrous within. Petals absent. Disk 

 annular, fleshy, glabrous. Ovary covered with orbicular overlappino- 

 membranous scales ; styles bipartite to near the base ; segments linear, 

 glal)rous, slightly swollen and minutely bifid at the apex. Fruits not 

 known. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia: Galla country; lielann, EllenbecJ,', 337 I DaroU, 

 EUenhech, 1924! Harar, EllenbecJ.', 635! British East Africa: Kibwezi, 

 ScheJJer, 1 ! between Kibwezi and Machakos, Scott-Elliot, 6711 ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Wudeh, TJhlicj, 558. 



5. C. Menyhartii, Vax in Bull. Ilerh. Bolss. vi. 73o. A woody 

 shrub, 3-0 ft. high, much-branched ; branchlets slender, stellate- tomen- 

 tose, at length glabrous with a grey bark. Leaves oblong-ovate or oblong- 

 elliptic, obtuse and emarginate, rounded and slightly cordate and unequal- 

 sided at the base, j-2J in. long, \-\ in. broad, subchartaceous, entire, 

 green and thinly stellate-pubescent on the upper surface, densely covered 

 with silvery orbicular scales and stellate pubescence beneath ; petiole 

 1-1 1 lin. long, tomentose ; stipules small and subulate. Flowers mona'- 

 cious. Racemes terminating lateral branchlets, \-'-\ in. long, 5-15- 

 flowered, densely covered with pale yellow orbicular scales and stellate 

 hairs ; male flowers on pedicels 2-3 lin. long in the upper part of the 

 inflorescences, females fewer, on pedicels 1 lin. long at the base of each 



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