758 cxxii. EUPHORBiACKiE (hutchinson). [Croton. 



dark brown above; lateral nerves about 12 on each side, spreading 

 almost at right angles to the midrib, slightly impressed above, a little 

 prominent below, but fading away towards the margin ; veins not 

 visible; petiole J-J in. long, scaly and slightly puberulous ; stipules 

 linear, terete, 1^ lin. long, covered with scales. Flowers dioecious. 

 Male racemes often crowded towards the end of the shoots, 2-3 J in. 

 lon^ ; pedicels about 1 lin. long ; bracts subulate, scaly, as long as the 

 pedicels. Sepals 5, connate at the base, ovate- triangular, obtuse, Ij 

 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, covered with silvery shortly ciliate scales on the 

 outside, pubescent within. Petals 5, as long as the sepals, oblong, 

 obtuse, fimbriate-scaly on the outside, densely ciliate, slightly pubescent 

 within. Stamens 13-15 ; filaments rather slender, thinly pilose in the 

 lower part. Receptacle pubescent. Female racemes lJ-2 in. long; 

 pedicels and bracts as in the male. Sepals a little narrower than those 

 of the male. Petals oblong-linear, obtuse, IJ lin. long, fimbriate- 

 scaly on the outside, glabrous within, with a tuft of hairs on the 

 margin at the top. Ovary fimbriate-scaly ; styles tripartite, segments 

 bifid. Capsule subglobose, 4 lin. in diam., covered with yellow orbi- 

 cular scales. Seeds 3 J lin. long, 2 J lin. broad, convex on the back; 

 testa light brown, dull and smooth. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 516. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : in gnrdens, Daniell ! Waterloo, Kirk, 27 I 

 Northern Nigeria: Ilorin, cultivated about the Yoruha towns, Barter, 3323? 

 Kontagoia, Dalziel, 281 ! Southern Nigeria : Ebute Metta, Millen, 14 ! near 

 'Lfi^os, Rowlmid ! Foster, 33! Punch, 20! Abeokut-a, Irving! Okumi, Holland, 

 173 ! Oban, Talbot, 109 ! 



14. C. zambesicusy Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 483. Branchlets 

 sulcate or angular when young, scaly. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate^ 

 obtuse or slightly acuminate, emarginate, narrowly cordate at the 

 base, 1^-4J in. long, 1-1| in. broad, entire, submembranous, glabrous 

 and dull brown on the upper surface, silvery and scaly below, with 2 

 conspicuous linear glands at the base; lateral nerves 12-14 on each 

 side of the midrib, spreading, slightly immersed above, raised below, 

 gradually fading towards the margin; veins not visible; petiole J-lJ 

 in. long, subterete, channelled above, scaly ; stipules linear-filiform or 

 obsolete, 3-4 lin. long, scaly. Flowers monoecious. Racemes up to 

 4 in. long, with a few female flowers towards the base, the remainder 

 males ; axis angular, densely covered with scales ; bracts subulate- 

 lanceolate, scaly, 1 lin, long, soon falling off. Male flowers : pedicel 

 1-2 lin. long, densely scaly. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, Ij lin. long, 

 1 lin. broad, coriaceous, densely covered with small fimbriate scales 

 on the outside, very shortly pubescent within and on the margin. 

 Petals 5, ovate, as large as the sepals, scaly outside, villous on the 

 margin, thinly pilose or glabrescent within. Disk-glands fleshy, 

 glabrous. Stamens 16-20; filaments thinly pilose in the lower part ; 

 anthers J lin. long. Receptacle pilose. Female flowfers: Sepals as in 

 the male. Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, If lin. long, | lin. broad. 

 Disk minute. Ovary covered with fringed scales ; styles spreading, 



