Croton.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 761 



scales below; lateral nerves spreading, 12-16 on each side, slender, 

 slightly impressed above, slightly prominent below, gradually fading 

 and branched towards the margin ; veins not evident ; glands 2 at the 

 base of the leaf, stipitate, coriaceous ; petiole ^-2^ in. long, rather 

 slender, scaly ; stipules minute. Flowers monoecious. Racemes 

 terminal, up to fi in. long, many-flowered, a few females towards the 

 base, the remainder males ; axis angular or sulcate, densely covered 

 with scales ; bracts small and caducous. Male flowers : pedicel 

 lJ-2 lin. long, subterete, covered with silvery scales. Sepals ovate- 

 triangular, obtuse, 1 J lin. long, 1 lin. broad, coriaceous, densely scaly 

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

 ^lliptic-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, Ij lin. long, | lin. broad, 

 covered with silvery-white fringed scales on the outside, villous on 

 the margin and within. Disk-glands fleshy, glabrous. Stamens 15 ; 

 filaments slender, thinly pilose in the lower half; anthers | lin. long. 

 Receptacle pilose. Female flowers : pedicel as in the male. Sepals 

 lanceolate, 1 J lin. long, scaly outside. Petals oblong-linear, scarcely 

 1 lin. long, "villous. Disk glabrous, fleshy. Ovary densely covered 

 with fringed scales ; styles 5-6 -partite, segments linear, subterete, 

 pubescent on the back. Capsule oblong-obovoid, truncate at the top, 

 about J in. long and 4 lin. in diam., covered with scales giving it a 

 warted appearance. Seeds oblong, convex on the back, 5 lin. long, 

 3 lin. broad, slightly shining and a Uttle wrinkled. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 739b ! 



Iiower Guinea. Guboou: Libreville, Klaine, 71! 556! Sibaiige Farm, 

 Soyaux, 3 ! Spanish Guinea : Tessmann, 832 ! 



18. C. Draconopsis, Milll. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 338. A 

 tree up to 20 ft. high ; branchlets stout, sulcate, pubescent. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, acute or shortly and acutely acuminate, cordate at the 

 base, 2J-6 in. long, l\-^ in. broad, coarsely and doubly dentate with 

 numerous teeth, membranous or thinly chartaceous, thinly stellate- 

 pubescent above when young, at length glabrous, softly stellate- 

 pubescent below in the mature state, digitately 5-nerved from the base, 

 remaining lateral nerves 3-5 on each side, diverging from the midrib 

 at an angle of 45°, all prominent below ; transverse nerves rather 

 distant, subparallel, distinct below in the older leaves; petiole IJ-oJ 

 in. long, tomentellous ; stipules linear-subulate, 2-3 lin. long, pubescent. 

 Flowers monoecious. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, 4-6 in. long, 

 a few females towards the base, the remainder males, or all males ; 

 axis rather stout, stellate-tomentose ; bracts very small. Male flowers : 

 pedicel slender, 3 lin. long, puberulous. Sepals 5, ovate-oblong, U lin. 

 long, shortly ciliate. Petals 5, elliptic-oblanceolate, very densely villous 

 on the margin, Ij lin. long. Disk-glands fleshy, triangular, bifid, 

 glabrous. Stamens 15 ; filaments very slender, IJ lin. long, glabrous. 

 Receptacle villous. Female flowers similar to the male. Ovary 2- 

 celled, densely hairy; styles broad, bifid.— Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 522 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1)70 ; De Wild. Etudes 

 Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 277. 



