Croton.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (hutchinson). 78S 



or nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, 1J-3J in. long, 1J-2J in. broad, irre- 

 gularly crenate-serrate, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous or 

 with very few stellate hairs on the upper surface, at first softly tomen- 

 tose below, at length becoming thinly pubescent ; lateral nerves 6-9 

 on each side, looped, prominent below; tertiary nerves lax; petiole 

 |-1 J in. long, thinly stellate- tomentose ; glands 2 at the base of the 

 leaf, stipitate, cupular ; stipules linear -oblong, subacute, 2-3 lin. long, 

 with a few stellate hairs. Flowers dioecious. Male racemes terminal, 

 dense-flowered, pedunculate, up to 3 in. long, yellow-tomentose ; bracts 

 narrowly lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long, pubescent; pedicels 1-2 lin. 

 long, slender, tomentose. Sepals 5, obovcte, obtuse, If lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, stellate-pubescent outside, thinly adpressed-villous within. 

 Petals oblong, rounded at the apex, Ij lin. long, f lin. broad, glabrous 

 inside, thinly villous on the outside, with dense villous fringe around 

 the margin. Stamens about 16 ; filaments 1 J lin. long, glabrous ; 

 anthers J lin. long. Receptacle densely villous with weak white hairs. 

 Female flowers not known. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Rhodesia : forest near Old Livingstone, 6 miles above the 

 Victoria Falls, Seiner, 18 ! (not 15 as quoted by Pax). 



22. C. asperifoliuSy Pax in EngU JaArfe.xliii. 79. A small tree; 

 young branchlets sulcate, yellow-pubescent with short stellate hairs, the 

 older ones terete and quite glabrous. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 

 gradually and somewhat acutely acuminate, obtuse or rounded and with 

 2 subsessile glands at the base, 3J-5 in. long, 2J-3 J in. broad, rigidly sub- 

 chartaceous, denticulate, quite glabrous above from the beginning, at 

 first shortly stellate-pubescent, at length nearly glabrous below, 5-nerved 

 ar> the base, remaining lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, very prominent 

 below, slightly sunken above ; tertiary nerves very lax, prominent 

 below ; petiole IJ-lJ in. long, subterete, minutely puberuloas or glab- 

 rous ; stipules small, deciduous. Flowers probably dioecious, but neither 

 sex seen. Female racemes in fruit about 4 J in. long; axis angular, 

 puberulous ; pedicels stout, Ij lin. long. Sepals triangular, coriaceous, 

 about IJ lin. long, subacute, stellate-pubescent. Disk 5-lobed ; lobes 

 triangular, acute, glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, subacute, 4 lin. long, 3 lin. 

 in diam., rusty-torn en tellous. Seeds ellipsoid, nearly flat on the inner 

 side, convex outside, light brown, nearly smooth, 3 lin. long, 2 J lin. 

 broad . 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Kondue ; on the Sankuru River, Leder- 

 manji, 5 ! 



23. C. dispar, JSf. E. Br. in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 113. Branchlets 

 subterete, about 1 lin. thick, minutely and sparingly rusty -lepidote, at 

 length glabrous ; internodes }-l in. long. Leaves broadly elHptic-ovate 

 or oblong, obtusely subcuspidate-acuminate, broadly rounded and emar- 

 ginate or subcordateat the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, very thinly 

 chartaceous, minutely denticulate with glandular teeth, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, slightly shining above, trinerved and biglandular at the base, 



