Crolon.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchixsox). 765 



shortly pubescent; stipules subulate, about I lin. long. Flowers monoi- 

 cious. Racemes axillaiy and terminal, up to 4J in. long, few-flowered, 

 one or two females towards the base, the remainder males ; axis some- 

 what compressed, rusty stellate-puberulous ; bracts lanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrescent. Male flowers : pedicel 1 J lin. long, rusty-pubescent. Sepals 

 ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, slightly membranous at 

 the margin, shortly ciliate in the upper part, slightly stellate-pubescent 

 near the base on the outside. Petals 5, lanceolate-elliptic, subacute, as 

 long as the sepals, glabrescent outside, white-villous on the inside and 

 margin. Disk-glands fleshy. Stamens 10-12 ; filaments glabrous. Re- 

 ceptacle white-villous. Female flowers : pedicel stout, 2 lin. long, 

 sparingly pubescent. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, IJ lin. long and 

 broad, coriaceous, nearly glabrous outside. Petals rather unequal, ovate 

 to lanceolate, about three-quarters the length of the sepals, glabrous 

 outside, long-villous on the margin and within. Disk very small. 

 Ovary globose, stellate-pubescent ; styles bipartite nearly to the base, 

 glabrous. Fruits not known. 



IVlle Itand. British East Africa : Kikviya Mountains, near Nairobi, Sliihl- 

 mann, 938 ! Seiiia, 5000-6000 ft., JJattiscomle, 17 ! 



26. C. b\ikobensis, Fax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 77. A tree ; 

 branches and branchlets glabrous, or with very few scattered stel- 

 late hairs. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rarely ovate- lanceolate, 

 gradually tapered to an acute apex, subcuneate or slightly rounded at 

 the base, o|-6 in. long, li-2| in. broad, membranous lather distantly 

 crenate-serrate, glabrous or with extremely few stellate hairs on both 

 surfaces, 5-nerved and 2-4-glandular at the base, remaining lateral 

 nerves 4-6 on each side, slightly prominent below ; transverse nerves 

 very lax and branched, faint ; petiole |-2 in. long, subterete, slightly 

 stellate-pubescent or glabrous; stipules very small and fugacious. 

 Flowers monoecious. Racemes terminal, about 7 in. long, with 

 numerous males and fewer females disposed along the shortly stellate- 

 pubescent axis ; bracts small. Male flowers : pedicel 2 lin. long, 

 scantily puberulous. Sepals 5, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, about 1 lin. 

 long, membranous, sparingly pubescent. Petals 5, similar in shape 

 and size to the sepals, but more hairy. Disk-glands subulate, large, 

 glabrous. Stamens about 12 ; filaments slender, glabrous. Receptacle 

 pilose. Female flowers subsessile : Sepals as in the male. Petals 

 filiform, small, about one-third the length of the sepals, villous. Disk 

 lobed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid-globose, rusty stellate-tomentellous ; 

 styles bipartite ; segments slender, spreading, linear, entire, glabrous. 

 Fruit not known. 



Mozamb. Bistr. German J:ast Africa: Bukoba; Banigodjo, KoHz^ 1649 ! 



27. C. Gossweileri, Hutchinson. A tree m-U) ft. high, with 

 the habit of a Populus ; branches longitudinally wrinkled or sukate, 

 puberulous; young flowering branchlets thinly villous with stellate 

 hairs. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, more or less caudate-acuminate, 

 acumen mucronate, rounded to a subacute base, 1^-«^J in. long, 1-2 in. 



