Oroton,] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 767 



2J lin. long, Ij lin. broad, shortly ciliate in the upper half, a few 

 stellate hairs down the middle on the outside. Petals absent. Disk 

 fleshy and crenulate, glabrous. Ovary globose, densely white-totnen- 

 tose ; styles 3, deeply bilobed, the lobes again bipartite to near the 

 base, segments linear, fleshy, slightly wrinkled. Fruit apparently 

 indehiscent, ellipsoid, not lobed, IJ in. long, a little over | in. in diam., 

 shortly stellate-puberulous or glabrous. Seeds large, oblong-ellipsoid', 

 truncate at each end, 10 lin. long, 7 lin. broad ; testa light brown with 

 grey spots, dull. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa : Liipata, Kirk ! lioruma, 

 Menyharth, 795 ! Lower Umswirizwi Kiver, Swynnerton, 153 ! Britisli Central 

 Africa: Nyasaland ; Zoinhn, Pwrue-v, 182 ! Chiromo, aSco^<-^//io^, 2805 ! lihodesia: 

 Sabi River, ^/r^rwMPr^ow, 1123! 1125! 



29. C. barotsensiSy Gihhs in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxxvii. 4(;9 A 

 tree 25-30 ft. high ; branches stellate-pubescent ; young branchlets 

 rather stout, stellate-tomentose with light yellow hairs ; internodes 

 j-l;^ in. long. Leaves ovate, more or less gradually acuminate to an 

 obtuse apex, rounded at the base, 3-5 J in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, 

 unequally and obtusely serrate, subchartaceous, light green, stellate- 

 pubescent above, at length glabrous, greyish, stellate-tomentose below ; 

 lateral nerves 7-9 on each side, much-branched ; petiole |-1 in. long, 

 tomentose ; stipules linear, 2J lin. long, pubescent, at length glabrous, 

 deciduous. Flowers monoecious, racemose or subspicate, the lower half 

 or lowermost third of the inflorescence female, the upper part male ; 

 inflorescence 4J-5 in. long; axis tomentose; bracts similar to the 

 stipules; pedicels short, those of the males slightly longer than the 

 females. Male flowers : Sepals 5, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1^ lin. 

 long, J lin. broad, yellow-pubescent outside. Petals 5, oblong, equal to 

 the sepals, rather densely pubescent within. Stamens 16-18 ; filaments 

 glabrous; anthers oblong-ellipsoid, J lin. long. Receptacle villous. 

 Female flowers: Sepals 6, lanceolate, subacute, 1^ lin. long, pubescent 

 outside, subglabrous within. Petals absent. Disk annular, small, 

 densely pilose. Ovary ovoid-globose, yellow-tomentose ; styles 3, 

 spreading, bilobed almost to the base, glabrous ; segments linear, sub- 

 terete, IJ lin. long. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Biitish Central Africa: Rhodesia; islands and banks of 

 river at Victoria Falls, Miss Gibls, 109 ! Allen, 175 ! 416 ! Qal})in, 7049 ! 



30. C. leuconeurus. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 533. A tree 1 5-20 

 ft. high ; young branchlets slightly sulcate, stellate-pubescent, at length 

 glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, rather shortly and gradually 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, 2-5J in. long, 1-3 in. broad, thinly 

 chartaceous or membranous, shortly crenate- serrate, with a shortly 

 stipitate coriaceous gland in the sinus of each tooth, thinly stellate- 

 pubescent above when young, densely so below, at length becoming 

 quite glabrous ; lateral nerves 7-8 on each side, conspicuous on both 

 surfaces, branching freely well within the margin ; glands at the base 

 of the leaf shortly stalked, coriaceous, cupular at the apex ; petiole J-IJ 



