708 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE.E (hutchixson). [Croton, 



in. long, tomentellous or at length nearly glabrous ; stipules subulate- 

 lanceolate, glabrescent, about 1| lin. long, soon falling off. Flowers 

 monoecious. Racemes terminal, interrupted, up to 7 in. long, a few 

 female .lowers scattered here and there amongst the males ; axistomen- 

 tose ; bracts small, soon falling off. Male flowers : pedicel slender, up 

 to 2 lin. long, tomentellous. Sepals 5, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, IJ 

 lin. long, J lin. broad, thin, glabrous within, thinly stellate-pubescent 

 on the outside. Petals 5, oblanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, 1^ lin. long, | lin. 

 broad, glabrous outside, densely villous on the margin, pubescent inside. 

 Disk-glands small and fleshy, glabrous. Stamens about 18; filaments 

 glabrous. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers : pedicel short and very 

 stout, tomentose. Sepals 5, lanceolate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, J lin. bioad, 

 shortly stellate-pubescent. Petals ludimentary, subulate, pilose. ])isk 

 fleshy, glabrescent. Ovary globose, densely tomentose ; styles recurved- 

 spreading, bilobed for two-thirds their length ; lobes linear, curled, 

 glabrous. Fruits not known. — C. kameininicas, Pax k, K. Hoffm. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. .ylv. 237. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : swampy places between Bejsu and Beriui, 

 Ledermnnn, 2482 ! 



Wile Xiand. Mittu; yi\ o\o, Schweinfurth, 22>Z\\ 



31. C. Pjnawrtii, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, iii. 

 220. A shrub ; branches glaVjrous. Leaves broadly ovate or ovate- 

 elliptic, shortly and obtusely acuminate, '2 J-.") in. long, lJ-3 in. broad, 

 chartaceous, remotely serrate or undulately serrulate, shining and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, paler below, biglandular at the base; petiole 

 l^H in. long, glabrous; stipules small and deciduous. Flowers 

 monoecious. Racemes terminal, pedunculate, 10 in. long; male flowers 

 numerous and clustered, pedicellate, females solitary in the middle of 

 each male cluster. Male flowers : pedicel about 1 lin. long, slender, 

 puberulous. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, glabrous outside, with a 

 tuft of hairs at the apex. Petals about the same size, densely woolly- 

 ciliate, but otherwise glabrous outside. Stamens 10-12 ; filaments 

 glabrous; anthers J Un. long. Receptacle villous. Female flowers: 

 pedicel ^-1 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals narrowly oblong, obtuse, 

 nearly glabrous except at the tips. Petals absent. Disk rather thin, 

 Globed, glabrous. Ovary stellate-tomentellous ; styles connate. in the 

 lower half, bilobed, glabrous ; branches recurved. Fruits broadly ellip- 

 soid, about 3 lin. long, 2^-3 lin. in diam., minutely and very sparingly 

 stellate-pubescent, tipped by the persistent styles. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Bangala district ; Bumba, Pi/naert, 93 T 

 Seret, 14 ! 



32. C. pyrifolius, Midi. Arr/. in Jonrn. Bat. 1^04, 338. A tree 

 20 ft. high; trunk 1^ ft. in diam. at the base; branchlets sulcate, 

 stellate-puberulous when young. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, rounded and l)iglandular at the base, Z\-\)\ in. long, l|-3 

 in. broad, thinly and rigidly chartaceous, closely crenate, glabrous above, 

 with very few short scattered stellate hairs below, at length quite 



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