Croton.] cxxii. euphorbiace.*: (hutchinsox). 769 



glabrous; lateral nerves 6-7 on each side, curved and branched near 

 the margin, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 2-3 in. long, sub-, 

 terete, sparingly stellate-puberulous when young, at length glabrous ; 

 stipules linear, 2 lin. long, glabrous. Flowers monoecious. Racemes 

 terminal, 10-12 in. long, the lower third consisting of female flowers, 

 the upper two-thirds of males ; axis about 1 lin. in diam. at tlie base, 

 sulcate, puberulous ; bracts linear-subulate, 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous. 

 Male flowers: Sepals 5, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 rather thinly coriaceous, very slightly stellate-pubescent outside, not 

 scaly, not ciliate except for a tuft of hairs at the top. Petals 5, elliptic, 

 J lin. long, J lin. broad, glabrous and without scales outside, densely 

 villous inside. Stamens 12 ; filaments glabrous. Receptacle villous. 

 Female flowers : Sepals 5, linear-oblong, subacute, about 1 lin. long, 

 very sparingly stellate-pubescent outside. Petals minute, terete, resem- 

 bling glands. Disk rather thin, 5-lobed, lobes triangular, glabrous. 

 Ovary stellate-pubescent ; styles 3, connate at the base, very shortly 

 bifid at the apex, glabrous, IJ lin. long. Capsule ellipsoid, obtusely 

 trilobed, J in. long, 5 lin. in diam. ; exocarp and endocarp membranous, 

 the former spotted sparingly with small white stellate hairs. Seeds 

 usually solitary in each capsule, ellipsoid, 5 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, 

 smooth and slightly shining. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. ^>^)0 ; • 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 1)71. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; forests by the River Qniapoze in 

 Sobato de Mnssengue, at Btiniba de Baugo, and at Capopa spring near Sange, 

 WeUvitsch, 344! Benguella: along the River Kubango, near Fort Princeza 

 Amelia, Gossweiler 1 



33. C. nudifolius, Baker <L- Hutchinson. Branches almost 

 fleshy, green, very sparingly puberulous. Leaves elliptic or oblong- 

 elliptic, acutely acuminate, slightly narrowed to an obtuse base, 2^-4 i 

 in. long, about 2 in. broad, crenate, membranous, glabrous and dull 

 on both surfaces, biglandulaf at the base ; lateral nerv^es 5-8 on 

 each side, slender, distinct on both surfaces ; veins very lax ; petiole 

 J-| in. long, puberulous ; stipules minute. Flowers mona^cious. 

 Racemes slender, up to 6 in. long, with several female flowers in 

 the lower two-thirds, the remainder males; axis sparingly puberulous ; 

 bracts minute. Male flowers nearly sessile: Sepals sparingly pube- 

 rulous. Petals small. Stamens about 10 ; filaments glabrous. Female 

 flowers: pedicel about ^ lin. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse, J lin. long, 

 J lin. broad, membranous, nearly glabrous. Petals absent. Ovary 

 tomentose ; styles bilobed to near the base, slender, glabrous. Fruits 

 not seen. 



I7pper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Kahreni, Liraba, Scott-Elliot, 5583 ! 

 Sasseni, Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4429 ! 



84. C. Chevalieri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Ixvii. Mem. viii. 

 123. A shrub ; branches terete, covered with a glabrous grey bark ; 

 young branchlets stellate-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, obtu!«e, nar- 

 rowed to, but obtuse at the base, J-3i in. long, J-lJ in. broad, crenate 



