772 cxxii. KUPHORBiACE.*: (iiutchixson). \Croton. 



Mozamb. Distr. lihodesia: (iazalaud ; Chirinda forest, <S'//y»»6'/7oH, 4 ! 

 Occurs also in Natal. 



38. C. macrostachys, Uochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl.Ah)/ss. ii. 251. 

 A tree up to J^O ft. or more ; branchlets slightly sulcate, pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or cordate at the 

 base, IJ-^ in. long, 1-3 in. broad, crenulate, thinly and rigidly char- 

 taceous, shortly stellate-puberulous on both surfaces, at length nearly 

 glabrous, with 2 or 4 coriaceous shortly stipitate glands at the base 

 below, 5-7 -nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 4-7 on each 

 side, raised below ; veins rather close, but not prominent ; petiole up ta 

 2 J in. long, tomentellous ; stipules linear, 2-3 lin. long, glabrescent, 

 deciduous. Flowers normally dioecious or at least on separate shoots or 

 sometimes a few females accompanying the males. Male inflorescence 

 up to 10 in. long, many-flowered ; axis tomentose ; bracts small, pu- 

 bescent ; pedicel up to J in. long, tomentose. Sepals 5, ovate or ovate- 

 triangular, obtuse, ] J lin. long, § lin. broad, pube.scent on both sides. 

 Petals oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, densely villous on the margin and 

 within, IJ lin. long, J lin. broad. Disk-glands hairy. Stamens 15; 

 filaments sparingly villous in the lower part. Receptacle villous with 

 rather long interlacing hairs. Female inflorescences up to 4 in. long; 

 bracts subulate-linear, subcoriaceous, about 2 lin. long, stellate-pubescent 

 or nearly glabrous. Female flowers subsessile : Sepals 5, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad at the base, subcoria- 

 ceous, shortly stellate-pubescent outside, hirsute on the margin, stellate- 

 pilose within. Petals absent. Disk fleshy, puberulous. Ovary slightly 

 trilobed, densely covered with fringed scales ; styles bipartite, spreading, 

 segments linear, slightly pubescent on the back. Capsule slightly tri- 

 lobed, J in. in diam., tomentellous. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, about )li lin. 

 long and :) lin. broad : testa slightly wrinkled, shining. — Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 35 ; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 528 ; Oliv. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 340 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237, and in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxviii. 411); Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 305; 

 Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 211. C. acvniinatum, R. Br. in Salt, 

 Abyss. App. iv. p. Ixv. Uottlera Schimjyeri, Hochst. ex A. Rich. I.e. 



Xrile Xiand. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, Schiceinfurth ^- Riva, 1759! 

 Abyssinia: Clialiaguc, Quartin-Dillon, 92! Slioloda Mountain, Schimper, 196! 

 near Slioata, Schimper, 1134! near .Telajeraiine, ScJiimper, 1665! near Adowa, 

 Steudner, 999 ! ^^'^est Sidamo, Brake- Brockman, 206 ! and without ju-ecise 

 locality, Schimper, 184! Ploivden ! British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield! 

 Fort Hall district, Batthcomhe, 15 ! Uganda : Buddu, Dawe, 278 ! Mabim 

 Forest, Dawe, 181 ! Western Ankole, Dave, 408 ! Entebbe, Broim, ' 221 t 

 Buvuma Islands, Lake Victoria, Bagshatce^ 648 ! Usojja, Scoff-Elliot, 7204 ! 

 Wimi, Ruwenzori, Scoff-Elliot, 7844 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Monbuttu ; ^Innv.^, ScJncei, if I'rfh, Z4i\0\ 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro,. JbA».?^OM .' Uliehe; 

 Ukano Mountain, Goetze, 691! Portuguese East Africa: near Ming;izi, Kirk! 

 Britisli Central Africa: Xyasaland ; Shire Highbinds, Buclianan, 70! Namaai, 

 Cameron, 10 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan. 209 ! 1058 ! 



