Crot(yn.] cxxii. euphorbiace^e (hutchinson). 773 



89. C. Scheffleri, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 78. A shrub?; 

 branches terete, glabrescent ; young flowering branchlets slender, stel- 

 late-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves broadly ovate or rhomboid-ovate 

 caudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 1-8J in. long, \-2\ in. broad, 

 minutely serrulate, thinly chartaceous, stellate-pubescent above, tomen- 

 tose below when young, but at length only pubescent, 5-nerved at the 

 base, remaining lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, looped near the margin, 

 prominent below ; tertiary nerves few, prominent below in the young 

 leaves, at length almost invisible ; glands at the base of the leaf long- 

 stipitate; petiole slender, |-1J in. long, tomentellous or glabrescent; 

 stipules linear-oblanceolate, 2 lin. long, stellate-pubescent. Flowers mo- 

 noecious. Inflorescences solitary, terminating slender lateral branchlets, 

 3-4 in. long, 2-4 females towards the base, the males numerous in the 

 upper part ; bracts filiform, 1 lin. long. Male flowers: pedicel 1-2 J lin. 

 long, tomentose. Sepals 5, ovate, obtuse, IJ lin. long, submembranous, 

 densely stellate-pubescent on the outside, reticulate and glabrous within. 

 Petals 5, oblong, IJ lin. long, 1 lin. broad, glabrous outside, villous on 

 the margin and inside at the base. Disk-glands rather small, fleshy, 

 glabrous. Stamens 15-20; filaments glabrous. Receptacle villous. 

 Female flowers: pedicel 3-4 lin. long, tomentose. Sepals 5, much overlap- 

 ping, foliaceous, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, obtuse or subacute, 2-4 lin. 

 long, |-2 lin. broad, green, 1 -nerved, with several side nerves, sparingly 

 stellate-pubescent outside. Petals minute, subulate, pilose. Disk 5-lobed, 

 lobes rounded or truncate, glabrous. Ovary globose, stellate-tomentose ; 

 styles incurved, bilobed to near the base, pubescent outside ; lobes linear, 

 subacute, terete. Young fruits trilobed, 3J lin. long, 3 lin. in diam., 

 tomentose. 



18'ile Xtand. Hritish East Africa : Kibwezi, Scheffler, 2 ! aud witbont precise 

 locality, Scott-Elliot I 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Gorman East Africa : M&ilala, Haimington ! Kiliinutinde, 

 Prittwitz, 2a. 



40. C. angolensis, Midi. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 339. A 

 shrub up to 13 ft. high ; branches spreading, twiggy, leafy towards 

 the apex, glabrous ; young branchlets stellate-tomentellous. Leaves 

 obovate or rhomboid-elliptic, acutely and gradually or subcaudate- 

 acuminate, very slightly cordate at the base, IJ-o in. long, ^IJ in. 

 broad, serrulate, membranous, rather sparingly stellate-puberulous on 

 both surfaces, ciliate ; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, slender, distinct 

 but not prominent on either surface; petiole J- J in. long, stellate- 

 tomentellous ; stipules minute. Flowers monoecious, llacemes terminat- 

 ing short lateral branchlets, 1J-3J in. long, slender; female flowers few 

 towards the base, males more numerous in the upper part. ISlale flowers : 

 pedicel slender, about IJ lin. long, shortly pubescent. Sepals ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, glabrous, very shortly ciliate. 

 Petals about the same length as the sepals, oblanceolate, shortly ciliate, 

 otherwise glabrous. Stamens 15; filaments glabrous. Receptacle pilose. 

 Female flowers : pedicel scarcely J lin. long, pubescent. Sepals ovate, 

 acuminate, j lin. long, shortly pubescent. Petals absent. Disk annular, 



