774 cxxii. EUPHOEBiACEiE (hutchinson). [Croton. 



subentire, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, stellate-tomentose ; styles sub- 

 erect, deeply bilobed, thinly pubescent in the lower part. Fruits not 

 seen. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 602 ; Hiem in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 971 ; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 

 276. 



XiOixrer Guinea. Lower Congo: near Kisantu, Oillet, 2012. Angola : Pungo 

 Andongo ; Matsi de Pungo, Welwitsch, 392 ! between Sermongo and Lif uni River, 

 Gossweiler, 4914 ! Huilla ; Chella, Antunes, 780 ! 



41. C. schimperianuSy Midi. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 82. 

 Branchlets subterete, covered with fringed scales when young, at 

 length glabrous. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, truncate, rounded or subcordate at the base, IJ— 3i in. long^ 

 J-1 J in. broad, minutely crenulate or denticulate, thinly and rigidly 

 chartaceous, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces when quite young, 

 very soon almost glabrous ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, prominent 

 below, much-'branched and becoming faint well within the margin ; 

 veins rather lax, distinct but not raised below, invisible above ; petiole 

 ^J in. long, more or less covered with stellate hairs ; stipules small 

 and deciduous. Flowers monoecious. Racemes terminal, short, about 



1 in. long; axis slightly angular, tomentellous ; bracts 1 -flowered, 

 linear, 1 lin. long, densely pubescent. Male flowers about (> in the 

 upper part of the inflorescence : pedicel 1 J lin. long. Sepals 5, ovate, 

 stellate-pubescent outside, glabrous within, about 1 J lin. long. Petal* 

 5, obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, glabrous outside, sparingly 

 pilose within, especially towards the base, ciliate. Disk-glands almost 

 contiguous, glabrous. Stamens about 15 ; filaments glabrous. Recep- 

 tacle pilose. Female flowera 1^4 at the base of the inflorescence : 

 pedicel stout, nearly 2 lin. long. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 



2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, shortly stellate-pubescent outside, nearly 

 glabrous within. Petals absent. Disk fleshy, saucer-shaped, glabrous. ' 

 Ovary covered with flat stellate many-rayed hairs ; styles bilobed 

 nearly to the base, segments linear, stellate-pubescent on the back, 

 the tips incurved. Capsule subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam., covered 

 with stellate hairs. Seeds brown, about 2 lin. long, smooth. — Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 528 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 

 App. ii. 305. 



JTlle Ziand. Eritrea: Anderara, Schweinfurfh, 91! Abyssinia: near 

 Goelleb, Sr htm per, 2140 ! 



42. C. oxypetaluSy Midi. Anj. in Journ. Bot, 1864, 330. A 

 tree 15-20 ft. high; head widely spreading, hemispherical, depressed 

 at the top ; branchlets subterete, shortly stellate-pubescent. Leaves 

 elliptic or lanceolate, slightly rounded at the base, gradually acuminate 

 to a subacute apex, 2-4 in. long, f-lf in. broad, rather obscurely 

 serrate, thinly chartaceous or almost membranous, shortly stellate- 

 pubescent on both surfaces, at length glabrous above ; lateral nerves 

 4-6 on each side, ascending, slightly impressed above, prominent below; 

 veins few and inconspicuous ; petiole J-2 in. long, rather slender. 



