Jatrojyka.] cxxii. euphorbiacea: (hutchinson). 779 



Male sepals pubescent . . 37. J. Stithlmannii. 

 Male sepals glnbrous. 



Ovary slightly tubercular . 38. J. hatawe. 

 Ovary smooth . . . 39. J. moUix. 



Leaves lobed to J or ^ their 

 length. 

 Female flowers petaliferous ; 

 flowering branchlets slen- 

 der .... 40. J. reJutina. 

 Female flowers without petals ; 

 floweringbranchlets thick 

 and fleshy . . . 41. J. acerifolia. 

 Stipules spiny, stout, 2-3-furcate. 

 Ijeaf -lobes rounded at the apex ; 

 stipules pubescent. 

 Leaves 5-lobed, longer than 



the stipules . . .42. J. EllenheeHi. 

 Leaves 3-lobed or entire, 



shorter than the stipules 6. J. crinifa. 

 Leaf-lobes acutely acuminate ; 

 stipules soon becoming glab- 

 rous 43. J.fissispina. 



1. J. Rivse, Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Eoma, vi. 185. A shrub; 

 branches somewhat fleshy, covered with smooth purple-brown bark, 

 slightly puberulous when young. Leaves clustered on much abbre- 

 viated branches in the axils of 2-3 rigid spiny stipules, sessile, 

 spathulate-oblanceolate, J-lJ in. long, 5-G lin. broad, entire, mem- 

 branous, with about 5 faint lateral nerves on each side of the midrib, 

 glabrous. Cymes small, shortly pedunculate, about J in. long ; peduncle 

 J in. long, puberulous ; bracts linear-lanceolate, entire, the lower 3 lin. 

 long, pubescent, the upper smaller. Male flowers : Sepals lanceolate, 

 entire, pubescent. Petals about the same length as the sepals. Disk- 

 glands small. Stamens 8; filaments almost free. Female flowers: 

 Sepals obovate, subacute, minutely glandular-denticulate, 2 lin. long. 

 Petals oblong, obtuse, shorter than the sepals. Disk deeply lobed. 

 Ovary glabrous. Capsule 5 lin. long. Seeds smooth, 2J lin. long, 

 with a deeply sulcate caruncle. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Jatroph. 57, fig. 21. 



Nile Z.and. Somaliland: Boran Country; near Dolo, on the Daua Kivcr, 

 Hira, 1102 ! 1218 ; Web Karanle, Riva, 973 ! 



2. J. Robecchii, Pax in Ann. Istit, Bot. Boma, vi. 184. A shrub 

 (or tree ?), glabrous in all its parts ; branches covered with greyish 

 bark. Leaves sessile in clusters, arising from cushion -shaped arrested 

 branchlets, spathulate, slightly emarginate, 5-7 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 

 subcoriaceous, entire, with indistinct nerves ; stipules minute. Cymes 

 very small and few-flowered, seen only in a young state. Flowers, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8. Female flowers and fruits not known. — Pax iu 

 Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 83. 



Wile ]Land. Somaliland, without precise locality, SoheccJn ! 



