Jatropha.'] cxxti. euphorbiaceje (hutciiinson). 781 



the margin. Petals 7 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, tomentose outside. 

 Disk lO-lobed, the lobes opposite the sepals larger than the others. 

 Ovary tomentose, truncate ; styles slender, connate to about the middle, 



3 lin. long, tomentellous ; stigmas bilobed. Capsule tomentose, nearly 

 1 in. long. Seeds large, 8 lin. long, lin. broad ; caruncle very large, 

 flat, much cut up into filiform segments. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Euphorb.-Jatroph. 50. 



Wile Iiand. Somalilaiul : Merelian, Rohecchi, 59, 260! Rica, 440, .500. 

 Boraii Country ; Miilkare, EllenhecJc, 2147 ! Malka Didii, EJhnhecJc, 2119 ! 



0. J. crinita, Midi. Ary. in Linnwa, xxxiv. 207. Stems about 

 G in. high, branched, thick, fleshy, villous, densely leafy, clothed with 

 the persistent long hardened stipules after the fallen leaves. Leaves 

 slightly longer than the petiole, ovate in outline, 3-lobed or entire, 

 obtuse, cordate at the base, scarcely | in. long, sharply serrate-dentate, 

 villous-pubescent on both surfaces ; stipules IJ in. long, 2-3-partite, 

 pubescent when young, at length glabrous, black. Cymes few-flowered ; 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, incised-dentate. Male flowers : Sepals lanceo- 

 late-ovate, IJ lin. lon^, glandular-ciliate. Petals lanceolate-obovate, 

 obtuse. Disk-glands free. Female flowers : Sepals linear-lanceolate, 



4 lin. long, glandular-ciliate. Disk-glands connate. Ovary pubescent ; 

 styles expanded into thick twice bifid subcrenulate stigmas. — Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1079 ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Jatroph. 58. 



AXozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Boivin. 



All example of the above has not lieeu seen, but from the description it appear* 

 to differ from the other African species by the size of the stipules, which are said to 

 be considerably longer than the leaves. 



7. J. neriifolia, Milll. Arg. in Flora, 18G4, 486. Stems about 

 1 ft. high, sulcate, pubescent in the upper part, glabrous or nearly so 

 below. Leaves sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, 

 3J-G in. long, 3-8 lin. broad, not lobed, denticulate, rigidly charta- 

 ceous, pilose on both surfaces especially on the nerves below ; lateral 

 nerves very numerous, ascending, prominent below ; stipules about 

 8 times laciniate, segments setose, glandular at the apex, slightly 

 pubescent in the lower part. Cyme very shortly pedunculate, few- 

 flowered ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, glandular-toothed, glabrous. 

 Male flowers not known. Female flowers pedicellate : pedicel 1 lin. 

 long, pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, Ij lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 gland-toothed, glabrous. Petals larger than the sepals. Disk 5-lobed ; 

 lobes transversely oblong, entire, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, glabrous ; 

 styles rather short, swollen and bifid at the apex. — Miill. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 1089 ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. i^b. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1079! 



The type specimen is very imperfect, no male flowers being iiresent. 



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8. J. Seineri, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 84. A dwarf perennial 

 herb ; underground stem brown, glabrous, bearing a few deltoid scales, 



