782 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). \Jairopha. 



dividing at the surface into 2-6 decumbent simple leafy branches 

 2—^ in. long ; branches fleshy, softly pubescent with short spreading 

 hairs. Leaves lanceolate, acute, obtuse or rounded at the base, un- 

 divided, 1-3 in. long, J-lJ in. broad, not toothed, membranous, thinly 

 pubescent with short spreading hairs on both sides ; lateral nerves 

 10-18 on each side, slender, spreading, looped within the margin; 

 petiole 2-5 lin. long, thinly pubescent, not glandular ; stipules soon 

 falling ofi*, subulate-filiform, entire, scarcely 1 lin. long, glabrous, not 

 glandular at the apex. Cymes terminating the central axis of the 

 plant, lax, shortly pedunculate ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 g-ljlin. long, slightly puberulous, not glandular. Male flowers rathe^r 

 crowded, shortly pedicellate : Sepals 1-1 J lin. long, oblong, subacute, 

 slightly pubescent. Petals 2 J lin. long, § lin. broad, spathulate- 

 oblanceolate, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; outer filaments free, inner con- 

 nate ; anthers nearly 1 lin. long. Female sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 3 J lin. long, pubescent. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, about 

 twice as long, as the sepals. Disk 5-lobed. Ovary pubescent ; styles 

 bilobed. Capsule depressed-globose, about 5 lin. in diam., pubescent. 

 —J. humilis, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 139. 



iMOvrer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Caprivi Peak, Seiner, 109 ! 

 Omandongo, Schinz, 12 ! Omalieke, Dinter, 837 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Xgamiland : Kwehe, Luffard, oQ\ lo9 ! 



9. J. Baumiiy Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samh. Kxped. 283. Root 

 tuberous, about 2 in. in diam. ; stem simple, about 4 in. high, sulcate, 

 glabrous. Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, subacute, J-J in. long, 2 lin. 

 broad, with strongly undulate margins, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 lateral nerves 9-12, distinct ; stipules minute, setose. Cymes terminal, 

 small, several-flowered, glabrous ; bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute, the 

 largest about 2 lin. long, serrulate. Male flowers : Sepals oblong- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, not glandular, about | lin. long. Petals 

 spathulate, oblong, obtuse, a little longer than the calyx. Disk -glands 

 small. Stamens 8 ; filaments partially connate. Female flowers and 

 fruit not known. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 64. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: between Lionspan and the Kunene River, Baum, 

 122a ! 



10. J. prunifolia. Pax in Enyl. Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 240. An under- 

 shrub about 1 ft. high ; stem glabrous except when quite young, 

 covered by grey or yellowish-grey bark. Leaves undivided, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, subacute, rounded or subcordate at the base, 1-1 j in. 

 long, J-li in. broad, membranous, serrulate, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 lateral nerves about 6 on each side, more distinct on the lower surface ; 

 petiole J-| in. long, thinly pilose ; stipules deeply divided into 3-5 

 filiform segments, the latter not glandular at the apex. Cymes axillary 

 and terminal, pedunculate, about j in. long ; peduncle J-1 J in. long, 

 slightly puberulous ; bracts lanceolate, subacute, 1-1 J lin. long, glabrous, 

 not glandular. Male flowers : Sepals ovate-lanceolate, entire, glabrous. 

 Petals similar to the sepals. Disk-Elands small. Stamens 8. Female 



