Jatropha.l cxxii. EUPHOEBiACEiE (hutchixson). 785 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Roger ! Niayos, Chevalier, 2631 ! Sierra Leone : 

 about Freetown, Welwitsch, 29S ; near Kambia, Scarcies River, Scott- Elliot, 4:70^1 

 in gardens, Barter ! French Guinea: G&loxnhomho, Paroisse ! Togo : near Louie, 

 Warnecke, 373! and without precise locaMty, Daring, 93 ; Kersting, 261 ; OrafZech. 

 Southern Nigeria : Lagos, Phillips, 43 ! Annye, Untvin, 136 ! and without precise 

 locality, Flegel. North Cameroon?, Talbot ! 



A native of America, occurring from South-west Texas, Mexico and the West 

 Indies southwards to Brazil; cultivated in Africa and elsewhere. 



14. J. kilimandscharica, Pax <& K. Hoffm. in Engl. Tfianzenr, 

 Euphorh.'Jatroph.^^. An undershrub 1-1 J ft. high, glabrous. Leaves 

 5-7-lobed to near the subtrimcate base, 3-4 in. in diam., membranous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes lanceolate, acute, more or less irregu- 

 larly lobulate, glandular-serrulate; petiole lJ-2 in. long, slender, 

 glabrous ; stipules divided into filiform gland-tipped segments, 3 lin. 

 long. Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered, glabrous ; bracts gland- 

 toothed, up to 1 J lin. long. Male flowers : Sepals lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, glabrous. Petals spathulate, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments 

 connate. Female flowers : Sepals and petals as in the male. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles short. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa: Ndi, Scott-Elliot, 6173! plains between 

 Tsavo and Kibwczi, Scott-Elliot, 2324 ! Kilimanjaro Region ; between Taveta 

 and the Buru Mountains, Engler, 1914 ! 



15. J. campestris, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 196. A 

 herb with rather fleshy glabrous stems and branches. Leav^es sessile 

 or subsessile, digitately 5-7-lobed to near the base, 2-4 in. long, 

 1 J-2J in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces, somewhat glaucous below ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate, entire or rarely with one or two teeth, up 

 to 8 lin. broad ; stipules small and filiform, soon falling ofl'. Cymes 

 pedunculate, many-flowered, about IJ in. long, glabrous; bracts 

 subulate-lanceolate, up to 3^ lin. long, entire. Male flowers : Sepals 

 ovate, rounded at the apex, entire, about 1 lin. long and | lin. broad. 

 Petals free almost to the base, entire, about twice the length of the 

 sepals. Stamens 8 ; filaments free nearly to the base. Female 

 flowers : Sepals similar to and the petals narrower than those of the 

 male. Ovary glabrous; styles erect. Capsule about 7 lin. long, 

 wrinkled. Seeds oblong, blackish and shining, 5 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, 

 with a large 5-6-partite dark-coloured caruncle. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa: Gaz.aland; Umswirizwi Flats, 

 Stvynnerton, 311 ! 



16. J. tuberosa, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 111. Stems 1-2 ft. 

 high, arising from a rhizome, terete, glabrous ; rhizome turnip-shaped, 

 about 3 in. long, IJ in. in diam. Leaves sessile, the upper deeply 

 trilobed, in. long", 5 J in. broad, or entire, the lower entire, lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly narrowed or rounded at the base, J'j-5J in. long, ^-1 J in. 

 broad, sharply serrulate, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 stipules laciniate, about | lin. long, segments setose, not glandular at 

 the apex, glabrous. Cymes shortly pedunculate, small, few-flowered ; 



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