786 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). \Jatropha. 



bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, 2J lin. long, glandular-toothed, 

 glabrous. Male flowers pedicellate : Sepals ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, } lin. long, J lin. broad, minutely serrulate, glabrous. Petals 

 t^pathulate-obovate, rounded at the apex, IJ lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 <jntire, glabrous. Disk-glands obovate-cuneate, slightly truncate, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8 ; the 5 outer filaments nearly free to the base, 

 the 3 inner more or less connate ; anthers scarcely J lin. long, pubescent. 

 Female flowers pedicellate : Sepals lanceolate, acute, 1 J lin. long, toothed 

 but scarcely glandular, glabrous. Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 2J lin. long, J lin. broad, slightly thickened at the base, entire, glabrous. 

 Disk 5-lobed ; lobes transversely oblong, bifid or toothed, glabrous. 

 Ovary smooth ; styles suberect, bifid and swollen at the apex. Ripe 

 capsule not seen. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 68, 

 lig. 27. 



irile Ziand. Jur: Mangob, 5'cAtc?t»/'«r/^, 1583, 1850 ! 



17. J. xnelanosperma. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 110. Stem 

 herbaceous, about 1<S in. high, glabrous. Leaves deeply trilobed or 

 subentire, 2J-G in. long, 1 J-''>o in. broad, thinly and rigidly chartaceous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes ascending, lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, sharply serrulate ; lateral nerves of each lobe 4-0 on each 

 side, looped near the margin, prominent below ; petiole stout, nearly 

 Jin. long, glabrous, not glandular ; stipules about 3 times laciniate, 

 .ibout \h lin. long, segments setose, glabrous, not glandular at the apex. 

 Cymes small, very shortly pedunculate; flowers crowded; bracts sub- 

 ulate-lanceolate, acute, about 1 lin. long, toothed, but not glandular, 

 glabrous. Male flowers shortly pedicellate: Sepals oblong, obtuse, IJ 

 lin. long, J lin. broad, not glandular, entire or minutely serrulate, 

 glabrous. Petals obovate, obtuse and very minutely emarginate at the 

 apex, entire, \\ lin. long, J lin. broad, glabrous. Disk-glands small, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments partially connate, glabrous ; anthers 

 \ lin. long. Female flowers pedicellate: Sepals oblong, subacute, IJ 

 lin. long, toothed but not glandular, glabrous. Petals free, lanceolate, 

 subacute, 2J lin. long, ;] lin. broad, entire, glabrous on both sides. 

 Disk o-lobed ; lobes rounded or transversely oblong, entire, glabrous. 

 Ovary slightly wrinkled, glabrous ; styles free to the base, suberect, 

 swollen and bifid at the apex, glabrous. Capsule trilobed, about 5 lin. 

 in diam. ; lobes rounded. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 8J lin. long, 2 lin. 

 broad, blackish and slightly shining when dry ; caruncle subentire or 

 slightly lacerate, about 1 lin. broad. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Jatroph. 68. 



wile Xand. Jur: Jur Gliattas, Schiceinfiirth, 1952! Nianiniain, Schtceiii' 

 furth, 3898 ! 



18. J. somalensis, Pax in Engl. Pjlanzenr. Enphorh.-Jatroph. 

 68. A small glabrous shrub about '2\ ft. high. Leaves deeply '>-5- 

 lobed, 2J-4^ in. long, 2-5 in. broad, membranous, dull on both surfaces ; 

 segments ascending, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, subacute, glan- 

 dular-denticulate ; lateral nerves of each segment 5-7 on each side, 



