Jatropha.'] cxxii, euphorbiace.e (hutchinson). 787 



looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces ; petiole l-l in. 

 long, not glandular; stipules filiform, about 3 lin. long, gland-lipped. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule 5 lin. long, nearly smooth. Seeds o\ lin. 

 long, with a large multisect yellow caruncle, shining. 



Wile ILand. .South Somali land : Djuba; Y eYsc\\\i, EUenhecJc, 2M2\ 



rj. J. palmatifida, Baker in Keio Bnllethi, ISO'), 227. A shrub ? ; 

 branches woody, subterete, glabrous, with a slightly glaucous bark. 

 Leaves deeply 4-5-lobed ; lobes spathulate-oblanceolate, narrowed to 

 the base, J-1 J in. long, 2-7 lin. broad, sharply repand-dentate in the 

 upper widened portion, entire in the lower narrowed part, rigidly mem- 

 branous or subchartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 

 about 5 on each side, not raised on either surface; petiole 1 in. long, 

 glabrous, not glandular ; stipules 8-5-partite, segments setaceous, 

 gland-tipped, 1-1 J lin. long. Cymes long-pedunculate, about 2 in. 

 long ; peduncle 4-4 J in. long, glabrous ; bracts lanceolate, 2-3 lin. 

 long, J-| lin. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous, stipitate-glandular on the 

 margin. Male flowers subsessile : Sepals lanceolate or ovate, slightly 

 unequal in width, 1 lin. long, J-§ lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 shortly glandular-toothed. Petals connate for about J lin. at the base, 

 obovate-spathulate, thin, 2 lin. long, | lin. broad. Disk-glands rounded, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments connate to near the top, about 1 lin. 

 long ; anthers J lin. long. Female flowers shortly pedicellate : Sepals 

 subequal, ovate-lanceolate, 1| lin. long, | lin. broad, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous, with numerous glandular teeth. Petals absent. Disk 5-lobed ; 

 lobes rounded, glabrous. Ovary obovoid, slightly 3-lobed, glabrous; 

 styles slightly swollen and bifid at the apex. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Euphorb.-Jatroph. 34. 



Xlle Itand. Somaliland : Golis Kange, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! 



20. J, Brockxnanii, Hutchinson in Kev^ Bulletin, 1911, 300 

 Branches thick and flesh}^ glabrous, covered with a light yellow bark. 

 Leaves trilobed to near the base, subcuneate at the base, about 1 \ in. 

 long and broad, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both surfaces ; seg- 

 ments oblong-oblanceolate, coarsely dentate with sharp gland-tipped 

 teeth ; lateral nerves to each segment about 8 on each side, distinct on 

 both surfaces ; petiole a little more than | in. long, glabrous ; stipules 

 crowded, divided into about 6 filiform glabrous gland-tipped segments 

 J-| in. long. Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered ; peduncle 1 J in. long, 

 glabrous; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pectinately gland-toothed, 2 lin. 

 long, the lower resembling the stipules but much smaller. Male flowers : 

 Sepals oblong-obovate, acute, IJ lin. long, gland-toothed in the upper 

 half, otherwise glabrous. Petals obovate, free to the base, entire, 

 glabrous, a little longer than the sepals. Disk-glands rounded, smooth 

 and fleshy. Stamens 8 ; filaments connate to near the apex. Female 

 flowers pedicellate : Sepals as in the male but larger. Petals not 

 seen. Disk saucer-shaped, undulately lobed. Ovary and fruit not 

 seen. 



irile Iiand. Somali'and : Golis Kange, Vral-e-Broc1cman, 131 ! 



