788 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [Jatropha, 



21. J. lobata. Mall. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1085 (excl. var, 

 senegalensis, Midi. Arg). An erect undershrub about 1 ft. high^ 

 branched from the base ; stems longitudinally wrinkled when dry^ 

 glabrous. Leaves broadly obovate or suborbicular in outline, more or 

 less cuneate at the base, lJ-3 in. long, lJ-4 in. broad, digitately 3-5- 

 lobed to the middle or a little below it, rigidly subchartaceous, sharply 

 repand-dentate with numerous teeth, more or less glaucous, glabrous on 

 both surfaces or rarely slightly pubescent on the principle nerves belowj; 

 lobes more or less obovate, mostly acute ; lat,eral nerves to each lobe 0-6 

 on each side, distinct, looped and branched within the margin ; veins 

 very few or absent ; petiole |-2 J in. long, glabrous or shortly pubescent, 

 not glandular ; stipules multisect, about J in. long, segments filiform or 

 setaceous, gland-tipped, glabrous. Cymes few-liowered, pedunculate, 

 about 1 in. in diam., glabrous or shortly pubescent ; peduncle j-1 in. 

 long ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, gland-toothed, up to J in. long, 

 glabrous. Male flowers very shortly pedicellate : Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, gland-toothed in the upper half, glabrous. 

 Petals the same length as the sepals. Disk-glands small. Stamens 8 ; 

 filaments nearly all free. Female flowers : Sepals and petals larger 

 than in the male. Disk lobed. Ovary glabrous; styles very short, 

 bilobed. Capsule scarcely J in. long, pale straw-coloured. Seeds oblong- 

 ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, pale brown ; caruncle much divided. — J. glaucay 

 Vahl, Symb. i. 78, partly; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 250; Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 37. J. ricinifolia, Fenzl ex Baill. Adansonia^ 

 i. 63. J, lobata, vars. geimdna and richardiana, Miill. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 1085-6. J, lobata, subsp. glauca, Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Euphorb.-Jatroph. 32. Adenoropium glaucam, Pohl, PI. Bras. Ic. et 

 Descr. i. 15. 



wile land. Koidofan, Kotschy, 251 ! Ffund, 200 ! 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 

 486. Nubiii, Schivenifurth, 128 ! 843, 844 ! Abyssinia: near Uoelleb, Schweinfurth, 

 2311 ! Arussi and Koran couutric.*, Drake- Brockman, 91 ! and without precise 

 locality. Roth ! 



22. J. Chevalieri, Beille in Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, Iv. Mein. viii. 

 83. A shrub about 3 ft. high ; branches longitudinally striate, glabrous. 

 Leaves rounded or broadly ovate in outline, deeply cordate at the base, 

 digitately 5-lobed to near the middle, 1-3 in. long and broad, very 

 thinly and rigidly chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, slightly glau- 

 cous below ; lobes ovate, sharply sinuately 5-8-dentate ; lateral nerves 

 to each leaflet 4-6 on each side, spreading, branched ; veins usually 

 distinct on both surfaces, somewhat lax ; petiole f-lj in. long, glabrous, 

 not glandular ; stipules divided into filiform glabrous gland-tipped 

 segments, about 2 lin. long. Cymes pedunculate, about 1 in. long ; 

 peduncle IJ in. long, glabrous; bracts lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 

 up to 3 lin. long, pectinate with gland-tipped teeth, glabrous. Male 

 flowers : Sepals ovate, acutely acuminate, 2-2^ lin. long, entire or with 

 a few gland-tipped teeth, glabrous. Petals ovate- elliptic, obtuse, a little 

 longer than the sepals, entire, glabrous. Disk -glands fleshy. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments partially connate. Female flowers : Sepals ovate, acutely 



