Jairopha.'] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 789 



acuminate, 3-4 lin. long, If lin. broad, glandular-pectinate, glabrous. 

 Petals oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex, 4J lin. long, about 2 lin. 

 broad, striate, glabrous. Disk fleshy, undulately lobed. Ovary glabrous ; 

 styles partially connate, swollen and bilobed at the apex. Capsule J in, 

 long, tipped by the persistent base of the style. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 

 4 lin. long, 2J lin. broad, smooth, not mottled ; caruncle large and 5-6- 

 partite. — J. lobata, var. senegalensis, MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 1086, partly (excl. Welw. spec). J. lohata, subsp. senegalensis, Pax in 

 Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph, 33, partly. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambisi : Cayor, Leprieur ! Senegal, Richard ! Roger, 

 143 ! Brunner, 138 ! Lelievre, Ferrottet, 158 ! 733 ! Mayes, Chevalier, 2629 ! 



Welwitsch's 299, quoted by Miiller under his var. senegalensis, is quite distinct 

 and is the type of J. confusa, Hutchinson. 



23. J. aceroideSy Hutchinson. A small shrub, branched from the 

 base ; branches spreading, longitudinally wrinkled when dry, glaucous ; 

 young branchlets much abbreviated, glabrous. Leaves suborbicular or 

 reniform in outline, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, J-3 in. long, 

 1-4 in. broad, digitately 5-lobed for about one-third their length, rigidly 

 subchartaceous, very sparingly, coarsely and acutely dentate, subentire, 

 glaucous when young, glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes broadly ovate, 

 rounded to an acute apex ; lateral nerves to each lobe 4-.5 on each side, 

 slightly prominent on both surfaces, freely branched within the margin ; 

 veins lax and inconspicuous ; petiole 6-8 lin. long, glabrous, not glan- 

 dular ; stipules deeply 2-3 times divided into filiform glabrous segments 

 about 4 lin. long. Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered ; peduncle J-lJ in. 

 long, glabrous; bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute, entire, up to IJ lin. 

 long, glabrous. Male flowers : Sepals lanceolate, subacute, slightly 

 keeled, entire, glabrous, 1 J lin. long. Petals free to the base, elliptic, 

 obtuse, entire, glabrous, 2^ lin. long, 1 lin. broad. Disk-glands large 

 and rounded, contiguous, fleshy, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments par- 

 tially connate ; anthers J lin. long. Female flowers shortly pedicellate : 

 Sepals larger than in the male, but similar. Petals absent. Disk 

 deeply 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, smooth. Ovary smooth, glabrous ; 

 styles erect, as long as the ovary. Fruits not seen. — J. lohata, subsp, 

 aceroides, Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 34. 



JTile Iiand. Sudan: Red Sea Province j Khor Ash at, jBroww, 1229 ! Nubia: 

 Ataba, Schtveinfurth, 129, 842 ! 



24. J. tropseolifolia. Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Eitphorb.-Jatroph. 

 56. Stem thick and fleshy, simple, about 15 in. high, about 1 in. in 

 diam. Leaves 5-lobed to about the middle, up to 3 in. long and 3 J in, 

 broad, chartaceous, glabrous and somewhat glaucous ; lobes rounded- 

 obovate, truncate at the apex and with a gland-tipped mucro, entire or 

 with 2-3 gland-tipped teeth ; lateral nerves to each lobe looped well 

 within the margin, 4-5 on each side ; petiole 4-5 in. long, sulcate, 

 glabrous, | lin. in diam. ; stipules spiny, about J in. long, broader at 

 the base. Flowers and fruit not known. 



Vile land. Somalilnnd : Merehan, RoheccM, 105, 275 ! 



