790 cxxii. EUPHORBIA CEit (hutchinson). [JatropJia, 



25. J. spicata, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 109. An undershrub 

 about 3 ft. high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 5-partite to near the 

 base, up to 2 J in. long and broad ; segments lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 narrowed to the base, gradually tapered to an acute or subacute apex, 

 up to 2 J in. long and J in. broad, rather closely serrulate, subchartaceous, 

 with numerous spreading lateral nerves ; petiole J-lJ in. long, slightly 

 glaucous; stipules divided into setaceous segments lJ-2 lin, long, with 

 glandular tips. Cymes slender, pedunculate, about 2 in. long ; peduncle 

 IJ in. long; bracts subulate-lanceolate, acute, 1-2 lin. long, with very 

 few glandular teeth. Male flowers sessile : Sepals oblong-elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, J lin. long, J lin. broad, entire, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous. Petals free nearly to the base, obovate, rounded at the apex, 

 1 lin. long, glabrous. Disk-glands oblong, small, glabrous. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments partially connate ; anthers J lin. long. Female flowers 

 IJlin. long (Pax). Sepals as in the male. Petals truncate at the apex, 

 denticulate. Disk lobed. Ovary glabrous. Capsule nearly J in. long, 

 slightly wrinkled. Seeds oblong, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, greyish- 

 brown, and slightly spotted, with a much-divided yellow caruncle. — 

 Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. o6. 



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26. J. pseudoglandulifera. Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.' 

 Jatroph. 1910, 84. An undershrub; root thick ; stems erect, glabrous, 

 1-2 ft. long. Leaves digitately 5-6-lobed to beyond the middle, 1 J-3 

 in. long, J-1 in. broad ; segments lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 

 tapered to an acute apex, rigidly membranous, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, toothed with stalked glands on the margin ; lateral nerves of the 

 segments about 10 on each side, branched towards the margin, distinct 

 but not raised on either surface ; petiole 1-4 in. long, glabrous, not 

 glandular; stipules multisect, less than J in. long; segments linear- 

 setaceous, tipped by a small club-shaped gland. Cymes shortly pedun- ' 

 culate, about J in. long; bracts lanceolate, lJ-2 lin. long, toothed with 

 stipitate glands, glabrous. Male flowers subsessile, much smaller than 

 those of the female. Sepals ovate, subacute, about J lin. long and broad, 

 entire, glabrous, not glandular. Petals connate at the base, obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, about IJ lin. long and J lin. broad, glabrous. 

 Disk-glands fleshy, small, rounded, glabrous. Stamens H ; filaments 

 united for about half their length, glabrous ; anthers \ lin. long. Female 

 flowers pedicellate : pedicel 1 J lin. long, slightly hairy in the lower 

 part. Sepals ovate, subacute, IJlin. long, J lin. broad, entire or slightly 

 serrulate, glabrous. Petals free to the base, obovate, 2 J lin. long, 1 J lin. 

 broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 5-lobed, lobes almost contiguous at the 

 edges, entire, glabrous. Ovary subglobose, slightly trilobed, glabrous ; 

 styles erect, connate for two-thirds their length, J lin. long, swollen and 

 bifid at the apex. Fruit not seen. — J. glanchdifera, Mull. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 1084, pai-tly; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 969, not of 

 Roxb. J. gossypiifolia, Welw. Apont. Phyto-Geogr. 564, sub n. 153, 

 not of Linn. 



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