792 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [Jatropha, 



Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1080 ; in Mart. Fl. Bras xi. ii. 487, t. 

 (18; Baker, Fl. Maurit. 322; Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. :',, iii. 159 ; Hook, f . 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 38o ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenfam. iii. 5, 75, f. 45; in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 968; 

 Cook <k Collins in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. viii. 171, t. 42; Urban, 

 8}'mb. Fl. Antill. iv. 349; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 

 77. ,/. ace7v/oUa, Salisb. Prodr. 389. ./. afrocurcas, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xliii. 83; in En^l. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 79. Cnrcas purgans, 

 Medik. Ind. PI. Hort. Manhern. i. 90 ; Baill. Etud. Gen. Euphorb. 314, 

 t. 19, ff. 10-11. C. indica, A. Rich, in Bamon de la Sagra, Fl. Cub. 

 Fanerog. iii. 208. C. Adansonii, Eudl. ex Heynh. Nom. ii. 176. 

 Caatiylionia lobata, Ptuiz «k Pav. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 139, t. 37. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Penoitet, 732. Sierra Leone : IJHgauro, used 

 iX'* hedges, Scoft-Elliot, 4067b! Gold Coast: near Caj)e Coast Castle, Cvviinint I 

 Krause, 12. Tojo: near Louie, Warnecke, 358! Baumann, Biittner, 615, Oraf 

 Zech, 321. Fernando Po, Mann, 169 ! 



ITortli Central. Eastern Cliari ; Xdelli, Chevalitr, 7905 ! 



Xrile Ziand. Britisli East Africa: \\\i\\, Thomas, \9>2\ ^lo\t\h?im, Wakefield ! 



Ziower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, MoUer. (laboon : Jolly, 52 ! 61 ! 

 Griffon du Bellay, 45 ! Angola : Golungo Alto, Weliviisch, 303 ! 



Mozamb. Slstr. Zanzibar, Schmidt, 45. German Kast Africa: Sseki, 

 Jaeger, 342 ! Amboni, Hoist, 2684 ! and without precise locality, Busse, 507, 1126, 

 Conrad, 367, Fischer^ 513, Thomas, 182. Portuguese Kast Africa: Mozambique, 

 Peters, 8 ! Tete, Kirk ! Shui)anpa, Kirk ! Honima, Menyharth, 925 ! liritisli 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchunav, 250! Mount Mlanji, 

 McClounie^ 46 ! 



The form described by Pax as J. afrocurcas occurs also in America and India, 

 sind intermediate specimens are so numei'ous that 1 have been unable to retain it even 

 as a distinct variety. 



29. J. macrophylla. Pax <{r K. lloffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Euphorh.-Jatroph. 80. Leaves 5-lobed to the middle, about 10 in., 

 long and broad, truncate or widely cordate at the base, membranous ; 

 lobes ovate, acuminate, entire, pilose on the nerves below ; stipules not 

 seen ; petiole about 6 in. long, glabrescent. Cymes long pedunculate, 

 maiiy-tiowered, glabrous ; brsicts small, triangular, acute. Male sepals 

 connate at the base, ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, glabrous. Petals almost 

 free, ovate, acute, 1^-2 lin. long, glabrous. Disk-glands free. Stamens 8; 

 ^ inner monadelphous Female flowers and fruits not known. 



BCoxamb. Dlstr. Nyasaland, Buchatian, 670 ! 



Pax describes the male pet ds as " fere libera '"' and places the sjiecies in the 

 section Curcas which is characterised by having connate petals! 



30. J, Hildebrandtiiy Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 108. An under- 

 shrub about G ft. high ; branches finely pubescent, almost tomentose when 

 young. Leaves usually 3- (rarely 4-5-) lobed to well below the middle, 

 1-1 J in. long, l|-3 in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes oblanceo- 

 late or oblong-oblanceolate, subacute, entire or rarely with one or two very 

 minute teeth ; lateral nerves about G on each side, branched, distinct but 

 not prominent on either surface; petiole ^-IJ in. long, slender, glabrous, not 



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