794 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiK (uutc:hinson). [Jatvopha. 



32. J. gallabatensis, Schicelnf. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Cesell. Wien^ 

 xviii. 6G]. Rhizome woody, dividing into long branches spreading 

 horizontally ; stem herbaceous, erect, subsiniple, subtrichotomously 

 branched at the apex, 1-3 ft. high, terete, pilose below or becoming 

 glabrous, subtomentose in the upper part when young, leafy from the 

 base. Leaves shortly petiolate or the upper sessile, the lower entire 

 (Schwe'mfurth)y broadly ovate, oblique, acute, rounded or truncate at 

 the base, the remainder 3-lobed to the middle, subcuneate at the base, 

 2-3 in. long, H-4 in. broad, rigidly membranous, almost laciniate- 

 toothed, teeth with a small apical gland, pilose on both surfaces ; nerves 

 numerous and prominent below ; petiole of the lower leaves about \ in. 

 long, pubescent, not glandular; stipules laciniate, about IJ lin. long, 

 segments tipped by a small apical gland. Cymes terminal, shortly pe- 

 dunculate, about \\ in. in diam. ; bracts linear, acuminate, ^Jj lin. long, 

 J lin. broad, with several stipitate glands along the margin, j)ubescent on 

 the back, ^[ale Howers shortly pedicellate : Sepals oblong-elliptic, sub- 

 acute, 1 \ lin. 16ng,slightly toothed in the upper half, not glandular. Petals 

 free to tlie base, oblanceolate-obovate, rounded and very minutely emargi- 

 nate at the apex, '2 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. broad, entire, glabrous. ]3isk- 

 glands Hat, oblong-elliptic, truncate at the apex, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; 

 outer filaments more or less free to near the base, inner connate ; anthei'S 

 J lin. long, glabrous. Female flowers shortly pedicellate : Sepals ovate, 

 acute, '2 lin. long, 1 lin. Inoad, pubescent outside, laciniate-toothed, 

 teeth tipped by a gland. Petals lanceolate, obtuse, 2| lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 0-lobed ; lobes transversely oblong, entire,, 

 thin, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, pubescent ; styles short. Capsule J Hn. 

 long, pilose or at length glabrous. Seeds pallid, smooth, 4 lin. long. — 

 Pax in Engl. Pfianzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 09. 



Nile Z.and. Cliilliibat; Matiiniina, Sc//tcei)ifur(/t, 932! 933, Sfevdner, 540. 



oo. J. Schweinfurthii, Pax in Knyl. Jahrh. xix. IJO. Stem herba- 

 ceous, branched at the apex, densely tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed to 

 about the middle, rigidly membranous, 3-G in. long, 1^-4^ in. broad, 

 tomentose below, more or less pilose above, serrate ; lobes oblong or 

 lanceolate, subacute ; petiole thick, about 2 lin. long, tomentose, not 

 glandular; stipules soon deciduous, subulate, scarcely 1 lin. long, pu- 

 bescent, not glandular. Cymes overtopping the leaves, pedunculate,, 

 tomentose, more or less corymbose; peduncle up to 3 in. long; bracts 

 subulate, acute, 2 lin. long, pubescent on the back, not glandular. Male 

 flowers rather crowded, subsessile : Sepals obovate, subacute, slightly 

 keeled on the back, 1;^ lin. long, \ lin. broad, coriaceous, pubescent out- 

 side, not glandular. Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, \\ lin. long,, 

 entire, glabrous. Disk -glands obovate-cuneate, entire, glabrous. Stamens 

 8 ; T) outer filaments free nearly to the base, 3 inner connate : anthers 

 J lin. long, glabrous. Female flowers: Sepals lanceolate, subacute, IJ 

 lin. long, J lin. broad, entire, pubescent outside, glabrous within, not 

 glandular. Petals free to the base, oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, § lin. 

 broad, entire, glabrous. Disk 5-lobed ; lobes transversely oblong or 

 rounded, entire, glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid-obovoid, tomentose ; styles. 



