Jatropha.'] CXXII. EUPHORBIACEiE (HUTCHINSON). 795. 



suberect, deeply bifid, pubescent, scarcely swollen at the apex. Capsule 

 tomentose, J in. long. Seeds ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, shining, smooth ; . 

 caruncle lacerate, large. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 7o! 

 J. sp., Speke, Journ. App. 647 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 148. 



M"lle :Lancl. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schtoeinfnrth, 1780, 1930! Bongo: Gir, 

 Schweinfu rt/i, 18S7 \ Uganda: M.Hili, /Speke <^ Gra7it,lZQ I 



34. J. aethiopica, Mull. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 485. Stems herba- 

 ceous, stout, up to 9 in. high, densely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed 

 nearly to the base, rigidly chartaceous, up to 4 in. long and broad, 

 sharply serrulate, densely tomentose on both surfaces ; lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, acute ; petiole 4 lin. long, or absent from the upper leaves, 

 not glandular; stipules laciniate, gland-tipped, pubescent. Cymes 

 pedunculate, about IJ in. in diam. ; peduncle 1-1 J in. long, stout, 

 tomentose ; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, up to 1 J lin. long, sharply 

 toothed, slightly pubescent on the outside, not glandular. Male flowers 

 subsessile : Sepals elliptic, rounded at the apex, IJ lin. long, | lin. 

 broad, keeled and pubescent on the back, toothed in the upper half. 

 Petals free to the base, elliptic, subacute, IJ lin. long, | lin. broad, 

 entire, glabrous. Stamens 8 ; filaments all free nearly to the base ; 

 anthers f lin. long, glabrous. Female flowers : Sepals elliptic, subacute, 

 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, laciniate-toothed but not glandular, pubescent 

 on the outside, glabrous within. Petals free to the base, oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, 2^ lin. long, 1 lin. broad, entire, glabrous outside, 

 very slightly pubescent within. Disk 5-lobed; lobes rounded, entire,. 

 glabrous. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous; styles erect, bifid and slightly 

 swollen at the apex. Ripe capsule not seen. — Miill. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. ii. 1088 ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 70, 

 ./. Sahdar[fa, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 37. 



Xlle Iiand. Semiar, A'o^icAt/, 398 ! YazoW,CienJcowski. ,}\xt, Schtveinfurtli, 

 1589. 



35. J. kamerunica. Pax <i- K. Iloffm. in Enyl. Pfianzenr. Euphorh.- 

 AdrianecHy 102. Stem herbaceous, subsimple, 2-2^ ft. high, tomentose, 

 nearly glabrous towards the base. Leaves 3-lobed to below the middle, 

 obtuse at the base, 3|-(; in. long, 3J-4J in. broad, glandular-serrulate, 

 canescent, whitish below, pubescent; ; lobes lanceolate, acute ; petiole 

 J-| in. long ; stipules dissected, glandular at the apex, 2 lin. long. 

 Cymes pedunculate ; bracts linear-Ianceolate, glandular-ciliate. Male 

 sepals connate at the base, 1-H lin. long, pubescent, glandular-ciliate. 

 Petals free, spathulate-oblong, 2-2J lin. long, greenish-yellow, villous 

 inside at the base. Stamens 8 ; outer filaments connate to the middle,, 

 inner longer connate. Disk-glands free. Female sepals and petals 

 narrower than those of the male. Petals lanceolate, 2J lin. long. 

 Ovary glabrous; styles | lin. long, free. Capsule slightly warted, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4 lin. long, smooth, brown ; caruncle palmatifid. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons: sandy savannahs at Dangadji, Lederviaun,. 

 3646. Garua, Ledermanti, 3342. 



36. J. Phillipseae, liendle in Joum. Bot. 1898, 30. A shrub ^ 

 branches sulcate, densely pilose with white soft hairs. Leaves triangular 



