796 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEJE (HUTCHINSON ). [Jatropha, 



at the base, 3- (or very rarely 5-) lobed to a little below the middle, 

 the side lobes smaller, about 2 J in. long and 3 in. broad ; lobes rounded 

 or obtuse, glandular-repand-dentate, pilose with white spreading hairs 

 on both surfaces ; petiole 2J-6 lin. long ; stipules dissected, gland-tipped, 

 b lin. long. Cymes axillary, pubescent ; lower bracts up to 7 lin. long, 

 ovate, pectinately glandular- toothed. Male flowers : Sepals IJ lin. 

 long, broadly oblanceolate, pubescent, glandular-dentate. Petals 

 2J lin. long, spathulate, obtuse. Stamens 8 ; filaments connate. 

 Female sepals (in fruit) about 3 lin. long, ovate, glandular-toothed. 

 •Capsule 4J lin. long, wrinkled, glabrous. Seeds brownish, 3 lin. long, 

 with a 2-lobed caruncle, lobes crenulate. 



IVile l^and. Somalilaud: Waggar Mountains, Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! 



37. J. StuUmannii, Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240. Stems 

 herbaceous, tomentose. Leaves 5-partite to near the base, up to 2J in. 

 long and 3J in. broad ; segments oblanceolate, acute, narrowed to the 

 base, up to '2 in. long and J in. broad, dentate, subcoriaceous, sub- 

 tomentose on both surfaces ; lateral nerves of the segments about 10 

 on each side, arcuate, fairly distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 1-1 J in. 

 Jong, tomentose ; stipules divided into setaceous segments ; segments 

 about 1 J lin. long, gland-tipped, pubescent in the lower half. Cymes 

 long-pedunculate, about 2 in. loi)g ; peduncle 2^-3 in. long, tomentose; 

 bracts linear -lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, with numerous glandular 

 teeth, pubescent. Sepals oblong-elliptic, obtuse, IJ lin. long, entire, 

 shortly pubescent. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, 

 entire, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, sh'ghtly rusty-pubescent within near the 

 middle. Female flowers: Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, 2 lin. long, with 

 several glandular teeth, pubescent. Petals absent. Disk r)-lobed, glab- 

 rous. Ovary glabrous ; styles ei ect, swollen and bilobed at the apex. 

 Capsule A in. long. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 39. 



IMCozamb. I>lstr. German Kast Africa : Usammo, Dtir-cs-Salaam, ^S^uAZmann, 

 6797! 7488! 7515! 



38. J. batawe. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 420. This is probably 

 only a variety of J. Stuhlmannii, from which it diflfers merely in having 

 glabrous male sepals. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 40. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Hats south of Rufidji, Ooefze, 86 ! 



39. J. molliSy Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 184. Stem pilose, 

 1;he young flowering parts densely pubescent. Leaves 5-partite to near 

 the base, glandular-denticulate, tomentose with whitish hairs on both 

 surfaces when young ; stipules divided into numerous setaceous gland- 

 tippe<l pubescent segments. Cymes very small, few-flowered ; bracts 

 triangular or lanceolate, with numerous gland-tipped teeth. Male 

 flowers: Sepals lanceolate, glabrous. Petals obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Disk-glands very small. Stamens 8 ; filaments partially 

 connate. Female flowers : Sepals narrowly lanceolate, subacute, 2 lin. 

 long, entire or usually with a few gland-tipped teeth, pubescent. Petals 

 oblanceolate, obtuse. Disk deeply o-lobed. Ovary glabrous ; styles 



