Mildhrcedia.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 801 



late, few-flowered, J-| in. long; peduncle 4-6 lin. long, shortly stellate- 

 pubescent ; bracts subulate, J-1 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 5, ovate or 

 elliptic, obtuse, 2 lin. long, 1-lJ lin. broad, subcoriaceous, minutely 

 stellate- pubescent, becoming glabrous where another sepal has over- 

 lapped, the margin minutely ciliolate. Petals very broadly obovate or 

 orbicular, several-nerved, glabrous, nearly 2 lin. in diam. Disk-glands 

 fleshy, slightly pubescent. Stamens 15 ; filaments glabrous. Receptacle 

 shortly pubescent. Female cymes pedunculate, inserted about 4 lin. 

 above the leaf-axils, few-flowered ; peduncle 2-2J in. long, flattened, 

 stellate-pubescent ; bracts as in the male ; pedicels about 4 lin. long. 

 Sepals ovate, obtuse, stellate-pubescent. Disk small, pubescent. Ovary 

 ovoid, densely setose with simple hairs and stellate-pubescent ; styles 

 erect, pubescent in the lower part. Capsule not known. — Jatropha 

 fallax, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 284. Neojatropha fallax^ Pax in 

 Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph, 115, fig. 41. 



wile l^and. Britisli East Africa : near Magi Clmmoi, Kassner, 458 ! 



IMCozamb. 3>lstr. German East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 388 ! 



4. M. carpinifolia, Hutchinson. A shrub about 7 ft. high ; 

 branchlets rather densely stellate- pubescent. Leaves, petiole and 

 stipules as in X. fallax. Male cymes slightly supra-axillary, few- 

 flowered ; peduncle U-21 in. long, shortly stellate-pubescent ;' bracts 

 subulate, up to 2 lin. long; pedicels short. Male flowers not seen. 

 Female cymes few-flowered, supported by a peduncle about 1 in. long. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, stellate-pubescent. Petals broadly oblong, 

 obtuse. Disk, ovary, fruit and seeds as in M. fallax. — Jatropha 

 carpinifoUa, Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240, and in Engl. Jalirb. 

 xxiii. 520. Xeojatropha carjniiifolia, Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Jatroph. 114. 



Mozamb. Slstr. Zanzibar: Kidoti, Hildebrandt, 1118! German East 

 Africa: Usammo ; Kn\Qi\^e, Stuhlmann, Q^12\ 



More complete material of the last two species will probably show that the 

 differences given in the key are of little value. 



41. CLUYTIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 302. 



Flowers dioecious or very rarely monoecious. Petals present. Male 

 flowers : Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals more or less equalling the sepals, 

 clawed, with 1 to several glands within the base. Disk-glands 3-5-lobed 

 at the base of or adnate to the sepals. Stamens 5 ; filaments connate 

 around and supporting a dilated rudimentary ovary ; anthers short, 

 dorsifixed, dehiscing longitudinally. Female flowers : Sepals and petals 

 as in the male. Disk often as in the male, but sometimes the bottom of 

 the calyx eglandular. Ovary 3-celled ; styles free or shortly connate at 

 the base, bifid or bilobed ; ovules solitary in each cell. Capsule small, 

 subglobose, septicidally dehiscent into 3 entire or bifid valves ; septa 

 thin, free or adhering to the columella. Seeds ovoid, carunculate ; testa 

 crustaceous, black and shining ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat and 



