Cluytia.'] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 803 



Leaves very narrow, linear to linear-lanceo- 

 late, usually less than ^ in. broad . 16. C. anfjustifolia. 

 Leaves broader, oblong, oblong-lnnceolate 

 or elliptic, usually well over i in. 

 broad. 

 Ovary pubescent. 



Leaves crowded towards tlie apices 

 of the shoots, with very short in- 

 ternodes, soon falling off from the 



lower parts of the branclilets . 17. C. richardiana. 

 Leaves laxly arranj^ed along the 

 shoots, separated by long inter- 

 nodes 18. C. Stcynnertonii. 



Ovary glnbrous. 



Sepal-scales 2-3-partite . . .19. C.rohusta. 

 Sepal-scales 5-pai tite . . . 20. C. polyadenia. 



1. C. benguelensis. Mall. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 337. Stems 

 annual, arising from a woody many-headed rhizome, unbranched, tomen- 

 tellous when young, at length pubescent. Leaves subsessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, slightly narrowed to the base, J-IJ in. 

 long, 2J-5 lin. broad, entire, subchartaceous, somewhat glaucous, indis- 

 tinctly nerved, glabrous. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers 2-3 together 

 in the leaf-axils in the upper half of each stem ; pedicel about 1 lin. 

 long or less, pubescent. Sepals obovate, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, 

 I lin. broad, glabrous on both sides. Petals a little narrower and more 

 membranous than the sepals. Glands numerous, small and rounded. 

 Filaments connate for three-quarters of their length ; anthers J lin 

 long. Rudimentary ovary cylindric, entire, J lin. long, glabrous 

 Female flowers {Fax) : Sepals ovate, obtuse, with a 3-5-lobed scale on 

 the inside at the base. Ovary pubescent. — MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 1052 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 973 (Clutia) ; Pax in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiese, 67. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in rocky thickets near Mnmpulla, Wei- 

 loitsch, 338 ! Tyivingiro, Dehindt, "3087 ! and without precise locality, Antunes, 

 813. Benguella; country of the Ganguellas and Ambuellas, Go^sireiVer, 1993! 



2. C. monticola, ^S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 197. Stems 

 annual, evidently arising from a rhizome, simple, about 10 in. high,' 

 glabrous. Leaves subsessile, suborbicular or broadly elliptic, shortly 

 and abruptly mucronate, J-1 in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, somewhat mem- 

 branous, glabrous, densely pustulate on the lower surface ; lateral nerves 

 about 4 on each side, inconspicuous. Flowers white, dioecious, females 

 not known. Male flowers axillary, geminate; pedicel very slender, J in. 

 long, glabrous. Sepals obovate- oblong, rounded at the apex, 1 J lin. long, 

 f lin. broad, membranous, glabrous, with a 5-partite scale below the 

 middle within. Petals as long as the sepals, with an ovate obtuse limb 

 and a narrow claw, and about 3 glands within the base of each. 

 Staminal column J lin. long, glabrous ; anthers J lin. long. Rudimentary 

 ovary cylindric, slightly expanded at the top, truncate, glabrous. 



