804 cxxii. EUPHORBiACE^ (hutchinson). [Cluytia. 



Mozamb. Blstr. South-east Rhodesia : Mount Pcne, 6500-7000 ft^ 

 Swynnerton, 2012 ! 6159 ! 



3. C. Stuhlmanni, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 112. Stems several, 

 arisiug from a woody rhizome, simple, up to 2 ft. high, subterete, 

 glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate-elliptic, subacute, more or 

 less cuneate at the base, J-lJ in. long, 4^-7 lin. broad, entire, thinly 

 subchartaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 2-3 

 on each side, visible below ; petiole about J lin. long, wrinkled when 

 dry, glabrous ; stipules minute. Flowers dioecious, or at any rate on 

 separate stems. Male flowers 2-3 in each leaf -axil ; pedicel very slender, 

 3-4 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, membranous, 1 lin. long, 

 J lin. broad, glabrous. Petals obovate-spathulate, abruptly narrowed 

 into a claw, as long as the sepals, membranous, glabrous. Glands 

 numerous in the base of the flower, small. Filaments very shortly 

 connate; anthers \ lin. long. Rudimentary ovary minutely bifid, 

 glabrous. Female flowers solitary or up to 4 in each leaf -axil ; pedicel 

 4 lin. long, glabrous, attaining 1 J in. in fruit. Sepals as in the male. 

 Petals oblanceolate, gradually narrowed to the base. Disk-glands or 

 lobes 2, opposite each sepal. Ovary glabrous ; styles suberect, bilobed, 

 glabrous. Capsule broadly ovoid, about 2J lin. in diam., sliglitly 

 wrinkled. Seeds ellipsoid, If lin. long, 1 lin. broad, smooth and shin- 

 ing, dark brown, with a large submembranous yellow caruncle. — 

 Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 241, and in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.- 

 Cluytie?e, (57. 



lorile I.and. British East Africa: Lake Nakuru, Scott-Elliot, 6829! 

 Mozamb. Distr. German Ksist Africa: Kara^we; Buhimba, Scott-Elliot, 

 8189! L'konn', ib7»^/;rta««,884! Kuvuvu hills, Scott-Elliot, %15%\ 



4. C. stelleroides, *S'. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 198. Stems 

 about 8 in. high, otherwise as in C. monticola. Leaves narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, narrowed to the base, J-1 in. long, 2J-3J lin. broad, 

 rigidly membranous, glabrous, densely pustulate below, with recurved 

 cartilaginous margins; petiole 1 lin. long, glabrous. Flowers dioecious, 

 females not known. Male flowers 2-4 in each leaf -axil ; pedicel slender, 

 3J-4J lin. long, glabrous. Sepals oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, 

 about 1 lin. long, f lin. broad, membranous, glabrous, with an 8-partite 

 scale below the middle within. Petals, staminal column and rudi- 

 mentary ovary as in C. monticola. 



BCozamb. Blstr. Rhodesia: Northern Melsetter district, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Swynnerton, 6214 ! 



5. C. inyangensiSy Hutchinson. Stems simple, few, arising from 

 a rhizome, straight, subterete, densely tomentose. Leaves lanceolate or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, sligiitly narrowed to the base, J-1 J in. 

 long, J-J in. broad, subchartaceous, adpressed-pilose on both surfaces, 

 more densely so below ; lateral nerves indistinct ; petiole about J lin. 

 long, pubescent. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers several in each leaf- 

 axil ; pedicel 1-1 J lin. long, articulated near the base, densely yellowish- 

 pubescent. Sepals oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, f lin. 



