806 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). [Cluytia, 



lobes ; styles free to the base, recurved, bifid, glabrous. Capsule sub- 

 globose, J in. in diam., thinly and shortly pubescent. Ripe seeds not 

 seen. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiese, 58. 



Upper Guinea. Caiiieroons : Bambuttu Mountain, near Markt Singwn, 

 6000 ft., Ledermann, 1658 ! 



8. C. Wlijrtei, Hutchinson. A small tree (Whyte)', branchlets 

 grooved or angular, slightly pubescent towards the tips, becoming quite 

 glabrous below. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the 

 base, 1-2 in. long, J-1 J in. broad, entire, rigidly membranous, dull and 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; lateral nerves 8-10 on each side, looped some 

 distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces ; petiole about 1 lin. 

 long, glabrous. Flowers dicecious. Male flowers numerous in each leaf- 

 axil ; pedicel about J lin. long, somewhat slender, pubescent. ISepals 

 obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, J lin. long, nearly J lin. broad, 

 membranous, slightly puberulous towards the base outside, with 3 club- 

 shaped stalked glands towards the base of each within. Petals spathu- 

 late, slightly toothed, nearly as long as the sepals, with a solitary large 

 fleshy gland at the base within. Staminal column cylindric, | lin. long ; 

 free part of filaments spreading or slightly reflexed, J lin. long, glabrous. 

 Rudimentary ovary cylindric, truncate, ^ lin. long, glabrous. Female 

 flowers mostly 2-o together in each leaf-axil ; pedicel at first about 

 2 lin. long, pubescent, at length (in fruit) J in. long and more sparingly 

 pubescent. Sepals oblong, rounded at the apex, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 membranous, with 2-3 club-shaped stalked glands at the base within. 

 Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, nearly equalling the sepals, 

 eglandular at the base. Ovary glabrous ; styles recurved, slender, bi- 

 lobed to about the middle. Fruits subglobose, about 2J lin. in diam., 

 with light-coloured tubercles. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 1 J lin. long, black 

 and smooth. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Xyasaland : between Mpata and the Tanganyika Plateau, 

 2000-3000 ft , W/it/tp ! Xyika Platenu, 6000-7000 ft., IVhyte, 175 ! 



This si)ecies givatly resembles C. cordata, 15t.'rnh., and C. heteropriylla, Tliunb., 

 from South Afiicji, both of whicli, however, appear to be rhizomatous plants. 



9. C. pedicellaris, JIutchinson. A shrub ; branches subsimple, 

 terete, yellowish- or greyish-tomentellous. Leaves oblanceolate or ob- 

 long-oblanceolate, subacute, gradually or rarely abruptly narrowed to 

 an acute base, 2-32 ^^' ^o^§» ^"1 i^- broad, entire, membranous, glabrous 

 on both surfaces except the slightly pubescent midrib below ; lateral 

 nerves 8-9 on each side, slightly raised below, looped well within the 

 margin ; petiole slender, J-J in. long, tomentellous ; stipules very small. 

 Flowers dioecious. Male flowers several in each leaf-axil ; pedicel very 

 slender, J in. long, articulated a little below the middle, glabrous or very 

 slightly puberulous. Sepals oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long, \ lin. 

 broad, membranous, sparingly pubescent towards the base outside, glab- 

 rous within and with 3 club-shaped stalked glands at the base. Petals 

 as long as the sepals, with a distinct claw and a solitary gland at the 

 base of each and an ovate-obtuse limb, glabrous. Staminal column very 



