808 CXXn. EUPHORBIACE^ (HUTCHINSON). [Clui/tta, 



nCozamb. Blstr. German Eaat Africa: between Kilimanjaro and Meru, 

 UMiff, 1088 ! Marangu, Volkens, 217b ! KarHgwe, Speke ^ Grant, 479 ! British 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, Whyte ! Masuku Plateau, 6500- 

 7000 ft., Whyte ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 66 ! 81 ! 101 ! 148 ! 480 ! 883 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Lusaka, Kdssner, 2892 ! 



11. C. mollis. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 112. A shrub ; young 

 branchlets yellowish-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or oblong- 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, subcuneate at the base, 1-2J in. long, 

 J-IJ in. broad, membranous, entire, thinly pubescent above, more 

 densely so below ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, spreading ; petiole 

 2J-4 lin. long, yellowish-pubescent ; stipules small and pubescent. 

 Flowers dioecious. Male flowers numerous in the leaf-axils ; pedicel 

 up to 1^ lin. long, articulated in the middle, glabrous. Sepals elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, | lin. long, J lin. broad, with a 2-lobed linear scale 

 at the base inside, pubescent outside. Petals about the same length as 

 the sepals, obovate, with a solitary rounded gland at the base. Filaments 

 connate for two-thirds of their length ; anthers rounded, J lin. long. 

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

 flowers : pedicel attaining 7 lin. long in fruit, pubescent. Sepals linear- 

 lanceolate, with membranous glabrous margins, 1 lin. long. Petals 

 similar in shape and size but glabrous. Disk-glands 2 opposite each 

 sepal. Ovary ovoid, pilose ; styles free to the base, bilobed, glabrous. 

 Capsule 2 J lin. long, thinly pubescent. Seeds 1^ lin. long, black and 

 shining, minutely pitted, with a bifid yellow caruncle. — Pax in Engl. 

 Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiese, 55. C. leuconeura, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xix. 112, ex Pax, I.e. C. abyssinica, vars. usamharica and ovalifoliaj 

 Pax & K. Hoflfm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytieje, 57. 



wile I.and. British Knst Africa: Xdi, Tnita Hills, Hildebrandt, 25211 

 Galunka, Kds.mer, 798 ! Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 2334 ! 



Mozamb. Blstr. GeruiaTi East Africa : Amaiii, Warnecke, 501 \ Usamhara j 

 various localities. Hoist, 144! 8931a! Buchxvald, 159! 483! Alters, 1261 

 Meinhof, 101 ! Braun, 2711, 2745, 2805 ! 2827; Engler, 1070 ! Usuniburu, Keil, 

 67 ! and without precise locality, Zimmermann, 1725 ! Holtz, 1864 ! Uklifj, 165 ! 



12. C. rotundifolia, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 85. A tree; 

 branchlets rather densely pubescent when young, at length glabrous. 

 Leaves subsessile, obovate-elliptic or oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, 1 J-2 in. long, J-1 in. broad, rigidly subchar- 

 taceous, glabrous or nearly so above, yellowish-pubescent below ; lateral 

 nerves about 6 on each side, very prominent below, looped well within 

 the margin ; stipules small. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers axillary, 

 few; pedicel a little longer than the sepals. Sepals suborbicular, 

 pubescent outside, J lin. long, with a 3-fid scale within at the base. 

 Petals oblong, clawed, shorter than the sepals, with a solitary gland at 

 the base. Stamens as in C. mollis. Female flowers and fruits not 

 known. — Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiese, 56. 



Moxamb. Distr. German East Africa : Mondul, Uhliy^ 440 I 



