Cluytia.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 809 



13. C. volubilis, llutchinson. A straggly climber ; stem and 

 branches subterete, densely tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed 

 to both ends, acute, J-lJ in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, entire, rigidly charta- 

 ceous or subcoriaceous, ad pressed- villous on both surfaces, with indis- 

 tinct nerves ; petiole 1-1 J lin. long, tomentose ; stipules small. Flowers 

 dioecious. Male flowers crowded and subsessile in the leaf-axils; 

 Sepals obovate, subobtuse, about 1 lin. long and | lin. broad, thick, 

 yellow-pubescent on the outside except towards the thinner margins, 

 glabrous and with a solitary gland just below the middle within. Petals 

 obovate-spathulate, slightly toothed around the top, nearly as large as 

 the sepals, glabrous. Glands several but small in the bottom of the 

 flower. Filaments connate for three-quarters of their length ; anthers 

 J lin. long. Rudimentary ovary small, entire, glabrous. Female 

 flowers solitary, no young ones seen. Sepals in the fruiting stage 

 narrowly lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long, J lin. broad, coriaceous, pubes- 

 cent outside, biglandular at the base within. Petals spathulate- 

 oblanceolate, acute, a little shorter than the sepals, pubescent outside. 

 Ovary tomentose ; styles not seen. Capsule nearly 3 lin. in diam., 

 whitish-pilose. Seeds ellipsoid, black and shining, IJ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad. 



Mozaxnb. Bistr. British Central Africa: Nysisaland; between Kondowe 

 and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Khodesia : Chin)animani, Johnson, 188 ! 



14. C. gracilis, Uutchiyison. A climbing ? shrub ; branches and 

 branchlets very slender, whitish-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-oblanceolate, more or less obtuse at both ends, those on the 

 main branches 1-1 J in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, those on the ultimate 

 branchlets much smaller, all submembranous, rather densely pubescent 

 on both surfaces, with a distinct midrib but no visible lateral nerves; 

 petiole 1-2 lin. long, densely pubescent. Flowers dioecious. Male 

 flowers about 5 in each leaf-axil ; pedicel up to 1 lin. long, slightly 

 pubescent. Sepals oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 1 lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 membranous, pubescent outside, glabrous and with a 2-3-tid scale below 

 the middle within. Petals spathulate-oblanceolate, midrib distinct, 

 glabrous and with 3 glands within the base of each. Staminal 

 column J lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary short, entire, glabrous. 

 Female flowers : pedicel rather stout, up to 2 lin. long, very sparingly 

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

 slightly fleshy, nearly glabrous outside, glabrous and with an adnate 

 fleshy slightly lobed scale within. Petals obovate-oblanceolate, J lin. 

 long, fleshy, glabrous and eglandular. Ovary glabrous; styles erect, 

 short, bifid, glabrous. Capsule ovoid -globose, about '2\ lin. long, smooth. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, 1\ lin, long, black, smooth, with a fleshy bilobed 

 caruncle. — C. stenophylla. Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytiese, 

 63, partly. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Nyasaland: Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Tr;iy<«, 362 ! 



15. C. Paxii, Knauf in Engl, Jahrh, xxx. 341. A shrub about 

 3 ft. high ; branches erect, densely leafy, shortly pubescent. Leaves 



