Cluytia,] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 811 



chartaceous, thinly pubescent on both surfaces ; lateral nerves G-8 on 

 each side, faintly looped some distance from the margin, more or less 

 prominent below ; petiole 2-5 lin. long, pubescent ; stipules very small 

 and tomentose. Flowers dicecious. Male flowers crowded in the leaf- 

 axils ; pedicel short. Sepals obovate, rounded at the apex, 1 J lin. long, 

 § lin. broad, yellowish-pubescent on the outside except on the mem- 

 branous margin in the upper half, glabrous within. Petals obovate, 

 narrowed to the base, about as long as the sepals, membranous, glabrous. 

 Glands within the base of the petals numerous, small, rounded, black. 

 Filaments connate for more than half their length ; anthers J lin. long. 

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

 flowers: pedicel about 1 lin. long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 

 about the same size as in the male, pubescent outside. Petals oblong- 

 oblanceolate, shorter than the sepals. Disk subpectinate, glabrous. 

 Ovary oblong-ovoid, pubescent ; styles free to the base, bilobed, glabrous. 

 Capsule 3 J lin. in diam., pubescent. Seeds ellipsoid, 1| lin. long, black 

 and shining. Sepals and petals persistent when in fruit. — C. lanceolata, 

 var. pubescens, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. \2k)o. C. richardiana, yar. 

 pubesce7is, MiilJ. Arg. I.e. ; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Cluytieae, 

 64. C. lanceolata, Hochst. ex Pax, I.e. 



N-lle land. Eritrea: Saganeiti, Schtvewfurfk 4^ Eiva, 120S \ 1321 \ IS27 I 

 Abyssinia : Sliireh Province, Fetii ! Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 199 ! 

 1536 ! Ghaba, Steudner, 543 ! British East Africa : without precise locality, 

 Elliott, 3 ! 



Occurs also in Arabia. 



18. C. Swynnertonii, *S'. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 197. A 

 shrub ; branches slender, with rather distant internodes, pubescent or 

 almost tomentose. Leaves laxly arranged, lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or rounded at the apex, more or less obtuse at the base, 

 lJ-3 in. long, J-lJ in. broad, membranous, rather thinly pubescent and 

 dull on both surfaces ; lateral .nerves 7-8 on each side, faint and very 

 slender, looped and branched well -within the margin ; petiole 1 J-3 lin. 

 long, densely pubescent. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers pale green, 

 several in each leaf -axil ; pedicel up to Ij lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 

 obovate-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 1 J lin. long, § lin. broad, shortly 

 pubescent outside, with glabrous membranous margins, glabrous within, 

 with a tripartite scale below the middle. Petals broadly spathulate, 

 nearly as long as the sepals, glabrous, with 2 vei y small glands within 

 the base of each. Staminal column f lin. long, glabrous. Rudimentary 

 ovary slightly expanded at the apex, glabrous. Female flowers solitary, 

 shortly pedicellate. Sepals and petals subequal. Ovary densely 

 pubescent ; styles bipartite, pubescent in the lower part. 



Mozamb. Slstr. Rhodesia: Chipete and near Chirinda, 3700-4000 ft., 

 Swynnerton, 197 ! 530 A ! 530b ! 530c ! 



19. C. robusta. Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 241. A shrub up 

 to 12 ft. high ; branches pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong 

 or oblong-oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the base, 



