Crotonogyne.] cxxii. euphorbiace.e (prain). 825 



stellate-puberulous ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2 lin. long, stellate- 

 puberulous. Racemes up to in. long, simple; bracts 2-glandular ; 

 male flowers in few-flowered glomerules J-J in. apart ; female flowers 

 solitary towards the ends of the racemes ; pedicel stellate-puberulous, 

 J in. iong. Male : Calyx globose, stellate-puberulous, 1 lin. wide, 

 2-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate, margin distinctly 5-lobed ; lobes 

 orbicular; tube hairy within. Stamens about 12, 5 outer; extra- 

 staminal glands free, distinct. Female : Calyx oblong, stellate- 

 puberulous, \ in. long ; lobes 5, ovate -lanceolate, obtuse, eglandular. 

 Petals 5, free. Disk subentire. Ovary densely clothed with simple 

 stiff hairs; styles 3, each twice partite, glabrous throughout. — C. 

 angustlfolia, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1912, 103, not of Pax. Mannio- 

 phyton angusti folium^ Baill. Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. ii. 954. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon; Ogowe River, rAoZZow, 134! 361! 769! 



A very distinct species, growing- on rocks in river-beds, which are completely 

 covei'ed when the rivers aie in flood. 



11. C. ikelexnbensis, Prain in Ketv Bulletin, 1911, 264. Shrub, 

 stellate-pubescent and lepidote. Leaves scattered, short-petioled, firm, 

 obovate, acute, slightly narrowed from beyond the middle to the 

 suddenly wide cuneate base, margin distantly setose, 6-10 in. long, 

 2-3J in. wide ; petiole very stout, 5 lin. long ; stipules ovate, acute, 

 2 J lin. long. Racemes up to 14 in. long, simple or sparingly branched ; 

 branches short ; bracts 2-glandular ; male flowers in few-flowered 

 glomerules 1 in. apart below, J-J in. apart higher up. Male : Calyx 

 globose, densely stellate-pubescent and sparingly lepidote, l|-2 lin. 

 wide, 3-lobed or occasionally 4-lobed. Corolla wide-campanulate ; tube 

 hairy within, hardly exceeding the 5 orbicular truncate or emarginate 

 lobes. Stamens about 18, 5 outer ; extra -staminal glands shortly connate 

 in a lobed ring hirsute outside like the interior of the corolla-tube. 

 Female flowers not seen. — C. Laurentii, var. ikelembense, De Wild. 

 Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 278, t. 73, tig. 2 ; Th. & HeL 

 Dur. Syll. Fl. Congol. 490. 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Equatorial Province; Eombiinba on the 

 Ikeleniba River, Laurent ! 



12. C. Poggei, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 84. Shrub, rusty stellate- 

 pubescent and sparingly setose. Leaves scattered, short-petioled, firm, 

 obovate or oblanceolate-oblong, shortly acutely acuminate, narrowed to 

 an acute or rarely rounded or subcordate base, margin distantly setose, 

 5-10 in. long, 2-3 in. wide; petiole 4-8 lin. long, sparingly stellate- 

 pubescent and with sometimes a few stifl" simple hairs ; stipules ovate, 

 acuminate, 3-3J lift, long, densely stellate-pubescent and sparingly 

 setose. Racemes 4-7 in. long, simple, stellate-pubescent; male flowers 

 in few-flowered glomerules \-h in. apart ; females few, solitary towards 

 the apex of the racemes, pedicel stellate-pubescent, in fruit 7-8 lin. 

 long ; bracts stellate-pubescent and 2-glandular. Male : Calyx globose, 

 closely stellate-pubescent, 1 lin. wide, 3-lobed. Corolla wide-campanu- 

 late, margin distinctly o-lobed ; tube hairy within. Stamens about 



