Caperonia.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 833 



subspathulate-oblong, clawed, very unequal, 3 larger as long as the 

 sepals, 2 small or very small, sometimes obsolete. Stamens about 10 ; 

 filaments short. Female sepals 5-6, ovate-triangular, unequal, 3 inner 

 rather larger than the 2-3 outer, all glandular-hispid. Petals 5, obovate, 

 clawed, as long as the larger sepals. Ovary closely beset with narrow 

 subulate gland-tipped processes. Capsule slightly muricate and setose, 

 ^ in. wide ; accrescent sepals y.j-yV i"^- ^^^S- Seeds pale yellow or 

 tawny, oblong-globose. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 756 ; Durand 

 ct De Wild, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 104, and in Reliq. Dewevr. 

 ii. 20S; Th. &. Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 490. C. serrata, Baill. 

 Adansonia, i. Qt^y, not of Presl. C. Chei'>aUeri, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France, Iv. Mem. viii. 73. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal: Galam ; near Bakel, Leprieur ! Senegambia ; 

 Cnsamance River, Fe}'roifei, 131 1 French Guinea: He Tristao, Paroisse, 46! 

 Middle Niger; Natadie, Chevalier, 157! Upper Niger; Sam:indiny, Chevalier, 

 2633! Upper Soudan, Z^rarrf, 210 ! Sierra Leone: Makela, iS'ro«-^//ioi', 4053 ! 

 Scarcies River, Scott-Elliot, 4271! Togo: Lome, WarnecJce, 430! Northern 

 Nigeria: Nupe, Barter! Zungeiu, Dalziel, 65! Lagos, Rowland! Cameroons : 

 Garua, 1000 ft., Ledermann, 3310 ! 4542! Rei Buba; 1000 ft., Lederma?in, 4121 ! 



Worth Central. Baginni : between Mandjafa aiul Bousso, Chevalier, 10442 ! 

 Lake Ivo district, at KoiiMe, Chevalier, 8990 I Dar Banda : Central Koukounou, 

 Chevalier, 6584: 1 6017 ! 



IiO\irer Guinea. Lower Congo: Boma, Deioevre. 



This species is very nearly related to C. serrata, Presl, with which it lias been 

 identified by Baillon. It may usually be recognised by its generally narrower 

 leaves and its always nnecpial male petals, but in some gatherings of both species 

 now one, now the other cliaracter breaks down. The only differential charncter 

 which appears to be constant is to be met with in the female calvx, which is 6-lobed 

 in C. Senegal ensis, more than 6-lobed in C. serrata. 



6. C. serrata, Presl, Epimel. Bot. 213. An annual herb; stems 

 branching, rather slender, hispid upwards, 1 J-3 ft. high. Leaves short- 

 petioled, lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate, acute, margin sharply and often 

 rather closely serrate, narrowed to the base or cuneate, 2-4 in. long, 

 \~\ in. wide, pale green, glabrous on both surfaces or with a few hairs 

 on the nerves beneath ; main nerves 10-12 on each side, rather promi- 

 nent beneath ; petiole J-J in. long, glabrous ; stipules linear, glabrous, 

 caducous. Racemes 2-4 in. long ; rhachis and pedicels glabrous or 

 sparingly pubescent ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, small. Male sepals 5, 

 ovate-triangular, acute, pubescent. Petals 5, subspathulate-oblong, 

 clawed, nearly equal, as long as the sepals, occasionally 2 distinctly smaller 

 than the others. Stamens 10; filaments short. Female sepals 8-10, 

 ovate-triangular, unequal, 4-5 inner rather larger than the 4-5 outer. 

 Petals 5, oblong-lanceolate, clawed, rather shorter than the inner sepals. 

 Ovary closely beset with flattened eglandular processes. Capsule slightly 

 muricate, J in. wide; accrescent sepals ^jj-\ in. long. Seeds usually 

 pale yellow or tawny, sometimes nearly black, oblong-globose. — Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 755, excl. syn. Lepidocrotoii serratus, Presl. 

 Croton serratus., Hochst. ex Baill. Adansonia, i. GC. Lepidococca serrata^ 

 Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mo^^c. xxi. i. 580. 



