Chrozophora,'] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 835 



Petals very short. Capsule 3-coccous, red-purple, J in. wide, densely 

 pubescent with harsh stellate hairs but not lepidote. — A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 252, excl. syn. ; Baill. Adansonia, i. 67, partly; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 1140, partly; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 288, partly; 

 Pax in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 183. C. ohliqua, Schweinf. PI. Nilot. 

 10, t. 3 ; Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 35 ; not of A. Juss., nor of Miill. C. prostrata^ 

 Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 235, 262; not of Dalz. C. plicata, 

 y obliqua, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 698. C. plicata, y prostratay 

 Miill. Arg. I.e. 747, as to African plant only; Oliv, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. 146 ; Aschers, & Schweinf. 111. Fl. Egypte, 138 ; Schweinf. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. vii. App. ii. 306. Croton tinctorium, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.- 

 Arab. Ixxv. 162 ; not of Linn. C. plicatum, Vahl, Symb. i. 78 ; 

 Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 538, partly ; Geiseler, Crot. Monogr. 70, partly ; A. 

 Juss. Tent. Gen. Euphorb. 28, partly. Lepidocroton serratus, Presl, 

 Epimel. Bot. 213. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : Dagana, Leprieur ! Podar, Mathieu ! Northern 

 Nigeria : Kuka, near Lake Chad, Vogel, 32 ! Cameroons : Ganm, sandbanks of 

 the Benue, Ledermann, 3239 ! Kusseri, on the Shari, Foureau, 3006 ! 



Xrile Xiand. Nubia : Doiigola, Ehrenherg ! Mifaud ! Eritrea : Godofelassi, 

 6000 ft., Schweinfurth, 548. Abyssinia: Goelleb, 4000 ft., ScUmper, 27 ! 1694 ! 

 Jenda, Steudner, 533 ! by the River Tacazze, Petit ! Quarttn- Dillon Sf Petit ! 

 213! and without precise locality, d'^ Hericourt ! Sudan: banks of the Nile; at 

 about 16° N. Lat., SpeJce ^ Grant ! at Getena, Schweinfurth 898 ! Sennar : 

 Aim Sugra, Schweinfurth ! Wolet Medine, Kotschy, 473 in Herb. Delessert partly, 

 Ilerb. Berlin and Herb. Leiden ! Kordofan, Colston, 52 ! 63 ! Salati, Broun! on the 

 Blue Nile, Muriel, S/31 ! Nuer district, Brownell I 



Mozaxnb. Distr. Rhodesia: common on sandbanks in rivers, Allen, 716! 



Also in Egypt. 



Var. oi^tg^wi/bZia, Prain. Leaves ovate-orbicular, margin repand, often 1^-2 in. 

 long and about as wide; petiole 1-1 1- in. long. Racemes distinctly peduncled; 

 peduncles naked; female pedicels in fruit about ^ in. long; petals yellow. 

 — C.obliquifolia, Baill. ;6tude gen. Euphorb. 322. C. jsZtca^a, Baill. Adansonia, 

 67 partly; Schweinf. PL Nilot. 11, t. 4, excl. syn.; Klotzsch in Peters, Keise 

 Mossamb. Bot. 576 ; Schweinf. Beitr; Fl. Aethiop. 36, 262 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 1140, partly; Aschers & Schweinf. 111. Fi. Egypte, 138 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 237; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 283, partly; scarcely of A. Juss. 

 C. tmctoria, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 99; not of Linn. C. plicata, 

 ^ genuina, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 747, as to African plant only. Croton 

 plicatum, Sieb. Avis. ; herb. ^gypt. 7, rem. 8 ; scarcely of Vahl. C. ohliquifolium. 

 Vis. PI; ^gypt. Nub. 39, t. 7, fig. 2. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : Dagana, Leprieur ! Northern Nigeria : Kuka, 

 near Lake Chad, Vogel, 3 ! 



Wile land. Nubia : Dongola, Ehrenherg ! Daggeh and Sabou, Kralik ! and 

 without precise locality, Pfund ! Eritrea : Abai, Sleeker ! Godofelassi, Bohlfs Sf 

 Stecker! Abyssinia: Begemeder; by the River Reb, Schimper, 1355! Sudnn : 

 Burri. Schweinfurth, 832 ! near Shendy, Schweinfurth, 131 ! North Ipsambul, 

 Scott. Elliot, 3418 ! Sennar: Fazokl, Ehrenherg ! near Abu Harrah, Schweinfurth, 

 833! 834! Wolet Medine, Kotschy, 473 in Herb. Delessert partly. Herb. Kew 

 and Herb. Paris ! White Nile, d'Arnaud ! Kordofan, Pfund ! Colston, 14 1 



Mozamb. Blstr. Mozambique: Sena, Peters, 8! Gonongoza; Sunginc, 

 Vassp, 403 ! 



