844 cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). [CephalocToton. 



stellate hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves petioled, membranous, ovate, 

 acute, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin crenate- toothed, 1-1 f in. 

 long, J-1 in. wide, when young stellate-pilose, soon glabrescent and 

 pilose-scabrous only along the nerves ; petiole slender, ^| in. long, 

 sparingly stellate- pilose ; stipules lanceolate, subentire, uncinate, 1 lin. 

 long. Heads globose, terminal, \ in. across ; peduncles \-\ in. long, 

 rusty-pubescent ; female pedicels 5-6, subumbellate, erect, i in. long. 

 Male : Calyx tomentose ; lobes wide ovate, subacute ; rudimentary ovary 

 2-lobed. Female : Sepals tomentose, pinnatipartite. Ovary tomentose ; 

 styles shortly connate at the stellate-hairy base, glabrous and much 

 divided upwards. 



zrile Iiand. Somalilaiid : Boraii ; Wai Wui, Ellenhecli, 2137. 



2. C. nudus, Pax d: K. Iloffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. E^ijyhorh.- 

 Adrian. 10. Shrub ; twigs stellate-pubescent, at length glabrescent. 

 Leaves petioled, ovate, acute, base rounded, margin closely and finely 

 crenate- toothed, |-| in. long, J- J in. wide, glabrescent above, sparingly 

 stellate-tomentose beneath, somewhat scabridulous ; petiole |—§ in. long ; 

 stipules minute, subulate, subentire. Heads globose, terminal, J in. 

 across ; peduncle finely stellate-pubescent, ^-1 in. long ; female pedicels 

 solitary to each peduncle, very short. Male : Calyx glabrous externally ; 

 lobes ovate, subacute ; rudimentary ovary 2-8-lobed. Female: Sepals 

 densely stellate-pubescent, short, pinnatipartite. Ovary tomentose ; 

 styles almost free, glabrous. 



irile Z<and. British East Africa: Witu, near Malka Korokora, Thomas, 105 ! 



3. C. velutinus. Pax d- K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorh.- 

 Adrian. 10. Shrub, about 3 ft. high ; twigs floccose with stellate hairs, 

 at length glabrescent. Leaves petioled, very firm, ovate, acute, base 

 cordate, margin entire or faintly repand-crenulate, |-1 in. long, \-\ in. 

 wide, densely stellate-velvety on both surfaces ; petiole \-\ in. long,- 

 villous ; stipules subulate, incised, 1 lin. long. Heads globose, terminal, 

 \-\ in. across ; peduncle \-\ in. long, densely stellate-tomentose ; female 

 pedicels 2, \-\ in. long. jVIale : Calyx densely tomentose ; lobes 

 triangular-ovate, acute ; rudimentary ovary entire or faintly 2-lobed. 

 Female : Sepals pinnately 4-lobed, densely tomentose. Ovary tomentose ; 

 styles nearly free, pilose. 



Nile Xiand. British East Africa : Juba Valley; Ferschit, Ellenhecli, 2338 ! 



4. C. cordofanus, Hochst. in Elora, 1841, 370. Small shrub, up 

 to 3-4 ft. high ; twigs finely stellate-hairy, sometimes also glandular, 

 glabrescent. Leaves petioled, membranous, ovate-cordate, acute or 

 shortly acuminate, margin crenate, glandular or not, |-2 in. long, 

 ^-1^ in. wide, stellate-tomentose, at length almost glabrous on both 

 sides ; petiole |^-| in. long, stellate-pubescent and sometimes also 

 glandular ; stipules linear, slightly incised lobulate, 1 J lin. long. Heads 

 globose, terminal, J in. across ; peduncle stellate-pubescent, up to 1 in. 

 long; female pedicels 1-3, \ in. long, in fruit elongated up to 1^ in. 

 long. Male : Calyx finely pubescent externally ; rudimentary ovary 



