Erythrococca.'] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEyE (prain). 865 



hairs, minutely verrucose ; petiole closely and softly hispid, \ in. 

 long; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. Flowers small, 

 in peduneled racemes ; peduncles slender, hispidulous, males J in., 

 females \ in. long ; pedicels glabrous, males J- J in., females J in. long. 

 Male calyx white, glabrous, globose in bud ; lobes 3-4, membranous. 

 Stamens 27; outer 9-12, the rest central; filaments longer than the 

 anthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female 

 calyx white, 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, 

 arcuately reflexed from the base, smooth. Disk of 2 large free equally 

 2-lobulate scales, their margins contiguous under the base of the ovary. 

 Capsule not seen. — Claoxylon memhranaceimi^ Miill. Arg. in Flora, 

 1804, 487, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 778. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 4000 ft., ilfann, 1197! 

 Buea, 3300 ft., Lehmhach, 212 ! 

 A very distinct species. 



25. £• patula, Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 619. Shrub or small tree; 

 twigs hispid ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves short-petioled, membranous, 

 ovate or narrow elliptic, rather abruptly acuminate, base rounded, margin 

 distinctly but shortly toothed, 8-10 in. long, 2^-3 in. wide, pale green, 

 hispid especially on the nerves on both surfaces or glabrous except for 

 some hispid hairs on the nerves beneath, minutely verrucose ; petiole 

 hispid, \-\ in. long; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. 

 Flowers small, in peduneled racemes ; peduncles thin, wiry, glabrous, 

 ]|— 2 in. long ; pedicels glabrous, male J-l^ in. long. Male calyx green, 

 glabrous, conic-pyramidal in bud ; lobes 4, membranous. Stamens 

 r)0-54 ; outer Id, the rest central; filaments much shorter than the 

 anthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. Female 

 flowers unknown. — Claoxylon 2)atulum^ Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 93. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: J abassi, 200-350 ft., Z-e<ferwan», 1063 ! 1106! 



Owing to the absence of female flowers the precise affinity of this species 

 remains somewhat fincertain. The hispidity which characterises it is shared by two 

 others, E. memhranacea aiid E.'hispida. From the former it is distinguished by its 

 more numci'ons stamens with filaments shorter than the anthers; from the latter by 

 its more numerous stamens with conic-pyramidal male buds. The last-mentioned 

 character it shares with E. Mannii, next which it ought probably to be placed. 



26. E. Manniiy Prain in Ann. Bot. xxv. 620. Shrub 15 ft. high ; 

 twigs glabrous ; bud-scales persistent. Leaves petioled, membranous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base cuneate, margin irregularly toothed, 

 0-8 in. long, l-'l^ in. wide, dark green, paler beneath, glabrous; petiole 

 glabrous, J-| in. long; stipules unmodified, hyaline-scarious, minute. 

 Flowers small, in peduneled racemes ; peduncles slender, glabrous, J-| in. 

 long ; pedicels glabrous, males |--J in. long, females ^j^ in. long. Male 

 calyx green, glabrous, conic-pyramidal in bud ; lobes 4, membranous. 

 Stamens 24-30 ; outer 1 0, the rest central ; filaments much shorter than 

 the anthers; glands minute, hirsute, rhomboid, all inter-staminal. 

 Female calyx 2-lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; stigmas free, linear, 

 patulous, smooth. Disk of 2 large free suborbicular entire scales, their 



