Claoxylon.'] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prainJ. 875 



nerves 8-9 pairs, ascending, raised beneath ; petiole at first sparsely 

 pubescent, soon glabrous, 1J-2J in. long ; stipules very minute. 

 Flowers in axillary spike-like racemes, 6-8 in. long ; racemes peduncled ; 

 peduncles 1 in. long and rhachis closely adpressed-puberulous ; bracteoles 

 ovate-deltoid, each subtending a fascicle of 5-11 flowers; fascicles at 

 first close set, at length J- J in. apart above and J- J in. apart below ; 

 pedicels puberulous, at length J-J in. long. Male calyx whitish-green, 

 puberulous, ovoid in bud ; lobes 4, divided nearly to the base. Stamens 

 11-12, outer 8, the rest central ; filaments short, surrounded by a ring 

 of glands completely connate in an entire extra-staminal cup, hirsute 

 on the margin with short white hairs ; inter-staminal glands 0. 

 Female flowers and fruit not seen. — Mlill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 ii. 779. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando I'o; Mann! 



2. C. occidentale, MiilL Ary. in Flora, 1804, 438. Small tree, 

 30 ft. high ; twigs glabrous, purplish. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 membranous, ovate-oblong, shortly and obtusely cuspidate, base rather 

 wide-cuneate, margin shortly closely glandular-crenate, 6-12 in. long, 

 3-5 in. wide, medium green, purple when young and tinged with 

 purple when mature, rather paler beneath, glabrous ; lateral nerves 

 8-9 pairs, ascending, raised beneath ; petiole glabrous, 1 J-2J in. long ; 

 stipules very minute. Flowers in axillary spike-like racemes, 6-8 in. 

 long ; racemes peduncled ; peduncles 1 in. long and rhachis glabrous ; 

 bracteoles triangular, cuspidate, each subtending a fascicle of 3-5 

 flowers ; fascicles at first close-set, at length /^-i ^^' ^P^^'^ above, 

 \-\ in. apart below ; pedicels pubescent, I'o-iV ^^- ^^^S- Male calyx 

 purplish-green, densely pubescent, globose in bud ; lobes 4, divided 

 nearly to the base. Stamens 11-12, outer 8, the rest central ; filaments 

 short, surrounded by a ring of glands partially connate in a very shallow 

 many-lobed extra-staminal cup, the lobes hirsute at the apex with short 

 white hairs ; inter-staminal glands 0. Female flowers and fruit uot 

 seen. — MUll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 779. 



Xtower Guinea. St. Thomas Island: St. Tliouias Peak, up to 7000 ft., 

 Mann, 1064 ! Welxvitsch, 442 ! Chevalier, 13666 ! Qiunias, 163 ! 



3. C. hexandrum, MiilL Arg. in Flora, 1864, 438. Small tree 

 10-35 ft. high, twigs glabrous, pale green. Leaves long-petioled, 

 membranous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, base cuneate, 

 margin closely and shortly or occasionally distinctl}- glandular-toothed, 

 7-15 in. long, 3-6 in. wide, rather dark green, paler and finely verrucose 

 beneath, petioles (but not the blades) purplish when young, glabrous ; 

 lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, rather spreading, raised beneath ; petiole 

 glabrous, 1-1 J in. long near the apices of the twigs, '2^-^ in. (occasionally 

 12 in.) long on the branches below ; stipules very minute. Flowers in 

 axillary spike-like racemes, 8-20 in. long ; racemes peduncled ; peduncles 

 i-lj in. long and rhachis closely and softly adpressed-pubescent ; 

 bracteoles ovate, cuspidate, densely pubescent, each subtending a fascicle 

 of 3-7 male flowers or a solitary female flower ; fascicles at tii-st close 



