ADDENDA. 1051 



to long petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, emarginate, base very 

 slightly and narrowly cordate, 1^-3 J in. long, J-IJ- in. broad, coriaceou.s, 

 entire, pale green, dull and uniformly persistently stellate-puberulous 

 above, densely clothed with silvery scales and with a few rusty scales 

 intermixed beneath ; lateral nerves 12-14 on each side of the raidnb, 

 neither impressed above not raised beneath; petiole ^-Ih in. long, 

 densely silvery and rusty lepidote, with 2 sessile glands underneatli at 

 the point of attachment with the leaf-blade ; stipules subulate, usually 

 short, occasionally very long, scaly; racemes bisexual, 1-4 in. long, 

 terminal, rhachis densely silvery and rusty scaly; bracts subulate-lan- 

 ceolate, scaly ; male pedicels 1-2 lin. long, densely scaly ; sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, 1|- lin. long, coriaceous, densely scaly outside, closely puberulous 

 within ; petals ovate, rather shorter than the sepals, scaly on the out- 

 side, margins villous, glabrous within ; disk -glands thick, glabrous ; 

 stamens 15-20; filaments thinly pubescent below; receptacle pilose; 

 female sepals as in the male ; petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, scaly 

 outside, hairy within ; disk minute ; ovary densely clothed with fringed 

 scales; styles spreading, G-8-partite, glabrous; capsule very slightly 

 8-lobed, J in. long, densely scaly; seeds smooth. — C. gratissimus^Vixs. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. x. 35, not of Burch. 



liower Guinea. German South-West Africa: Damarulaiid ; Okahandj.i, 

 Hiipfner ! Dinter, 2291 Kaiser Wilhelms Berg, near Okahaudja, Marloth, 13541 

 Otjovazandu, Rautanen, 571 ! Ombika, Rautanen, 672 ! 



Bf ozamb. Distr. Bechuanalnnd ; Oliphants Kloof, Fleck, 452a t 453a ! 



Very similar to C. gratissimus, Burch., and C. zambesicus, Miill. Arg., but 

 distinguished from loth by the leaves being persistently stellate-puberulous on ilie 

 upper surface. 



Occurs also in subtropical Bechuanaland and the Transvaal. 



146. Croton gratissimus, Burch. Trav. S. Afr. ii. 263. A shrub 

 or small tree, 4-20 ft. high ; twigs slender, angular, covered with silvery 

 and rusty scales when young ; leaves fragrant, alternate, distinctly to 

 long petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, often emarginate, 

 narrowly cordate at the base, 1^-2 in. long, \-\ in. wide, coriaceous, 

 penninerved, entire, pale green, quite glabrous and shining above, 

 densely clothed with silvery and rusty scales intermixed beneath ; 

 lateral nerves 10-12 on each side, neither impressed above nor raised 

 beneath ; petiole \-\ in. long, densely clothed with silvery and rusty 

 scales, apical glands usually very minute or absent, if distinct then 

 always sessile and attached to the upper portion of the petiole-slightly 

 below its attachment to the blade ; stipules subulate, very short. 

 Kacemes bisexual, up to 2^ in. long, terminnl : i hachis densely silvery 

 and rusty scaly ; bracts subulate-lanceolate, scaly ; male pedicels 1-U lin. 

 long, densely scaly. Sepals ovate, obtuse, \\ lin. long, coriaceous, 

 densely scaly outside, closely puberulous within. Petals ovate, as large 

 as the sepals, scaly outside, villous on the mai-gin, glabrous ; disk-glands 

 thick, glabrous. Stamens 10-15 ; filaments thinly pubescent below. 

 Receptacle pilose. Female sepals as in the male. PetjUs oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, scaly outside, hairy within. Disk minute. Ovary densely 



