58 F. Fax. — Euphorbiaceae-Gluytieae. 



cinerascens, subtus saepe pallidior. Flores utriusque sexus glomerati, fere sessiles; 

 pedicelli calyce breviores, fructiferi demum 3 — 4 mm longi, pubescentes. Sepala q? ob- 

 longo-obovata, obtusa, pubescentia, vix 2 mm longa, q? squama 3-partita aucta, Q squama 

 2 — 3-loba aucta, lanceolata; petala (j* rotundato-obovata, basi biglandulosa, Q rhom- 

 boideo-lanceolata, eglandulosa; ovarium glabrum; styli bifidi. Capsula ovoidea, glabra, 

 verruculosa, 5 — 6 mm longa. 



Var. a. genuina Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi-. XV. 2. (18 6 6) 1050. — Cluytia hirsida 

 Eckl. et Zeyh. in Sched. — Cluytia pubescens Eckl. et Zeyh. in Sched. ex parte. — 

 Cinerascenti-pubescens. Folia lanceolato-spathulata, subtus =t glaucescentia. Petala 

 calycem aequantia. 



Von der Umgebung von George im südwestlichen Kaplande ostwärts 

 bis Transvaal. 



Gebiet des südwestl. Kaplandes: George (Schimper!), Zwartriver (Penther 

 n. 876!), Blanco (Penther n. 943!), Oakford (Rehmann n. 559!); Montagupass (Reh- 

 mann n. 168 !). 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Port Elizabeth (Laidley u. Co.!), Zwart- 

 kopsriver (Zeyher n. 3828!), Albany Distr. (Gooper n. 19!), Grahamstown (Schön- 

 land n. 243!, 585'.), British Kaffraria (Gooper n. 76!, 77!). — Natal, Van Reenens- 

 pass (Krook n. 921 !). — Transvaal, Lydenburg (Wilms n. 1315!, 1830!), Houtbosch 

 (Rehmann n. 5909!). 



Ohne nähere Standortsangabe (Burchell n. 3640 !, Drege n. 8227!, Eckion u. 

 Zeyher n. 43!, Krebs!, Mundt u. Maire n. 108!, 311 !). 



Var. ß. phyllanthifolia (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1051. — 

 Gluytia phyllanthifolia Baill. Adansonia III. (1862) 153. — Fulvescenti-puberula. Folia 

 minus spathulata, lanceolato-ovata vel oblongo-obovata vel lineari-elliptica, subconcoloria. 

 Petala calycem demum paulo superantia. 



Kapland (Drege n. 8226!). 



Nota. Habitu similis, saepe simillima G daphnoidi, a qua distinguitur foliis majoribus, 

 magis fuscidulis. floribus Q glomerulatis; insuper calyx $ diversissimus est. Gertissime species 

 in affinitatera G. abyssinicae pertinet. 



6. C. kamerunica Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLV. (1910)238. — Frutex 1 — 1 1/ 2 m 

 altus; rami cum ramulis dense velutino-pubescentes ; indumentum lutescenti-albidum. 

 Petiolus dz 1 cm longus, pubescens; limbus 10 — 12 cm longus, 2 — 2 72 cm latus, 

 lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi acutus, firme membranaceus, velutino-pubescens, demum 

 subglabrescens. Flores monoici, albi, (J* subglomerulati, pedicellis brevibus, 1 — 2 mm 

 longis stipitati, § in eadem axilla cum q? mixti, solitarii, longius pedicellati; pedicelli 

 fructigeri demum 1 5 mm longi. Sepala oblongo-ovata, obtusa, pubescentia, q? 2 mm 

 longa, basi squama 3-fida aucta, Q paulo angustiora, 2 — 3 mm longa, squama bifida 

 praedita; petala q? deltoideo-ovata, unguiculata, basi uniglandulosa, calycem aequantia, 

 Q calyce breviora, eglandulosa, rhomboideo-oblonga; ovarium verrucosum, parce pi- 

 losum. Capsula glabrescens, ovoidea, 5 mm longa. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Kamerun, Bambuttuberge, bei Markt 

 Singwa, 2000 m, im Gebirgswalde (Ledermann n. 1685!) 



Nota. Species inter affines floribus monoicis et indumento denso valde insignis est. 



7. C. Katharinae Pax n. spec. — Frutex dioicus; rami insigniter crassiusculi, 

 ramosi; ramuli sericeo-pubescentes. Folia sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, lanceolata, 

 obtusiuscula, basin versus sensim angustata, juvenilia pilis longiusculis sericeo-albida, 

 demum paulo glabrescentia, membranacea, dense inserta. Flores utriusque sexus sub- 

 sessiles, <J bini, Q solitarii. Sepala (jf* oblonga, 3 — 4 mm longa, sericea, squama 

 3 — 4-partita aucta, Q late ovata, acuta, sericea, squama 2 — 5-partita praedita, 4 mm 

 longa; petala q 1 longe unguiculata, sepala fere aequantia, rhomboidea, acuta, glabra, 

 basi minute uniglandulosa, § oblonga, acuta, calyce breviora, eglandulosa, pilosa; 

 ovarium dense sericeum. Capsula 5 mm longa, densissime vestita. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Cape Colony, Queenstown (Co o per n. 265!). 



