Cluytia
(named after Outgers Cluyt, 1590-1650, a Dutchman, who was Professor of Botany at Leyden). ORD. Euphorbiaceae. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with white flowers. They thrive in a compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Cuttings of small side shoots will root in sand, over a layer of sandy peat, covered with a bell glass; points of shoots, before they become hard, will serve as substitutes for cuttings, when the latter are not obtainable. This genus contains about thirty species, from tropical and Southern Africa; they are of little beauty or interest, and those which have been introduced are rarely seen in cultivation out of botanical gardens.