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subtus viridi-grisea ; petioli 5-20 mm. long., sparsim pubescentes. Stipulæ 
lineari-lanceolatz, cirea 4 mm. long., extus pubescentes intus glabree necnon 
5” 
subcastaneæ. Racemi (incluso pedunculo) 1:5-3 em. long. Floris feminei 
bractea viridis, 3x 4:5 mm.; florum masculorum bracteze 2 mm. long., 
pedicelli circiter totidem. Horum sepala 1:25 mm. long. Antherarum 
loculi 0:3: mm. long. Floris feminei calycis segmenta sub flore 2 mm. long. 
(sub fructu vix 1 em. long.), 1:2 mm. lat. ; lacinule 0*4 mm. long. Ovarium 
cum stylorum basi indivisa 13 mm. long.; stylorum pars libera extus 
pubescens, 1:25 mm. long. ; stigmata recurva. 
Var. URTICANS, ©. Moore, var. nov. Primo obtuto a typo secernenda propter 
caulem foliaque majora longius petiolata pilis urticantibus obsita. Folia 
1*5-10 em. longa, 375-6 em. lata ; petioli crassiusculi, 2:5-8 em. longi. 
Hab. ut supra ; in fl. May ; n. 446. 
This differs from its nearest allies T. mitis, Hochst., and T. natalensis, Sond., 
chiefly in the bracts, those subtending the female flowers of 7. ambigua being 
large like all the bracts of T. natalensis, while its male bracts are narrow 
like those subtending all the flowers of 7. mitis. 
Tracia (Tagira) MADANDENSIS, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
T. caule volubili pube brevi subsparsa pilis paucis hispidis intermixta obtecto, 
foliis longipetiolatis ambitu late ovatis 3-lobis basi truncatis 5-nervibus margine 
crenato-serratis utrinque presertim ad nervos hispidis hispidulo-puberulisve, 
stipulis rhombeo-lanceolatis satis perspicuis, racemis pedunculatis paucifloris 
floribus 2 infimis femineis ceteris masculis, pedunculis hispidis, utriusque secus 
florum bracteis parvis ovatis florum femineorum 2-3-partitis vel 2-3-fidis 
masculorum integris acuminatis omnibus minute hispidulis, floribus masculis 
breviter pedicellatis horum calyce 3-partito segmentis late ovatis obtusis, 
staminibus 8 inter se liberis, antheris introrsis, florum femineorum calycis 
hispidi laciniis 6 utrinque 2-3-lacinulatis rhachi oblonga lacinulis sepius 
anguste lineari-lanceolatis integris vel basi latere uno vel utrovis lobulum 
ferentibus, ovario 3-mero sursum hispido, stylis in columnam ovario æqui- 
longam inferne coalitis. 
Hab. Madanda forests at about 400 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; п. 794. 
Folia adulta 5 em. long., juxta basin totidem lat., subtus in sicco pallidiora. 
Stipule cirea 5 mm. long. Racemi (pedunculo incluso) summum 2 em long. 
Florum femineorum bracteæ circa 3-3°5 x 9-2-5 mm. ; florum masculorum 
bractea 25 х L:5 mm. Florum masculorum sepala 1 mm. long. ; anthers 
0-3 mm. long. Floris feminei calycis lacini: sub flore 3 mm. long., cito usque 
ad 5 mm., augmentatze, hujus rhachis primo 0:3 mm. cito 1 mm. lat.; lacinulze 
1 mm. long. cito summum 2-2:5 x 0°5-0°75 mm. Ovarium mox 25 mm. 
long., styli rami 2 mm. 
Easily to be distinguished from 7. cordifolia, Benth., and its allies by the 
leaves and bracts of the female flowers with comparatively broad (not 
narrowly linear) lacinulee and a broad rhachis. 
