Dalechampia. | CXXIL EUPHORBIACEA (PRAIN), 953 
Leaves more or less pubescent ; capsules setose or hairy. 
Leaves entire ; capsules setose ‘ : . . 3. D. Chevalieri. 
Leaves deeply 3-partite; capsules hairy . ° . 4. D. scandens. 
1. D. ipomeezefolia, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 500. <A slender 
twiner; stems pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, tri- 
angular-ovate, acuminate, base usually shallow-cordate, occasionally 
deep-cordate, margin slightly toothed, usually not lobed, occasionally 
shortly 3-fid, rarely deeply 3-sect or 3-partite with lobes oblong-lanceolate 
or oblong, 3-4 in. long, 13-2} in. broad, thinly membranous, 5-nerved 
from the base, glabrous on both surfaces or thinly pubescent on the 
nerves beneath; petiole 14-24 in. long, glabrous or finely pubescent ; 
stipules linear, 34 in. long, entire. Heads axillary, long-peduncled ; 
involucral bracts ovate, acute, entire, green or yellowish, 3-1 in, long 
and nearly as broad. Stylar column clavate. Cocci black, glabrous. 
Seed spherical, grey, mottled.—Miill. Arg. in DO. Prodr. xv. ii. 1248; 
De Wild. and Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. i. 48; De Wild. 
Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 286; Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. 
Congol. 499. Zragia Buettneri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 103. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Monrovia and Grand Bassa, Dinklage, 1763 ! 
Ivory Coast: Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16783! 16928! Zaranou; Indenia, Chevalier, 
17637! Gold Coast: Ashanti; near Sutah, Cummins, 48! Southern Nigeria: 
Lower Niger, Vogel, 9! Lagos, Lamborn, 275! Cameroons: Batanga, Bales, 
168! Dinklage, 1142! 1199! Ebea, Dinklage, 188! Kribi, Dinklage, 627! Lom, 
650-1000 ft., Ledermann, 6405 ! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Nkolentangan, 1500 ft., Tessmann, 318! 
418! Gaboon: Sibange, Dinklage, 529! Buettner, 286! French Congo: Brazzaville, 
Thollon, 417! 421 partly! Lower Congo: Mayumbe; Upper Chiloango, Cabra & 
Michel, Leopoldville, Schlechter, 12538! Kisantu, Gillet, Vanderyst ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Lukolela, Dewevre, 652! Lake Leopold II. 
district 3 Ibali, Laurent. Equatorial district ; Eala, Laurent. Eastern Province ; 
Mawambi, Kasanga, Mildbraed, 3109! 
2. D. Hildebrandtii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 107. A slender 
twiner; stems glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, deeply 3-partite, 
base deep cordate, lobes oblong, rounded or short cuspidate, their margin 
entire, 24 in. long, 3 in. broad, firmly membranous, 5-nerved from the 
base, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole 1-14 in. long, glabrous ; stipules 
ovate-triangular, slightly oblique, } in. long, entire. Heads axillary, 
long-peduncled ; involucral bracts ovate, slightly cordate, deeply and 
acutely 3-lobed, margin elsewhere serrate, green or yellowish, $-1 in. 
long, 3-1 in. broad. Stylar column cylindric, truncate. Cocci brown, 
With a few scattered hairs or glabrous. Seed spherical, dark brown.— 
Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Seyidieh; Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1980! 
Takaungu, Thomas, 47! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1354! 1980! Stuhlmann, 439! 
Sacleux, 1077! Freneh Island, Kirk, 17! German East Africa: Mandera, Sacleux 
952! Dar-es-Salaam, Engler, 2080! 
A very distinct plant, apparently littoral or sublittoral; most nearly allied to 
D. scandens, Linn., var. cordofana, Miill. Arg. 
