Tragia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (PRAIN). 971 
otherwise quite glabrous; petiole 4-12 in. long, sparingly puberulous ; 
stipules ovate, acute, erect, 1-1 in. long, faintly puberulous or glabrous. 
Racemes lateral, slender, rather dense, }-} in. long, with a naked 
pubescent peduncle 4~3 in. long, with several male flowers above and 
1-2 basal female flowers ; pedicels of male flowers solitary to and shorter 
than the bracts ; male bracts ovate, acute, 1-2 lin. long, glabrous ; female 
bracts orbicular, acutely 3-lobed, bracteoles ovate, acute. Male sepals 3, 
ovate, with a few apical hairs. Stamens 3; filaments veryshort. Female 
calyx-segments 6, rather narrowly oblong, subacute, membranous, entire, 
4 lin. long, slightly narrowed to a broad rhachis rather sparingly hir- 
sute on the margins. Ovary rather sparingly hispid; styles 3, finely 
pubescent, united in a column for three-fourths of their length. Fruit 
not seen ripe; young capsule very sparsely beset with short white 
bristles, } in. across. 
Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16860! 
Very closely related to 7’. spathulata, Benth., but readily distinguished by the 
almost glabrous leaves and by the different female calyx-segments which are much 
smaller and have the laminula much narrower relatively to the stipe. 
- T. spathulata, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 502. Stems long, 
slender, twining, armed with stinging hairs. Leaves distinctly to long 
petioled, membranous, obovate-oblong, acute or shortly and acutely 
acuminate, base shortly and rather narrowly cordate, margin shortly 
crenate or serrate, 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. wide, rather sparingly beset 
with long spreading bristly hairs above, otherwise glabrous, pubescent 
beneath and also beset with long spreading bristly hairs especially on 
the nerves; petiole }-2 in. long, pubescent and also setose with spread- 
Ing hairs; stipules lanceolate, erect, 1-1 in. long, pubescent. Racemes 
lateral, slender, rather dense, 3-3 in. long, with a naked pubescent 
peduncle 3-1} in. long, with several male flowers above and 1~2 basal 
female flowers ; pedicels of male flowers solitary to and ultimately 
longer than the bracts, articulate below the middle ; male bracts obovate 
or spathulate, obtuse, 1-2 lin. long, sparingly beset with long bristly 
airs ; female bracts orbicular-ovate, 3-lobed ; bracteoles obovate, obtuse. 
ale sepals 3, ovate. Stamens 3; filaments short. Female calyx- 
Segments 6, orbicular-subspathulate, membranous, at length accrescent, 
but hardly coriaceous, 4 lin. long, pubescent and hispid, narrowed to a 
short densely hairy rhachis much shorter than the terminal laminula 
and without any lateral lobes. Ovary very densely setose ; styles 3, finely 
puberulous, united in a column for two-thirds their length. Capsule 
3-coccous, densely bristly, 4 in. across ; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, 
brown with white patches.—DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 945. 
Upper Guinea. (old Coast: Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 8! Odumase ; Krobo 
plains, Johnson, 1089! Gida Abdulker ; Rousu, Kravse/ and without precise locality, 
Farmar, 411! 438! Togo: Misahohe, Baumann, 450! Southern Nigeria: 
Abeokouta, Irving, 72! Olokemeji; Esisi, Foster, 278! 
A very distinct species, 
5. T. laminularis, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. 183. Stem 
long, slender, woody and erect below, twining above, armed with 
