994 CXXII. EUPHORBIACE& (PRAIN), [ Tragia, 
acuminate, base rounded, margin distinctly serrate, 14-2 in. long, } in, 
wide, softly pubescent on both surfaces but especially beneath and beset 
with stinging hairs especially on the nerves on both sides ; petiole 0-1 lin. 
long, when present softly pubescent and bristly; stipules lanceolate, 
1} lin. long, membranous, reflexed, pubescent. Racemes androgynous, 
terminal and leaf-opposed on stems and branches, 6-10 in. long, with a 
basal naked peduncle }-3 in. long, softly pubescent like the rhachis, with 
numerous male flowers above and a solitary basal female ; male flowers 
in scattered 3-flowered cymules, 3 in. long, throughout the raceme but 
with 2-3 solitary flowers at the base and 5-6 solitary flowers at the apex ; 
pedicels softly pubescent, 2-bracteolate, shorter the bracts, female pedicel 
softly pubescent, as long as the bract ; bracts similar in both sexes, mem- 
branous, pubescent, ovate, acute, 1-2 lin. long. Male sepals 3, wide- 
ovate, pubescent. Stamens 3; filaments considerably longer than the 
anthers. Female calyx-segments 3, densely pubescent externally, wide- 
ovate, chartaceous, at length accrescent but not coriaceous, 3 lin. long, 
margin pectinately 4—5-lobulate on each side, lobules short, lanceolate. 
Ovary densely adpressed-pilose ; styles 8, connate for more than half 
their length in a slender sparingly pubescent column, Capsule 3-coccous, 
Sparingly adpressed-pilose, } in. across ; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, 
brown blotched with grey. 
Upper Guinea. Upper Niger: Katou, Chevalier, 539! 
A very distinct species, with female calyx and fruit like that of 7. angustifolia, 
Benth., but very different in all other respects. 
36. T. Gardneri, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 52. Stems erect 
from a woody base, 14 ft. high, copiously branched, sparingly puberulous 
and rather copiously armed with stinging hairs. Leaves sessile or very 
shortly petioled, ascending, chartaceous, ovate, acute, base truncate or 
wide-cuneate, entire, margin elsewhere distinctly sharply serrate, Z in. 
long, 4 in, wide, sparingly puberulous on both surfaces, without sting- 
ing hairs above, rather copiously armed with stinging hairs on the nerves 
beneath ; petiole 0-1 lin. long, when present glabrous or with a few 
bristles on the lower aspect only ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, rigid, re- 
flexed, glabrous. Racemes androgynous, terminal on stem and branches 
and leaf-opposed below, 1 in. long, with a naked puberulous and rather 
densely bristly peduncle 14-2 in. long, with numerous rather close-set 
male flowers above and 1-2 basal female; pedicels in both sexes solitary 
to and shorter than their bracts; bracts ovate-lanceolate, usually acute 
but the uppermost obtuse, rather firm, glabrous. Male sepals 3, ovate, 
subacute, glabrous. Stamens 3, occasionally 4; filaments longer than 
the anthers, Female calyx-segments 3, sparingly puberulous externally, 
suborbicular, chartaceous, accrescent but hardly indurated in fruit, mar- 
gin pectinately 5-6-lobulate on each side, lobules very short, omens 
setose. Ovary densely pilose ; styles 3, almost free throughout. Capsule 
3-coccous, densely adpressed-setose, } in. across; coccl subglobose 
Seeds globose, reddish-brown with grey blotches. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Gwelo, Gardner, 34! 
A very distinct species. 
