Tragia. | CXXII. EUPHORBIACEE (PRAIN), 997 
40. T. adenanthera, Baill. Adansonia, i. 275. Stems long, 
slender, twining, rather copiously branched, pubescent or patently 
pilose. Leaves long-petioled, membranous, ovate-triangular to ovate- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base cordate, from faintly 
lobed to distinctly subhastate, margin finely to coarsely crenate-dentate, 
13-23 in. long, }-1} in. wide, from finely puberulous to densely pilose 
especially on the nerves on both surfaces but especially beneath ; petiole 
3-1} in. long, from sparingly pubescent to densely patently pilose; 
stipules ovate-lanceolate, reflexed, 14-2 lin. long, almost glabrous above, 
pubescent to densely pilose beneath. Racemes lateral, 2-3 in. long, on 
rather stiff naked pubescent to pilose peduncles 3-1} in. long, with 
many very densely set male flowers above and 1-3 basal female flowers 
separated by short intervals from the lowest males and from each 
other ; pedicels all solitary to and shorter than their bracts ; bracts all 
firmly membranous, male triangular-ovate, their margins minutely 
glandular toothed, females wide-ovate, acute, with distinctly toothed 
margins as have their bracteoles. Male sepals 3, ovate, acute, thick, 
glandular. Stamens 3; filaments rather short; connective much 
thickened and glandular. Female calyx-segments 3, very rarely 4 or 5, 
1-seriate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, accrescent and coriaceous, 3 lin. 
Jong, rhachis very shortly wide-oblong, pectinately 6-8-lobulate on 
each side, lobules all ascending, sparingly white bristly, very short. 
Ovary sparingly hispid; styles 3, short, slightly connate at the base 
only. Capsule 3-coccous, almost glabrous, ¢ in. across ; cocci subglobose. 
Seeds globose, brownish grey.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1i. 938; 
Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. 
Mozamb, Distr. Zanzibar, Boivin! Stuhlmann, 362! Hildebrandt, 1040! 
Sacleux, 399! 2054! German East Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann, 695! Usaramo ; 
Rukinga, Stuhlmann,6907 ! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Zomba Plain, Whyte ! 
A very distinct and easily recognised species which, while unusually variable as 
regards the shape and degree of pubescence of the foliage, is extremely uniform as 
regards its bracts and flowers. 
41. T. subsessilis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 101. Stems erect 
from a woody base, 1-2 ft. high, sparingly branched, densely softly 
pubescent with reflexed hairs and sparingly armed with spreading or 
ascending stinging hairs. Leaves sessile or very shortly petioled, 
ascending, membranous, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 
or acute and mucronulate, base subhastately auriculate, margin coarsely 
and rather irregularly toothed especially on the auricles, 13-3 in. Jong, 
#-14 in. wide at the auriculate base, }-1 in. wide above the auricles, 
sparingly bristly on the nerves above, more copiously so beneath, other- 
wise glabrous; petiole 0-1} lin. long. when present softly pubescent 
and bristly ; stipules lanceolate, recurved, membranous, 1-3 lin. long, 
their margins setose. Racemes androgynous, terminal on stem and 
branches and leaf-opposed below, 1 in. long, with a basal naked softly 
pubescent and bristly peduncle } 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, acute, 
