Seidclia.] euphorbiace.e (Prain). 465 



grooved and S-globose in flower, opening apically and at length 

 cruciately 4-valved. Rudimentary ovan/ 0. Female : Calyx short, 

 deeply 3-lobed, explanate under the flower. Omry 2-celled ; ovules 

 solitary in each cell ; styles 2, short, slender, undivided, recurved. 

 Capsule 2-dymous ; cocci 2-valved, pericarp membranous. Seeds 

 ovoid ; testa crusfcaceous ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons ovate, only 

 twice as broad as the radicle. 



Small annxial, glabrous Lerb3 ; leaves alternate, narrow ; flowers small, in 

 glomerules ^ or cjmules at the ends of the branches or in the upper leaf-axils^ 

 shortly pedicelled; the upper densely clustered all male, those below female. 



Di:iTRiB. Two endemic species. 



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Leaves ovate-oblong, margin crenate throughout, dis- 

 tinctly petioled (1) pumila. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, margin entire or 1-2- 



toothed un each side, sessile or nearly so (2) Mercurialis. 



1. S. pumila {Baill. Etud, Gen. Euphorb. 466) ; a small annual 

 herb ; stems 2-5 in. high, erect, much intricately branched j leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse, base cuneate, margin 

 crenate throughout, 3-5 lin. long, 2-3 lin. wide, glabrous on both 

 surfaces; petiole l|-2 lin, long; stipules minute, subulate; flowers 

 axillary in androgynous sessile or very shortly peduncled glomerules ; 

 male calyx 3-partite, lobes ovate ; stamens usually 3, sometimes 

 2-1 ; capsule 2-dymous ; cocci 1 lin. long, smooth. Pmin in Ann 

 Sot. xxviu 398. 3Ier€uriaUs pumila, Sond. in Limma, xxiii. 112; 

 Baill. Adansonia^ iii. 160. Tragia triandra^ a j^f^Uct^ MiilL Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 947. 



Coast Regiox : Uitenhage Div, ; hy the Zwartkops River near Amsterdam 

 Flats, ZeylitT^ 3843 ! 



2. S. Mercurialis (Baill. feud. Gen. Euphorb. 4GG, t. 9, fig. 7); 



a small annual herb ; stems 3-4 in. long, branching from the base, 

 prostrate; leaves sessile or subsessile, linear-lanceolate or linear, 

 apex obtuse or subacute, base narrow-cuneate, margin entire or 

 1-2-toothed on each side near apex, 4-8 lin. long, 1 lin. or less in 

 width ; petiole 0-^ Hn. long ; stipules minute, subulate ; flowers 

 axillary in androgynous sessile or very shortly peduncled glome- 

 rules ; male calyx 3-partite ; lobes ovate ; stamens usually 3, some- 

 times 2^1 ; capsule 2-dymous ; cocci 1 lin. long, smooth. S. triandra, 

 I^ax in Engh JaJirK x. 35, ayid in EnyL d- Pnmtl, Pjianzcnfam, 

 111. V, 50, fig, 31 G; Prain in Ann, BoL xxvii, 39. Mercurialis 

 triandra, E, Meyer in Linusea, iv. 237 and in Drege, Zwei PH. 

 Bocumente, 201; Sond. in Linn^a, xxiii. 113, excl syn. Meisn.; 

 Baill Adansoniay iii. 160, excl syn. Meisn. Tragia triandra, 

 /3 genuina, Miill Arg, in DC Prodr. xv. ii. 947. 



Central Region : Richmond Div. ; M' interveld near Limoenfontein and Groot 

 Tafelberg, 3000-4000 ft., Lreae, 796 ! Hanover Biv. ; near Hanover, 8m, 13 1 



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