498 EUPHORBIACE^ (Prain). [Dalechampia, 



DisTRiB. Species about 60, spread througliout the warmer regions of both 

 hemij^phereSj but most numerovis in America. 



Leaves divided into distinct leaflets ' (1) Galpini. 



T. paves 3-5-lobed or -partite but not divided to the base ; 

 Male bracts entire : 



Stigmas dilated ... ... ... ... -•• (2) Kirkii. 



Stigmas not dilated ... (3) voluWlis. 



Male bracts glandular-lacinulate (4) capensis. 



1. D. Galpini (Pax in Bull Herb. Boiss. vi. 736); a prostrate 

 undershrub ; stems slender, pubescent, spreading from a stout woody 

 stock, 1-11- ft, long; leaves short-petioled, 3-foliolate, segments obtuse 

 or subacute, their margin, coarsely tootbed, central oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, lateral unequally 2-fid, the outer segments the shorter, 

 lobes |-1J in. long, -i— | in. wide, more or less pubescent on the 

 nerves on both surfaces, prominently reticulately veined beneath ; 

 petiole pubescent, ^ in. long ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, spreading, 

 pubescent, 1| lin. long ; heads peduncled ; peduncles slender, 

 pubescent, |-1^ in. long; involucral bracts small, green, ^ in. long 

 and broad, the upper 5-lobed, the lower 3-lobed, lobes acute, their 

 margin entire, ciliate ; male bracts entire ; male calyx glabrous, 

 lo])es ovate, acute ; female calyx-segments lanceolate ; ovary hirsute ; 

 style columnar, cylindric, entire, dilated at the tip ; fruit not seen. 



Kalahaei Region : Transvaal ; Banks of the Koomati River, Bolus, 9781 I 

 Berea Hill near Barberton, 2800-3000 ft., GaJpin, 7321 Queen River Valley, 

 2000-2500 ft., Galpm, 6251 near Barberton, 2900 ft., Thorncroft, 73! Waterval 

 River, Wllm, 1341, partly! 1341 a! 



2. D. Kirkii (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1912, 363); a scandent 

 undershrub ; stems slender, sparingly pubescent, twining, 2-3 ft. 

 long ; leaves short-petioled, firmly membranous, simple, deeply 

 3-partite with the lateral lobes usually unequally 2-fid ; lobes lanceo- 

 late, acute, their margin sharply serrate, base cordate, 1-1 ^ ™; 

 long, l|-2 in. wide, somewhat polished on both surfaces, promi- 

 nently reticulate beneath, very finely pubescent on the nerves ; 

 petiole sparingly pubescent, ] in. long ; stipules lanceolate, spread- 

 ing, glabrous, li in. long; heads peduncled; peduncles spainglv 

 pubescent, 1-2 in. long ; involucral bracts yellowish, ultimately 

 green, | in. long, 1 in. across, deep-cordate, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes 

 ovate, acute, their margin serrate ; male bracts entire ; male calyx 

 finely puberulous, lobes ovate, acute ; female calyx-segments linear- 

 lanceolate, densely pinnately lacinulate on each side, lacinulre 

 slender, glandular, scabrous ; ovary puberulous ; style columnar, 

 cylindric, dilated at the tip ; capsule shortly pubescent, ^ in. acros 

 cocci subglobose ; seeds globose, 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal ; Koomati Poort, Kirk, 60 ! 



A distinct, species, nearest to D. roluhUis, E. Meyer, but with smaller leaves 

 lobed as in D. capensis, Spreng. f., with which it agrees as regards style. 



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