BaUchampia,] euphorbiacbjs (Prain). 499 



3. D- volubilis (E. Meyer in Drege, Zsvei Pfl. Documente, 177) ; 



a scandent imdershrub ; stems slender, pubescent, tAvining, springing 

 from a woody base, 6-8 ft. long ; leaves distinctly petioled, firmly 

 membranous, simple, deeply 3-partite with occasionally a pair of much 

 smaller basal lobes superadded, lobes ovate, acute, their margin 

 shortly serrate, ))ase deep-cordate, 2|-3i in. long, 3-4 in. wide, 

 somewhat polished and very minutely pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 petiole pubescent or glabrous, 1-2|- in. long- stipules lanceolate, 

 spreading, minutely pubescent, 2 in. long ; heads peduncled ; 

 peduncles minutely pubescent, 1-3 in. long; involucral bx'acts 

 large, yellowish-green, 1 J in. long, 1|— If in, wide, deep-cordate, 

 both rather shallowly 3-lobed ; lobes acute, their margin finely 

 toothed ; male bracts entire ; male calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, 

 acute ; female calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, densely pinnately 

 lacinulate on each side, lacinulpe slender, glandular, scabrous ; ovary 

 puberulous ; style columnar, cylindric, entire, not dilated at the tip ; 

 capsule nearly glabrous, i in. across ; cocci subglobose ; seeds 



globose. Bailh Etnd, Gen. Euplorh, 487, amJ Adansonia^ iii. 161. 

 D. capensis, Sond. in. Livvsea, xxiii. 10^^ parfhj and as to GueiuzhiSj 

 447, only; MulL Arg. in DC. Prodr, xv. ii. 1243, partly and as to 

 syn, Meyer only ; not of Spreng, /. D. natalensh, Mull. Arg. in 

 DC, Prodr. xy. ii. 1243, 



Eastern Region : Xafcal ; Umlazi (Uinla^) liiver, Drege, 4603 I Kraiiss, 81 1 

 Berea, 150 ft., Wood, 5651 2428 1 6186! near Durban, Gueinzius, 447 I M'Ken, 

 558 1 Gei^rard, 7021 Rehmann, 88061 ScoU Elliot, 1698! 



A very distinct but apparently a quite local species. 



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4. D. capensis (Spreng. f. Tent. Suppl. ad Syst. Veg. IS); a 



scandent undershrub ; stems slender, pubescent, twining, springing 

 from a woody base, 10-12 ft. long; leaves distinctly petioled, thinly 

 membranous, simple, deeply 5-lobed with occasionally the external 

 p'lir of lobes suppressed, lobes obovate, acute, their margin rather 

 coarsely serrate, base cordate, 2-3 in, long, 3-4 in. wide, dull green, 

 pubescent above, pubescent or villous beneath ; petiole pubescent, 

 |-2 in. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, spreading, pubescent, 

 2-21 lin. long; heads peduncled; peduncles pubescent, 1-3 in. 

 long; involucral bracts large, yellowish-green, U in. long, l|-lf in. 

 ^ide, shallow-cordate, deeply 3-lobed, sometimes the upper bract 

 5-lobed ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, their margin distinctly and 

 closely toothed ; male bracts shortly lacinulate, each lobule glandular- 

 capitate; male calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, acute; female calyx- 

 segments narrow-lanceolate, densely pinnately lacinulate on each 

 side, lacinulae slender, glandular, scabrous; ovary puberulous ; 

 style columnar, cylindric, lobulate and dilated at the tip ; capsule 

 nearly glabrous, ^ in. across ; cocci subglobose ; seeds globose. 

 Sond, in Llnnsea^ xxiii. 106, mainly ; BailL Adansonia, iii. 161 ; Miill. 

 Arg. in DO. Prodr. xv. ii. 1243, mainly hut excL syn. E. Meyer; 

 Wood. Natal PI. t 515. 



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