504 EUi'HORBtACE^ (t'vain). [Tragia, 



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puljesceiil Lbrougbujut, and setose or bristly on the ner\'es on both 

 surfaces ; petiole minutely pubenilous and sparingly bristly, 1-2^ in. 

 long ; stipules lanceolate, rcflexed, glabrous, ^ in. long ; racemes 

 lateral, leaf-opposed, 1 -sexual, male 3-4 in. long, with numerous 

 flowers in 3-flowcred cymules below, above with flowers solitary to 

 their bracts but with the bracteoles upraised on the pedicel ; 

 peduncle and rhachis finely pubescent; male bracts linear-lanceolate. 

 l.\ lin. long, reflexecl j male calyx 3-partite ; lobes ovate, aplculate j 

 stamens 3 ; anthers subincurved ; female flowers and fruit not seen. 



Kalahaki Region : Transvaal ; Magaliesberg Itange, Zeyher I Burl:e I Swazi- 

 land ; in the High Veld at Dalriach near :\[babanej 4400 ft., BohtSy 12290 1 



Apparently most nearly allied to T. Dinteri, Pax, of German South-West 

 Africa. 



3. T. incisifolia (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1912, 237) ; a herb with 

 woody base ; stems erect, ascending or prostrate, simple or virgately 

 branchedj 4-6 in. long, occasionally sparingly bristly, usually only 

 puberulous or pubescent ; leaves sessile or nearly so, membranous, 

 narrow-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, margin deeply 

 laciniately lobed, lobes ovate-lunceolate, about 4 on each side, pointing 

 forward, '^— | in. long, J-;\ in. wide, sparingly setose on the nerves 

 abo\^e, more densely so beneath and with a solitary terminal seta at 

 the tip of each marginal lobe ; stipules lanceolate, reflexcd, glabrous, 

 1 lin. long; racemes terminal ; peduncle and rhachis puberulous or 

 pubescent and bristly, with numerous rather densely arranged male 

 flowers solitary to their bracts above and 2-3 basal female flowers ; 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, entire, male 1 lin. long, female 1^ lin. long, 

 their margin setose ; pedicels in both sexes solitary, very short ; male 

 calyx usually 4-partite, occasionally 5-partite ; lobes induplicate- 

 valvate, ovate, acute ; stamens 4-5, rarely 3 ; filaments longer than 

 the anthers ; female calyx 6-partite ; lobes alternately wide-ovate 

 and ovate-lanceolate, the wider 4-5-lobulate, the narrower 3-4- 

 lobulate on each side, accrescent and subcoriaceous, setose on the 

 back, glabrous within, each lobule tipped by a solitary seta ; ovary 

 densely hispid ; styles 3, free nearly to the base ; capsule 3-coccous, 

 over \ in. across ; cocci subglobose, sparingly setose ; seeds globose. 



KalaHaui PiEGiON : Transvaal ; between KoomatI River Drift and Crouodil*^ 

 River, Bolna, 9779! Koomati Pooit, on hills at about 300 ft., Schlechter, 11781 1 



4. T. minor (Sond. in Linna^a, xxiii. 108) ; a herb with woody 

 base; stems slender, rather rigid, erect, sparingly branched, hispitlly 

 hairy^ 6-12 in. high; leaves short-petioled, membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, acute, base very shallow-cordate, margin 

 closely serrate, 1 }^ in. long, f in. wide, hispid and sparingly bristly 

 especially on the nerves on both surfaces ; petiole rather densely 

 hispid, (\-|in. long ; stipules spreading, lanceolate, sparingly hispid, 

 1-^- lin. long; racemes terminab with many close set male flowex'S 

 solitary to their bracts above and 1-2 basal female flowers; pedun- 

 cle and rhachis hispid ; male bracts lanceolate, pilose, 1 Hn. long ; 



