439 



2-valves dissiliens, endocarpio crustaceo. Semnia ovate, com- 

 pressa ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones planae, radicula multo 

 latiores.— Arbor erecta, alta ; ramuli plus minusve adpresse sericeo- 

 piloai, angulati, ad nodos articulati. Folia decussatim opposite, con- 

 acea, petiolata ; stipulae magnae, coriaceae, intrapetiolares simulac 

 interpetiolares, folia juniora et flores in alabastro obtegentes, primum 

 inter folia sejunctae demum omnino deciduae. Flores axillares, 

 pedunculati, pedunculis sericeo-pilosis ; $ in axilhs singulis d-ni, 

 pedunculis nunc basi nunc fere omino ooalitis, lateralibus centrali 

 parum minoribus ; pedunculi versus apicem petalis bracteiforniibus 

 extra barotitis saepe bilobis spiraliter dispositis induti ; penantnii 

 segmenta in pedunculo centrali saepe 5 in pedunculis lateralibus 

 2-3 axin stauimiferum plus minusve hirsutum obtegentia ; $ in 

 axillis singulis solitarii. 



species unica). 



Arbor alta. Folia ovata, obtusa, margine integra, basi rotundata 

 vel subcordata, supra glabra, subtus saepissime molliter sericeo- 

 pilosa, 3-5 cm. longa, 2'5-4 cm. lata ; stipulae 1*5 cm. longae, extra 

 sericeo-pilosae ; petioli 1 cm. longi, sericeo-pilosi. Flores Intel, 

 pedunculis 1 cm. longis ; $ axibus staminiferis 1'5-2'D cm. longis; 

 ? calyce 6 mm., stylo 6 mm. longis. Capsula depressa, W5 cm. 

 longa, 1-5 cm. lata, endocarpio crustaceo. Semma 8 mm. longa, 

 6 mm. lata, 3 mm. crassa ; testa brunnea, nitida. 



Tropical Africa. Mozambique Dist,; Mosembe, O'Neill I 

 Beira, Johnson, 283 I . 



O'Neill gives the native name as ' Makrouss ' ; Johnson gives it 



jctors state that the timber is valuable. 



996. Pycnocoma angustifolia, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae]; 

 species P. Thornier i, P. Zenkeri et P. trilobatae accedens; oittert 



+ nr *-Ui_ j.: :k„~ ■u^^^c «laln»efif>pntihn8. stvllSQUe prO 



as ' Zimbiti.' 



ustioribus 



genere altissime connatis. 



Frutex ramulis lignosis. Folia chartacea, glaberrima, laete 

 viridia, oblanceolata vel anguste obovato-lanceolata, reticulata, 

 apice acute, margine integra vel minute remote dentate, versus 

 basin in petiolum alatuin brevem attenuata ; lamina 14-^U cm. 

 longa, 4-6 cm. lata ; petiolus 1-2 cm. longus. Flores racemosi ; 

 racemi ad ramulorum apices axillares, rhachi 10 cm. longa brac- 

 teisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis planis 6 mm. longis parce puberuiis 

 vel fere glabris. Flores $ pedicellati, pedicellis puberuiis vel 

 fere glabris 1-5 cm. longis ; alabastra globosa ; sepala extra iere 

 glabra, anguste ovata, acuta ; stamina plurima filamentis longe 

 exsertis 1-5 cm. longis. Flores ? in racemis termmales ; sepaia 

 extra appresse puberula, anguste lanceolata ; ovarium a PPy^e 

 hirsutum, 3-loculare, loculis singulis cornubus 2 conicis obtums 

 instructis ; styli 3, in colnmnam fere glabram 1 cm. longam 

 connati, sunerne ner snatium 2-3 mm. longum tantum liberi. 



non visa. 



Tropical Africa. 



urhood 



Why t 



97. Tragia (Tagira) JHWH. ■^J*%*Z£££Z 



neae] ; species T. avgastifoliae, bentn., aiuu«, w "" "*,. ff . 

 latioribusque racemis densioribus bracteis augustioribus differt. 



