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1005. Pyenocoma hirsuta, Prain [Euphorbiaceae - Crotoneae] ; 
species foliis subtus hirsutis, stigmatibus apice haud dilatatis, 
receptaculo carunculato insignis. 
Frutex 2-4-metralis, ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia brevis- 
sime petiolata, oblanceolata vel anguste oblonga, = acuminata, 
margine argute serrata, basi longe attenuata, chartacea, supra 
glabra, subtus praesertim secus nervos _pilis patentibus hirsuta ; 
nervi secundarii 12-18-jugi; lamina 20-30 em. longa, 5-8 em. lata 
petiolus 5 mm. longus. Racemi laterales in axillis summis tantum, 
5-15 em. longi; rhachis gracilis pubescens; bracteae patentes, 
ovatae, acutae. ¢ Sepala 4, reflexa, ovato-lanceolata, 5 mm. longa, 
extra hirsuta. Stamina indefinita, exserta ; filamenta 6 mm. longa ; 
receptaculum in carunculas inter stamina dispersas segregatum, 
Ovarii rudimentum 0. 3 Sepala 5, anguste ovata, acuta, extra 
hirsuta, 4 mm. longa. Ovarinm pubescens, 3-lobum,  lobis 
exappendiculatis ;_styli triente inferiore connati, supra recurvi, 
stigmatibus linearibus haud dilatatis. 
Tropica Arrica. Nile Land: Uganda, Mabira Forest, 
Dawe, 202; Ussher, 62; Bagshawe. : 
As regards stigma this differs from the other continental African 
species and accords with the characters assigned to those which 
occur in the Mascarene Islands. It however differs from these 
latter in having a receptacle which is glabrous as in the continental 
species. The receptacle, however, in place of being a concrete 
body with pits in which the stamens are inserted is broken up 
into a congeries of caruncle-like bodies interspersed among the 
filaments. : 
1006. Tragia [Tagira] Brouniana, Prain [ Euphorbiaceae- 
Crotoneae]; species 7. cannabinae, Linn. £., affinis, differt tamen 
basales. Sepala 6, pinnatifida, rhachi oblonga vel anguste oblanga ; 
HT, M. Broun, 775. aes : 
007. Tragia (Tagira) gallabatensis, rain [Euphorbiaceae- 
Crotoneae]; species 7. Hildebrandtii, Muell.-Arg., habitu foliieque 
proxime accedens, differt tamen foliis alte tripartitis sepalisque 
floris foeminei multo latioribus. : ; 
Sufrutex, ramis erectis setis rigidis pungentibus parce indutis 
nec tamen pubescentibus. v/ia breviter petiolata, alte palmatim 
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