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3-partita, membranacea, pallidiore viridia, setis Bexpenels se 
nervos medianos induta ceterum utrinque Joye care : : ee 
lati, acuti, integri vel parce grosse-dentati, centra ay a Bo. 
longus, 1°5 em. latus, laterales 6-8 cm. longi, *75-1 om. - i : Pn 
3-6 mm. longi; stipulae parce setosae, os tleaaas reflexa A coe 
mm, longae. Lacemi oppositifolii vel terminales, onge + oe 
lati, 10 cm. longi, parte florifera 4 cm. longa, peduncu ee ‘ 
setoso 6 cm. longo; bracteae lanceolatae, parce setosae, oe 
Flores g pedicellati, pedicellis parce setosis, 2 mm. longis. : spud a 
3, ovata, acuminata. Stamina 3. Ovarii rudimentum Se u 5 
centrale, majusculum. Flores 3 basales, saepius 2. Sepala 6, 
Troricau Arrica, Nile land; Gallabat ; Matamma, Schwein- 
Surth, 923, 
1008. Tragia (Tagira) impedita, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species 7’, angolensi, Mue -Arg., quam maxime affinis, petiolis 
longioribus bracteisque florum masculoram brevioribus facilius 
distinguenda, kei 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, 60 cm. altus, cortice pallido innovationi- 
busque glabrescentibus, Folia manifeste petiolata, ovata, acuta, 
argute serrata, basi integro rotundata vel truncata, 4 cm. longa, 
2 cm. lata, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus secus nervos parce 
hispida, ceterum glabra ; petioli puberuli et parce hispidi, 1°25 cm. 
longi; stipulae late lanceolatae, erectae, 3 mm. longae. Racemi 
axillares, densi, breve pedunculati, 
bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 2 mm. 
styli crassi, fere erecti, triente imo connati, 
ROPICAL AFRICA, Mbuyuni, Scott Elliot, 6200, 
1009, Tragia (Tagira) Gardneri, Prajy [ Euphorbiaceae-Croton- 
eae]; species 7’. subsessili, Pax, affinis folijs minoribus ovatis nec 
subhastatis, bracteis Saepissime obtusis, calycis foeminei lobis magis 
i ffert. 
ramulis strictis subpatentibus, 40 
que rigidis urentibus plus minusve 
= ata, acuta, basi truncata vel late 
cuneata ibique integra, margine basi excepto distincte serrata, 
2-2'25 em. longa, 1 em. lata, pallide virid; i 
ongus, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, reflexis, 3-4 mm. longis. Racemi 
densi, terminales et oppositifolii 
culi nudi ad 5 em. usque 
Obsitl ; bracteae anguste ovatae, inferiores acutae, ceterae obtusae 
fere glabrae, Flores masculi 
