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takes place. The true character of the stigma is not perfectly 
clear. Except for the peculiar glomeruli of scarious bracts in the 
male inflorescence, the characters of this plant are, however, clearly 
those of a Micrococca, to which genus it may for the moment be 
most conveniently referred. But the peculiar nature of the male 
glomeruli renders it necessary to recognise it as the type of a 
distinct section within that genus. 
1334. Pycnocoma Thollonii, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species quoad folia P. macrophyllam, Benth., simulans sed ab ea 
bracteis planis nec concavis, reflexis nec adscendentibus, spathulato- 
trapeziformibus manifeste differt. 
minute ciliatae ceterum extra intusque glabrae ; pedicelli graciles, 
puberuli, 1°25 em. longi, sub quaque bractea 1-3. Sepala maris 3, 
ovato-triangularia, acuta, extra parce puberula vel glabra. Stamina 
plurima ; filamenta gracilia, 1°25 cm. longa. Sepala feminei 5, 
ovato-lanceolata, acuta, extra glabrescentia vel glabra, Ovarium 
3-loculare, pubescens ; loculi singuli, dorso 2-cornuti; styli 3, parce 
hirsuti, basi breviter connati. 
TropicaL AFrRica. Lower Guinea; French Congo; Ogowé, 
Thollon, 842. 
1335. Tragia (Tagira) polygonoides, Prain [Huphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae]; species 7. spathulatae, Benth., quam maxime affinis, foliis 
fere glabris, calycis feminei segmentis angustioribus satis differt. 
Herba ; caules elongati, graciles, volubiles, glabri. Folia dis- 
Racemi laterales, graciles, densi, 6-8 mm. longi, pedunculo nudo 
gracile pubescente 0°8-1°2 cm. longo suffulti, flores masculos plures 
versus apicem femineosque 1-2 basales gerentes ; pedicelli sub quaque 
bractea singuli, bracteisque breviores; bracteae maris ovatae, 
acutae, 2-4 mm. longae, glabrae ; bracteae feminei orbiculares, acute 
3-lobae, bracteolae feminei ovatae, acutae. “gd Sepala 3, ovata, 
; ie : Stami 
hirsutum angustata. Ovarium parcius hispidum; styli 3, minute 
pubescentes, basi in columnam connati quadrante summo liberi. 
Capsula ignota. 
TropicaL Arrica. Upper Guinea: Ivory Coast ; Bouroukrou, 
Chevalier, 16,860. 
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