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Very nearly allied to 7. spathulata, Benth., with which it agrees 
in having the female calyx-lobes quite entire but from which it differs 
in having them much smaller and narrower and in having nearly 
glabrous leaves. 
1336. Tragia (Tagira) anomala, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae] ; species 7’. ambiguae, 8. Moore, proxima, a qua differt foliis 
praeter nervos pilis setosis obsitos glabris stylisque more Sphaero- 
stylis Tulasneanae, Baill, in massam globosam 3-suleam ovarium 
primum aequantem vel paulo superantem connatis. 
Herba ; caules elongati, graciles, volubiles, pilis urentibus armati. 
Folia distincte petiolata, membranacea, oblonga, acuta, basi distincte 
cordata sinu angustato, margine crebre crenata vel dentata, supra 
secus nervos parce setosa, subtus secus nervos densius pilis urentibus 
armata, ceterum glabra, 8-15 em. longa, 3-6 cm. lata; _petioli 
glabri vel glabrescentes, 2-4°5 em. longi ; stipulae lineari-lanceolatae, 
reflexae, 5-6 mm. longae, extra parce pubescentes. Racemi laterales, 
eraciles, laxiusculi, 3-4 cm. longi, pedunculo nudo gracile minute 
puberulo 1°2-2°5 cm. longo suffulti, flores masculos plures versus 
apicem femineosque 1-2 basales gerentes ; pedicelli sub quaque bractea 
singuli, maris 5-6 mm. longi, minute puberuli, bracteas excedentes ; 
bracteae maris oblongo-subspathulatae, obtusae vel subacutae, 
2-4 mm. longae, membranaceae, extra puberulae ; bracteae feminei 
oblanceolatae-oblongae, acutae, margine utrinsecus 2—-3-dentatae nec 
obatae ; bracteolae feminei bracteis similes nisi minores. ¢ Sepala 
3, late ovata, extra parce puberula. Stamina 3; filamenta brevia ; 
antherae introrsae. 9 Sepala 6, ambitu ovato-lanceolata, primum 
membranacea, demum accrescentia vix tamen coriacea, 1 cm. longa, 
pee utrinsecus 7—9-lobulata, lobuli laterales rhachideque dense 
anati pilis longissimis ; laminula terminalis anguste ovata, fere 
glabra, lobulis lateralibus paullo major. Ovarium dense adpresse 
setosum; styli in massam globoso-pyriformem cavam 3-suleam 
_ primum ovarium aequantem connati, apice summo stigmatico brevis- 
sime liberi recurvi demum inter cavitatem columnae stylaris plus 
_ Imnusve retracti. Capsula 3-cocea, parcius pilosa, 8 mm. lata 
abhi subglobosi. Semina globosa, brunnea maculis albido-cinereis 
notata. 
TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Ukinga ; 
in the species of this group, which is mainly West African, are 
united in a slender column for one half their length or less ; those of 
