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Herba — caulibus 3-5 dm. altis, teretibus superné 
ramosis. ola caulina decussatim opposita, membranacea, breve 
petiolata, aaa: har abrupte longiuscule caudato-acuminata, basi 
angustata, margine dimidio superiore crebre minute argute serrata, 
2°5-3 em. longa, 1-1°5 em. lata ; petiolus 3-4 mm. longus: stipulae 
ovatae, membranaceae, deciduae ; folia ramulorum inferiora opposita 
sed manifeste anisophylla, superiora alterna, Flores masculi 
Spicati ; spicae versus apices ramulorum oppostifoline, densiflorae, 
perbreves, 3-7 mm, longae. Calyx maris 3-partitus; lobi ovati, 
valvati. Stamina 3, receptaculo affixa, filamentis obsoletis ; 
antherae erectae usque ad basin in locellos 4 demum distinctos 
erectos subglobosos ab apice dehiscentes divisus. Ovarii rudimen- 
tum distin ctum eg nare. Flores feminei ignoti 
TROPICAL AFRIC Upper Guinea : Sierra Leone; Limba, 
near Bendembu, Seatt- Elliot, 5680. 
Except for the presence of a distinct though very short rudimen- 
tary ovary the male flowers of this species are exactly like those of 
H. didymostemon, Baill., and H. oppositifolia, Pax. 
1361. Tragia (Tagira) akwapimensis, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae]; species 7. Schweinfurthii, Baker, valde affinis sed foliis 
apice obtusis, margine minus serratis racemisque masculis longioribus 
longeque pedunculatis satis distincta. 
Herba, caulibus suberectis 4°5-6 re altis, basi lignosis, valde 
ramosis, parce puberulis pilisque urentibus paucioribus armatis. 
Folia sessilia vel brevissime petiolata, aasendeata, firmula, lanceolata, 
apice mucronulata obtusa, basi breve cuneata vel rotun data, margine 
parce breviter setosa, versus apicem pauci-serrata ceterum integra, 
4-5 em, longa, 8 mm. lata, utrinque secus nervos parcissime breviter 
setosa ceterum glabra; petiolus 0-4 mm. longus, = setosus 
pilisque urentibus obsitus; stipulae lanceolatae, 2-3 mm. longae, 
‘ rigidae, reflexae, glabrae ‘vel parce setosae, Racemi ‘-bekuales, 
dioici, terminales vel oppositifolti, maris 15-25 cm. longi, pedunculo 
eee rhachideque parce puberulo pilisque paucis urentibus obsito 
5 em, longo suffulti ; flores numerosissimi, remotiusculi ; pedicelli 
provilt pilosi sub quaque bractea solitarii vel nodis 2- 3 imis casu 
geminati bracteas haud excedentes; bracteae lanceolatae, 2 mm. 
longae, parce pilosae. Sepala maris 3, late ovata, extra parce 
breviter pilosa. Stamina 3; filamenta antheris distincte longiora. 
Flores feminet nondum visi. 
TropicaL Arrica, Upper Guinea: Gold Coast; Aburi, 
J, Anderson, 54. 
Evidently very nearly allied to 7. mi at he a Baker, from 
Dar Fertit, also a dioecious species; the Gold Coast plant is, 
however, readily distinguished by its obtuse, less serrate and nearly 
glabrous leaves and by its much longer male racemes. 
1362. Tragia (Agirta) Baro are Prain Sawn sapien 
oneae] ; ; species 7. Botvinianae, Muell.-Arg., quam maxime affinis 
sed foliis subpersistenter pilosis snails crebre minu i dentatis, 
laciniisque calycis feminei paucioribus margine breviter laciniatis 
differt 
Somick ramis suberectis lignosis, dense rufo-puberulis. Folia 
brevissime petiolata, membranacea, elliptica, acuta, basi late cuneata 
vel rotundata, margine minute crebre denticulata, 6-10 cm. longa, 
