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3-4 em. lata, utrinque adpresse cinereo-pubescentia ; petiolus 
4-5 mm. longus, dense rufo-puberulus ; stipulae lanceolatae, 3 mm. 
longa, rufo-puberulae. /acemi terminales et laterales oppositifolii, 
6-10 em. longi, pedunculo rufo-tomentello 1-2 cm. longo suffulti, 
supra flores masculos prope basin flores femineos gerentes ; flores 
utriusque sexus fere sessiles sub quaque bractea singuli; bracteae 
ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, dense puberulae, 1'°5-2 mm. longae. 
Sepala maris 3, ovata, subacuta, extra dense pubescentia. Stamina 3, 
centrum floris occupantia ; antherae sub anthesin reflexae, horizon- 
tales. Sepala floris feminei saepius 3, margine breviter utrinsecus 
pinnatim 6-lobulata, extra dense pubescentia. Ovarium dense 
velutinum ; styli 3, basi tantum connati, reflexi. Capsula 3-cocca, 
dense cinereo-pubescens ; cocci subglobosi. Semina globosa, brunnea, 
ADAGASCAR. Central Madagascar, Baron, 2712. 
In spite of the numerous differences between the two, this species 
and the plant described by Mueller, l.c., as 7. Boiviniana evideutly 
belong to the same natural section ; the stamens in appearance and 
position are identical in both. Through the kindness of Professor 
ngler, we have been able to examine a specimen of Hildebrandt, 
n. 3179 from Nossi-bé, which is identical with Boivin n. 2177/3 from 
the same locality, on which 7’. Boiviniana was based. Hildebrandt’s 
specimen has ripe fruits. The capsule is 3-coccous, deeply 3-suleate, 
mm, across, sparily beset with weak white bristles. ‘he seeds are 
globose, pale yellow with small pale brown streaks and blotches. 
1363. Tragia (Tagira) bongolana, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae]; species 7. miti, Hochst., proxima a qua differt floribus 
masculis muito majoribus, pedicellis brevioribus, filamentisque 
longioribus. 
Herba caulibus elongatis, volubilibus, parce retrorsim hispidis. 
Folia distincte petiolata, firmula, triangulari-ovata, acuta, basi 
distincte cordata, margine serrata, 5-7°5 em. longa, 3°5-4 cm. lata, 
secus nervos utrinque parce hispida, aculeisque perpaucis urentibus 
obsita ; petiolus 2 cm. longus, retrorsim hispidus ; stipulae lanceo- 
latae, reflexae, marginibus hispidae, 3 mm. longae. Racemi caulem 
ramosque terminantes, 1-sexuales, dioici, ad 10 cm. usque longi, 
oe o nudo retrorsim hispido 0°5—-25 cm. longo 
suffulti ; 
being dioecious, but differing sufficiently in the points noted above. 
to be considered specifically distinct. 7. mitis, Hochst., itself also 
authors been confused with 7. cordifolia, Vahl (7. cordata, 
A. Rich i 
is monoecious, is rather copiously armed with stinging hairs, and has 
the male flowers mostly solitary to their bracts though they may be 
y im pairs near the base of the raceme, whereas 7’. mitis has 
