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no stinging hairs and is always dioccious, the male flowers being in 
glomerules of three above, and in lax 3-flowered cymules below. 
1364. Tragia (Tagira) ineisifolia, Prain [Huphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae]; species 7. mznori, Sond., accedens sed foliis laciniatis, 
racemis brevioribus, capsulisque inineribias distincta. 
Herba caulibus nunc brevibus herbaceis e basi lignoso, nunc 
elongatis prostratis lignosis ramos foe herbaceos simplices raro 
iterum virgatim ramosos emittentibus, caules vel rami herbacei 
10-20 cm. longi, virides, parce puberuli vel pubescentes, aculeisque 
perpaucis albidis armati vel plane inermes. Folia sessilia vel fere 
sessilia, membranacea, ambitu anguste ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, 
acuta, basi cuneata, margine profunde laciniatim partita, lobis ovato- 
lanceolatis utrinsecus circiter 4 nunc integris nunc I-dentatis apicem 
versus spectantibus; 1-1°5 cm. longa, 0°7 cm. lata, secus nervos 
supra parce subtus dense aculeis albidis brevibus setosa, pe 
dentibusque marginalibus singulis setam solitariam apicalem sufful- 
cientibus ; petiolus 0 vel 1 mm. longus, setosus ; stipulae arecditue 
reflexae, 2 mm. longae, a lalciaee Racemi terminales, 1-15 em. 
longi, pedunculis puberulis vel pubescentibus aculeatisque, 0°5-0°7 
cm. longis suffulti, floribus masculis pluribus densiuscule aggregatis 
femineisque basalibus 2-3 onusti; pedicelli utriusque sexus sub 
uaque bractea solitarii eaque breviores; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 
bracteolaeque ovatae acutae margine setosae ceterum glabrae ; 
bracteae maris 2 mm., feminei 3 mm. longae. Sepala maris saepis- 
sime 4, nonnunquam 5, raro 3, ovata, acuta, apice incrassata, 
induplicato-valvata, subcarnosa, ‘glabra. Stamina 4-5, raro 3, 
filamentis antheris fere duplo longioribus. Sepala feminei 6, 
2-seriata, accrescentia, subcoriacea, alterna ovato-lanceolata et late 
ovata, latiora utrinsecus 4—5-lobulata, angustiora 3- 4-lobulata, extra 
se tosa, intus glabra, lobulis singulis setam’ singulam terminalem 
gerentibus. Ovarium dense hispidum ; styli 3, fere spit ee in 
columnam J ie tantum connati. Caps sula -cocca, 
setosa, 0°7 cm. lata; cocci subglobosi. Semina oe Sallie 
cinerea, maculis brunneis notata. 
outH Arrica. Transvaal: between Koomati River Drift 
and Crocodile River, Bolus, 9779 ; Koomati Poort, on hills at about 
300 m. elevation, Schlechter, 11,781. 
A very distinct species, which cannot be confused with any other 
African one. 
1365, Tragia (Tagira) insuavis, Prain [| Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species 7. glabrescent?, Pax, quam maxime affinis, differt tamen 
foliis bracteisque multo majoribus, fructu majore, calyeisque feminei 
lobis post anthesin plane pinnatim nec palmatim lo 
erba caulibus e basi lignoso suberectis ie ' volubilibus, 
junioribus minute puberulis inermibus. ola distincta petiolata, 
membranacea, ovata vel oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi 
paullo cordata, margine grosse serrata, 5-10 cm. longa, 3-5°5 cm. 
bikes utrinque secus nervos parcissime pubescentia ceterum glabra ; 
petiolus 2°5-4 cm. longus, minute puberulus pilisque rigidis perpaucis 
obsitus ; stipulae ovato-lanceolatae, extra puberulae, intus glabrae, 
2 mm. longae. Racemi laterales oppositifolii, 2-25 em. longi, 
pedunculis puberulis 5-9 mm. longis suffulti, floribus masculis 
plurimis densiuscule ageregatis femineoque basali singulo onusti ; 
pedicelli utriusque sexus sub quaque bractea solitarii eaque breviores ; 
