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terminales vel oppositifolii, masculi saepissime 5-7 em. a 
usque ad 16 em. longi, pedunculo molliter pubescente vix 1 em. lon 
suffulti, flores numerosissimos versus basin in cymulas 3- iotan 
inter se 1-1-5 cm. remotas, versus apicem in glomerulos 3-floros 
0°5 cm. remotos dispositos gerenentes; pedicelli pubescentes 
bracteis bracteolisque breviores, bracteae lineari - lanceolatae 
1-5-2 mm. longae, bracteolae similes 0°5 mm. longae, margine 
ae ceterum glabrae. Sepala maris ad normam 3, nonnunquam 
raro 6, ovata vel Aig oie. acuta, intus parce puberula, 
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H Aratcs. Transvaal: Waterval, Rogers (Transvaal 
Mas: Heth 2597 
While so closely resembling in general habit and appearance the 
Lukafu plant described by Professor De Wildeman, this is clearly, 
from the shape of its leaves and the absence of stinging hairs, 
jp t ages distinct yee T. lukafuensis and until the female flowers 
known it would be rash to hazard the suggestion that 
shies? are closely allied ; the probability indeed is that while 
3 lukafuensis belongs to the group which includes 7. Benthami, 
han 
Baker, and 7. Okanyua, Pax, the species now described belongs 
rather to the eroup poe includes 7. a és, Sond., and its ally 
T. minor, Sond. It is to be remarke t whereas in T’ragia it is 
not unusual for male Aewers to have mats four or even five 
stamens, but much rarer to find more than three calyx-lobes, in 
T. Rogersii the number of calyx-lobes frequently exceeds three, 
but that even when there are as many as six calyx-lobes, the number 
of stamens does not exceed three. 
1368. Tragia (Tagira) shirensis, ae ey 
species 7. Ohkanyua, Pax, proxime accedens, differt s fere sessi- 
libus ‘Gai hand auricu ulato-cordatis, ~pedicattv Sikatalis Sasieeeee, 
ae longioribus et calycis feminei segmentis difformibus 
caulibus erectis crassiusculis e basi lignoso ortis, 30-45 em. 
Osi 
parceque aculeis urentibus armatis, Folia _sessilia vel brevissime 
5-8 cm. Hae 6-8 mm. va supra secus nervos strigosa, subtus 
secus nervos densius strigosa aculeisque urentibus obsita; petiolus 
0-2 mm. longus, strigosus aculeatusque; stipulae lanceolatae, 
rigidiusculae, patentes, margine setosae, 3 mm. longae. Racemi 
androgyni, terminales, 2°5-8 cm. longi, pedunculo nudo strigoso 
0°6—1°7 cm. longo suffulti, flores masculos plures cum 2-3 basalibus 
femineis gerentes ; pedicelli filiformes parce pilosi, omnes bracteas 
excedentes, masculi terni, feminei he ; bracteae lanceolatae, 
membranaceae, margine setosae, 2 mm. longae. Sepala 3, ovata, 
acuta, extra parce pilosa, Stamina 3; Alas antheris longiora. 
Sepala 6, 2-seriata, difformia, ee parce pilosa, demum accres- 
entia, coriacea, 3 exteriora ovata pinnatim utrinsecus 3-4- 
itailate: lobulis brevibus ovatis acutis, 3 interiora palmatim divisa 
lobo centrali erecto oblongo-lanceolato margine integro lobulis 
basalibus lanceolatis reflexis patentibus. Ovariwm parce hispidum 
et setosum ; styli 3, ultra medium in columnam crassiusculam parce 
