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Sond. One of them he has named 7. rupestris, y, minor, and has 
cited it under this name in the pa ee Another, evidently part 
of the same gathering, Mueller has written up as T'ragia(Tagira) 
affinis, Muell. Arg. This latter name has never been taken up, and 
we are therefore fortunately able to conserve it in connection with 
a plant which, now that there is ample material of 7’. rupestris, 
ond, at our command, is seen to be distinct from Sonder’s type 
of that specie 
1405, Tragia (Tagira) collina, Prain Es dante as 
species 7. incisifoliae, Prain, habitu congruens sed foliis minus 
incisis, calyce femineo 3-partito, coccis darn parum angulatis differt. 
Herba caulibus brevibus herbaceis e basi lignoso simplicibus vel 
parce ramosis, 10-15 em, altis, parce vel distincte pubescentibus, 
aculeisque paucis armatis Folia fere sessilia, membranacea, 
oblonga, obtusa, basi late cuneata vel truncata, margine basi integra, 
secus latera parce dentata dentibus nonnunquam obsoletis, apie 
yrosse 3—5-dentata, 0°8-1°2 cm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, utrinque secu 
nervos parce hirsuta aculeataque ; petiolus 1-2 mm. longus, hiteutus 
aculeatusque ; stipulae patentes lanceolatae, hirsutae, 3 mm. longae. 
Racemi oppositifolii subterminales 2°5-5 cm. longi, pedunculis dense 
pubescentibus 0°5-1 em. — suffulti, floribus masculis pian 
femineisque basalibus 1-3 onusti; pedicelli utriusque sex 
quaque bractea solitari sans breviores ; ; bracteae bracteolaequ 
lanceolatae, integrae, subglabrae, bracteae maris 3 mm. longae, 
feminei 4 mm. longae. ‘epala maris 3, ovata, apiculata, extra 
puberula. Stamina 3, erecta, filamentis basi incrassatis antheris 
longioribus. Sepala fe _ 3, accrescentia, subcoriacea, subor- 
bicularia, utrinsecus pinnatim 5-—6-lobulata, extra pubescens intus 
glabra ; lobuli lanceolati, rhachidis diametro aequilongi. Ovarium 
dense setosum; styli 3, inferne in columnam glabram connati, 
dimidio superiore liberi, recurvi. Capsula 3-cocca, parce setosa, 
8 mm. — ; cocci dorso parum angulati. Semina globosa. 
Soutn Arrica. Natal: near echoes 1370 m. -Sahlachter, 3381; 
near Pictore; 915-1220 m., Wood, 888 
very distinct species, with the habit of 7. incisifolia but with 
different leaves. As regards its flowers and fruits it most nearly 
approaches 7. angustifolia, Benth. and 7. Kiérhkiana, Muell. Arg. 
The flowers are stated - Mr. Medley Wood to be p ink, 
1406. Tragia (Agirta) cocculifolia, Prain { Euphorbiaceae- 
Crotoneae]; species 7’. imerinicae, Prain, proxima sed foluis a hada 
densius pias haud aculeatis racemis que 1-sexualibus pte 
distinguen 
Fruter ramis suberectis lignosis strictis vel subvolubilibus, dense 
pubescentibus, ramulis brevibus pilis retrorsis dense pubescentibus. 
Folia breve petiolata, membranacea, late oblonga vel ovata vel 
suborbicularia, obtusa vel acuta, basi parum aie margine 
