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tota herbaceo-viridis. Radix maxima, tuberosa, hypogaea vel semi-hypogaea. Caulis 

 gracilis, subvolubilis, glaber, striatus, 1 — 2 m longus. Foliorum petiolus gracilis, glaber, 

 1 — 2 cm longus, basi foliolo stipuliformi auctus; foliolum basilare cordato-ovatum, 

 acutum, longe dentato-ciliatum, sparse breviterque pilosum, 1 cmlongum, 5 — 6 mm lalum; 

 lamina membranacea, valde variabilis, triangulari-cordata, acuta, basi profunde emarginata, 

 utrinque laevis, supra glabra, subtus breviter sparseque pilosa, angulata vel leviter 3 — 

 5-lobata, inaequaliter et profunde dentata, saepius 5 — 6 cm longa lataque, interdum 

 multo minor vel subnulla. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati, glabri. Pedunculus masculus 

 uniflorus, capillaris, glaber, 5 — 7 cm longus. Receptaculum subcylindricum, basi trun- 

 catum, sparse pilosum, 9 — 12 mm longura, 1,5 mm crassum. Sepala subnulla. Pe- 

 tala patula demum reflexa, flexuosa, lineari-subulata, brevissime villosa, 6 — 8 mm longa, 

 0,8 — 1 mm lata. Antherae ellipsoideo-oblongae, connectivo apice producto, nigro-glan- 

 duloso. Pistillodium elongato-ovoideum, apice breviter trilobatum. Flores feminei bre- 

 viter pedunculati. Ovarium leviter pubescens. Fructus ovoideo-oblongus, basi apiceque 

 rotundatus, glaber, laevis, 2,5 cm longus, 13 — 15 mm crassus. Semina albescentia, basi 

 leviter attenuata et transverse emarginata, 8,5 — 9 mm longa, 5mm lata, 3 — 3,5mm crassa. 



Angola: Distr. Golungo Alto bei Sänge, Serra de Alto Queta, am Fluß Luinha 

 und bei Casengue, 300 — 800 m ü. M. (Welwitsch n. 793, 793b, 793c, 798 — Herb. 

 Brit. Museum). — Einh. Name: Burnba Riachole. 



3. T. pectinata (Sond.) Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 397. — Zehneria 

 pectinata Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. capens. II. (1862) 487. — Bryonia pectinata 

 E. Meyer ex Sond. 1. c. — Monoica. Caulis gracilis, glaber, 1 m et ultra longus. Fo- 

 liorum petiolus gracilis, densiuscule breviter pilosus, 0,5 — 1,5 cm longus, basi foliolo 

 stipuliformi (probractea) auctus; foliolum basilare late cordato-ovatum, acutum, longe 

 ciliatum, puberulum, 1 — 1,5 cm longum et fere totidem latum; lamina ambitu late 

 ovato-cordata, utrinque scaberrima, 3 — 5 cm longa lataque, profunde palmato-5-partita, 

 segmentis leviter dentatis, intermedio cuneiformi, acuto et mucronulato, acute 3 — 5- 

 dentato rarius trilobato, 2,5 — 3 cm longo, 7 — 12 mm lato, lateralibus oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis vel oblongis, 2 cm longis, profunde bifidis, apice 2 — 3-dentatis. Cirrhi filiformes, 

 elongati, glabri vel leviter puberuli. Pedunculus masculus uniflorus, 2,5 cm longus. 

 Receptaculum subcylindricum, 1 cm longum, 2 — 3 mm crassum. Sepala brevissima. 

 Petala patula, acuta. Pedunculus femineus satis gracilis, strictus, vix puberulus, 1 — 

 1 2 mm longus. Fructus subglobosus, circiter 2 cm crassus. Semina canescenti-cinerea, 

 oblongo-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi obscure truncata, 11 — 1 2 mm longa, 6 mm lata, 

 3,5 mm crassa. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz. Mossambique: Boane (C. Braga n. 63 — 

 Herb. Coimbra); Natal: Durban (Miß Owen); Transvaal: Houtbosh (A. Rehmann 

 n. 6306 — Herb. Zürich); Namaqualand: Buffalo River (Drege). 



Var. ß. subintegrifolia Cogn. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. III. (1895) 418. — Folia 

 5-angulata vel vix lobata, margine grosse dentata. 



Transvaal: Houtbosh (A. Rehmann n. 6309 — Herb. Zürich). 



i. T. Baumiana Gilg in Baum u. Warburg, Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. (1903) 394. 

 — Herba repens, dioica, ramis parce strigosis, usque 2 m longis. Foliorum petiolus 

 6 — 8 mm longus, basi foliolo stipuliformi auctus; foliolum basilare majusculum, late 

 ovalum vel semiorbiculare, basi cordiforme, margine longissime ciliatum vel dentato- 

 ciliatum; lamina utrinque pilis scabris laxe obtecta, 3 — 4 cm longa, 4 — 5,5 cm lata, 

 usque ad basin digitato- vel palmato-5-partita, segmentis plerumque subaequalibus, 

 lanceolato-linearibus, acutis vel acutissimis, saepius integris, margine plus minusve pro- 

 funde 1 — 3-dentatis, 3 — 4 cm longis, 3 — 4 mm latis. Pedunculus majusculus uni- 

 florus, fdiformis, ebracteatus, 3 — 3,5 cm longus. Receptaculum cylindraceum, superne 

 sensim parce ampliatum, 13 — 14 mm longum, 2 — 3 mm crassum. Sepala minima, 

 triangularia. Petala viridi-flava, lanceolata, acuta, 4 5 — 16 mm longa. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: am linken Kubango-Ufer bei Kalolo, auf 

 Sandboden, 1100 m ü. M. (Baum n. 445. — Blühend im Nov. 1899). 



