Tragia. 



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quam 4, suborbicularia, obtusa, extus strigosa; stamina 3, rarius 4; antlierae sub 

 antbesi reflexae. Flores Q ignoti. 



Madagaskar: Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 1748, 3951). 



62. T. imerinica Prain in Kew Bull. (1942) 336. — Frutex; rami suberecü; 

 ramuli parce puberuli, stricli vel rarius volubiles. Petiolus 10 — 1 2 mm longus, pu- 

 bescens; limbus 2V2— 3 cm longus, li/j— 2V2cm latus, triangulari-ovatus, acutus vel 

 obtusus, mucronulatus, basi truncalus vel leviter cordatus, minulissime glanduloso- 



Fig. 17. Ä—B Tragia Boiviniana (Baill.) Müll. Arg. A Habitus. B Flos ^. — CT. PohUi 

 Müll. Arg. Flos (5. — Icon. origin. 



denticulatus, utraque pagina secus nervös pai-ce aculeis albidis obsitus, adullus pro- 

 minenter reticulatus; stipulae 2 mm longae. Racemi terminales, 4 — 5 cm longi, pe- 

 dunculo parcissime puberulo, 1 — 2 cm longo suffulti, basi Q, superne ^T; bracteae (^ 

 lineari-lanceolatae, 1 mm longae, inferiores 3-florae, superiores 1-florae; bracteae ^ 

 foliaceae, suborbiculares vel reniformes, 5 — 7 mm longae, 5 — 9 mm latae, 2 — 3-florae. 

 Sepala q^ 3 — 4, suborbicularia, acuta, extus puber ula; stamina .3, rarius 4. Sepala 

 Q 6, lanceolala, acuta, extus pubescentia: ovarium dense velutinum; styli ad medium 

 connati. Capsula glabra. 



Madagaskar: Zentral madagaskar (Baron n. 2872); Nordwestmadagaskar (Baron 

 n. 4989). 



