Tragia. 



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breviter pubescentes, non urentes, Petiolus 3 — 7 cm longus, pubescens; limbus 6 — 4 3 cm 

 longus, 3 — 9 cm latus, triangulari-ovatus, acutus vel breviter acuminatus, basi leviter 

 vel profunde, late, nonnunquam anguste cordatus, serratus, palmatinervius, ulraque 

 pagina in nervis breviter pubescens, rarius pilis paulo longioribus obsitus; stipulae 6 — 

 8 mm longae, ovatae vel lanceolatae. Flores dioici. Inflorescenliae axillares et ter- 

 minales, graciles, pubescentes, (J^ 6 — 25 cm longae cum pedunculo Y2 — 8 cm longo, 

 interdum paniculatim i-amosae, ramulis elongatis, juveniles densiflorae, adultae laxae; 

 bracteae 3 — 5 mm longae, lineari-subulatae, cymulam 3-floram gereutes; pedicelli 

 graciles, 1 — 2 mm longi, bibracteolati; racemi Q 2 — 9 cm longi, basi nudi, ro- 

 bustiores, pauci — i2-flori; bracteae ovatae, 4 mm longae, uniflorae, supremae saepe 

 steriles; flores subsessiles, bibracteolati. Flores (j^ 2 Y2 — Z^/2 ^^ ^^l^^', sepala 3, ovata, 

 apiculata, extus puberula; staminaS; filamenta antheris introrsis longiora, inflexa. Se- 

 pala Q 6, ovata, i mm longa, utroque latere 8 — 9-lacinulata, lacinulis linearibus, lati- 

 tudinem partis rhachialis paulo superantibus, rhachide lineari, pubescentia, accrescentia 

 et coriaceo-indurata, sub fructu fere i cm longa ; ovarium tomentosum ; styli breviter 

 connati. Capsula tomentosa, 10 — 1 2 mm lata, coccis subglobosis. Semina subglobosa, 

 dilute brunnea, rubro-marmorata. — Fig. i 9 B — E. 



Nordafrikanisches Hochland: Gallabat, Matamma, Hammad (Schwein- 

 fiirth n. 872!, 873!). Abessinien, Mettgalo, 2250 m (Schimper n. <07!), Schirah, 

 Marriam (Schimper n. 517!), Farrfera (Schimper n. 731 !), Sana, Walcha (Schimper 

 n. 16001), Harar, Djebel Haquin, 1900 (Ellenbeck n. 895!), Ost-Schoa, Tschaffedunza, 

 2300 m (Rosen!). — Auf Ackerland, in Gebüschen, zwischen Felsen und Geröll. 



66. T. bongolana Prain in Kew Bull. (1912) 236; Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. <. 

 (1913) 983. — Volubilis; caules elongati, graciles, sparse hispidi, estimulosi. Petiolus 

 circ. 2 cm longus, hispidus; limbus 5 — 6 cm longus, 3 — 3V2 cm latus, triangulari- 

 ovatus, acutus, profunde cordatus, argute serratus, supra et subtus in nervis sparse 

 hispidus, et parce stimulosus; stipulae lanceolatae, reflexae, 2V2 ^"1 longae. Flores 

 dioici. Racemi terminales, ad 1 cm longi, satis densiflori, pedunculo gracili, hispido, 

 V2 — 2Y2 cm longo; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, reflexae, margine hispidae, circ. 2 mm 

 longae, 3-florae; pedicelli bracteis breviores. Sepala 3, late ovata, obtusa, glabra; 

 stamina 3 ; filamenta antheris longiora. 



Nordafrikanisches Hochland: Bongoland, Sabbi (Schweinfurth n. 27S9), 

 zwischen Kero und Reggo (Schweinfurth n. 2782). 



Nota. Flores (5 quam in T. miti, cui arcte affinis, duplo majores dicuntur. Verisimi- 

 liter vix specifice diversa. 



