Tragia. gl 



Provinz des Gebirgslandes der MalabarkQste, nach Müller Arg. auch 

 auf Ceylon. 



Var. a. cordata (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — T. involucrata var. oordata 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 943; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 465 

 ex parte. — T. cordata Heyne in Wall. Cat. n. "7 79 Ja. — Inflorescentiae androgynae, 

 flore Q unico. 



Cochin, Kavalay (Meebold n. 12260!); Bisli Chats (Meebold n. 4372!). Ohne 

 nähere Slandortsangabe (Hügel n. 1615!, Warburg n. 743!]. — Ceylon (Thwaites 

 n. 3519). 



Capland, eingeschleppt (Drege). 



Var. fj. unicolor (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — T. Miqueliana var. unicolor 

 Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 943. — Flores dioici videntur. Inflorescentiae 

 Q pluriflorae. 



Malabar, Concan (Stocks und Law!). Südindien, Khandala (Meebold 

 n. 8913!). 



Nota. Species a T. involuerata diversissima; var. unicolor forte speciera propriam sistit. 



85. T. montana (Thwait.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 183; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 94 4. — T. involucrata var. montana Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. 

 (1864) 270. — T. involucrata var. cordata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 465 ex 

 pajte. — Volubilis, annua vel perennis; caules graciles, striati, puberuli et parce sti- 

 mulosi, demum glabrati. Petiolus 2V2 — 5 cm longus, slimulosus, demum glabrescens; 

 limbus 4 — 9 cm longus, 1^/2 — * cm latus, oblongus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, acuminatus, 

 basi late rotundata ieviter cordatus, tenuiter membranaceus, palmatinervius, grossiuscule 

 crenato-dentatus, juvenilis hispidus, demum glabrescens; stipulae lanceolatae, acutissime 

 acuminatae, 4 mm longae. Racemi oppositifolii, tenelli, 2'/2 — ^ cm longi, dimidia parte 

 nudi, florem Q unicum proferentes, deinde (j^, pluri-multiflori; rhachis gracilis; brac- 

 teae uniflorae, rf lanceolatae, 1 Y2 ^^ longae, Q triangulari-lanceolatae, 2 mm longae, 

 omnes margine glandulosae et puberulae; pedicelli (j^ 1 mm longi, ebracteolati, Q 

 bibracteolati, 2 mm longi. Sepala c^ 3, ovata, acuta, glabra; stamina 3; filamenta 

 brevissima, triangularia, antheram aequantia. Sepala Q 6, lanceolata, 2V2 ^"^ longa, 

 utroque latere 2 — 1-dentata, puberula, post anthesin paulo indurata, 3 — 4 mm longa; 

 ovarium stimulosum; styli breves, 1 Y2 "(im longi, ultra medium connati. Capsula 

 mediocris. Semina 2^/2 mm diametientia , albido - grisea , pulchre badio-reticulato- 

 marmorata. 



Ceylon: Am Berge Nuwara Eliya (Thwaites n. 2100!). 



Nota. Species a cl. Hooker f. infauste ad T. involueratam reducta est. 



86. T. involucrata L. Spec. pl. ed. l. (1753) 980; Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. 

 (1864) 270; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (I866) 943 ex parte; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. (18 7) 465 ex parte. — Volubilis, annua vel perennis; caules validiusculi, 

 ramosi, pubescentes et hispidi. Petiolus 5 — 24 mm longus, more caulium vestitus; 

 limbus 5 — 12 cm longus, 1 — 5 cm latus, ovatus vel oblongo-ovatus vel lanceolatus, 

 acuminatus vel cuspidatus vel in foliis superioribus subobtusus, basi obtusus vel acutus 

 vel late cuneato-attenuatus, ir serratus vel serrulatus, basi trinervius, utraque pagina 

 hirsutus; stipulae e basi subhastata lanceolatae, acuminatae. Racemi oppositifolii, breves, 

 1 '/2 — 2 cm longi, inferne nudi, flores Q 1 — 2 gereutes, deinde (j^, pluriflori, densi- 

 flori, hispidi; bracteae uniflorae, (^f 2 — 3 mm longae, cochliformes, basi angustatae, 

 acutae, Q 3 mm attingentes, ovatae; pedicelli 1 — 2 mm longi, q^ ebracteolati, ^ bi- 

 bracteolati. Flos rf 2V2 — 3 mm latus; sepala inferne in tubum brevem, cupuliformem 

 connata, superne patentia, late ovata, acuta, glabra; stamina 3, tubo inclusa; filamenta 

 brevia, e basi valde dilatata attenuata, antheram aequantia. Sepala Q 6, utroque 

 latere 5-, rarius 6-lacinulata, parte rhachiali lineari, lacinulis linearibus, diametrum 

 partis rhachialis attingentibus, hispida, accrescentia, modice indurata, 8 mm longa; 

 ovarium villoso-hispidum ; styli breves, ad medium connati. Capsula 9 mm lata, albido- 

 hispida. Semina globosa, 4 — 5 mm diametientia, lutescentia, badio-marmorata. 



Ä. Elixier, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama) 147. IX. 8 



