90 



F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Plukcnetiinae. 



102. T. Meyeriana Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 938 (tantum var. 

 hirsuta). — T. Bolusii 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. III. 2. (1898) 293. — Suffrutex erectus, 

 ramosus; rami superne saepe flexuosi, pubescentes et setosi, demum paulo glabrescentes. 

 Petiolus { — 3^2 cm longus, more ramulorum veslitus; limbus 3^2 — ^72 ^m longus, 

 2 — 4 cm latus, ovatus vel triangulari-ovatus, acutus, basi profunde cordatus, serrato- 

 dentatus, sßtosus, supra demum glabrescens, basi palmatinervius; slipulae 3 — 7 mm 

 longae, triangulari-ovatae vel -lanceolatae, patulae vel reflexae. Inflorescentiae terminales 

 vel oppositifoliae, 4 i/j — 6 cm longae, inferne nudae, flores Q. \ — 3 gerentes, deinde 

 (5*, densiflorae, pubescentes et hirsutae; bracteae ovatae, subacutae, uniflorae, Q* 2 — 

 2'/2 '^"^j Q- ^ ™nfi longae; pedicelli brevissimi, omnes bibracteolati, fructigeri 3 mm 

 longi. Flos (^ 4 mm latus; sepala 3, rarius 4, elliptica, apiculata, crassa, pubescentia; 

 stamina 3; filamenta basi incrassata, brevia; antherae introrsae, subinflexo-inclinatae ; 

 ovarii rudimentum nanum. Sepala Q. 3, rai'ius 4, et tum quartum minus, orbiculari- 

 ovata, 15 — 1 9-Iacinulata, hirsuta, lacinulis lanceolatis, acuminatis, parte rhachiali bre- 

 rioribus, fructigera 10 mm longa, 13 mm lata; ovarium hispidum; styli ad Y3 long, 

 connati, superne patuli, laeves. Capsula majuscula. Semina 5 mm diametientia, globosa, 

 grisea, n'igro-marmorata, dissite ferrugineo-tomentello-squamulosa. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Natal und Cape Colony; Port Natal 

 (Gueinzius!), East London (Wood n. 3217!), Krantzkloof (Schlechter n. 3204!), »lt. 

 Insiswa (Schlechter!), Baziya (Bauer n. 458!), Griqualand East, Clydesdale, 2300 m 

 (Tyson n. 1233!). 



103. T. Dinteri Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLIII. (1909) 82; Prain in Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. VI. 1. (1913) 993. — Caules erecti, stricti e rhizomate crasso, lignoso, ad 30 cm 

 alti, ramosi; ramuli juveniles brevissime puberuli, crebre stimulosi, urentes. Petiolus 

 2 — 3 cm longus, setosus; hmbus 4 — 6 cm longus, 3 — 3Y2 cm latus, ovatus vel tri« 

 angulari-ovatus, acuminatus, basi profunde et anguste cordatus, inciso-serrato-dentatus, 

 in nervis stimulosus, ceterum glaber, palmatinervius; stipulae 2 — 3 mm longae, lan- 



Fig. 21. A Tragia Dinteri Pax. — B—D T. senegalensis Müll. Arg. B Inflorescentia. C Se- 

 palum Q. D Semen. — Icon. origin. 



