96 f • P*'^' — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-PIukenetiinae. 



suffulti, inferne flores Q { — 2, superne (;;;f plures proferentes; bracteae uniflorae, (J^ 

 oblongo-subspathulatae, obtusae, 2 — 4 mm longae, hispidae, Q 3-lobae; pedicelU brac- 

 teis breviores. Sepala (^ 3, utraque pagina pubescentia, extus hispida; stamina 3; 

 filamenta brevia. Sepala Q ovato-lanceolata, 4 — 5 mm longa, pubescentia et hispida 

 supra et subtus, superne integra, inferne 4 — 6-lobulata, lacinulis brevibus, lineari- 

 lanceolatis; ovarium parce hispidum; stjli 3, parcissime puberuli, basi tantum connati. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Elfenbeinküste, Sassandra, Guideko (Che- 

 valier n. 16471). Lagos, Ajilita (Milien n. 172), Oban (Talbot n. 1494). 



Nota. Speciem non vidiraus. 



117. T. tenuifolia Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. (1849) 502; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 945; Tb. et H. Durand, Sylloge Fl. Congol. (1910) 498; Prain in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. VI. 1. (19 13) 973. — T. Manniana Müll. Arg. in Flora XL VII. (1864) 

 436; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 94«. — T. Klingü Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. 

 (1894) 105. — T. calvescens Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XLIIL (1899) 324; in Mild- 

 braed, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentralafr. Exped. II. (1913) 459. — T. Zenkeri Pax in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIII. (1897) 528; Th. et H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. (1910) 498; 

 Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VL 1. (1913) 973. — Longe volubilis; caules graciles, ramosi, 

 puberuli, demum saepius glabrati et ± stimulosi vel subestimulosi. Petiolus 1 1/2 — 6 cm 

 longus, puberulus et setulosus; ümbus 6 — 13 cm longus, 2V2 — "^ "^^ latus, tenuiter 

 membranaceus, serratus vel subinteger, nunc grossius dentato-serratus, ovatus, obovatus 

 vel oblongus, acute acuminatus, basi breviter vel profunde cordatus, supra et subtus 

 ad nervös puberulus et setulosus ; stipulae ad 5 mm longae, lanceolatae, acutae, reflexae. 

 Racemi oppositifolii vel in ramulis abbreviatis subaphyllis lateralibus terminales, cum 

 pedunculo 1 1/2 — 3 cm longo 2Y2 — ^ cm attingentes, puberuli et parce setulosi, graciles, 

 basi flores Q, \ — 2 et deinde (j^ plures vel numerosos gerentes, parte q' aut longiore, 

 aut breviore; bracteae uniflorae, (^ 2 mm longae, oblongo-obovatae vel rhombeae, sub- 

 obtusae, nunc leviter tridentatae, Q 3 mm longae, profunde trilobae, utriusque sexus 

 ciliatae et parce pilosae; pedicelli Q^ 2 mm longi, ebracteolati, Q brevissimi, bibracteolati. 

 Sepala (^ 3, late ovata, albido-pilosa; stamina 3; filamenta brevia, triangularia, antheram 

 aequantia. Sepala Q 6, circ. 3 mm longa, intus brevissime pubescentia, margine longe 

 stimulosa, parte rhachiali lineari, in laminulam obovatam abeunte, utrinque 3 — 5-, rarius 

 6- vel 2-lobulata, lacinuHs linearibus, diametrum partis rhachialis superantibus, post 

 anthesin accrescentia, indurata, ad 10 mm longa; ovarium pubescens et parce slimu- 

 losum; styli ad medium vel ultra in columnam pilosam connati, superne liberi, revoluti. 

 Capsula 9 mm lata, parce setosa. Semina globosa, 4 mm diametientia, griseo- et 

 bi'unneo-marmorata. 



Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet, von Sierra Leone bis Gabun und ost- 

 wärts bis Uganda verbreitet im Hochwald, sekundären Urwald, auch an sonnigen, 

 lichten Stellen. 



Sierra Leone, Bagroofluß (Mann n. 834!), Kambia (Scott Elliot n. 4371 !). 

 Togo (Mildbraed n. 7298!), Bismarckburg (Büttner n. 81 !, Kling n. 1 40 !), Misahöhe 

 (Baumann n. 534!). Südnigerien, unterer Niger (Barter n. 511). Kamerun, 

 Yaunde (Zenker und Staudt n. 88!), Johann Albrechtshöhe (Buesgen n. 52!), Bonge 

 (Düsen n, 318!). St. Thomas (Don n. 39!, 6I!). Gabun, Libreville (Duparquet, 

 Klaine n. 743); unterer Kongo, Matadi (Dewevre n. 437!), Loango, Chinchoxo (Sojaux 

 n. 190!). Belgisch Kongo, Bangala (Thonner n. 43!), Fort Beni (Mildbraed 

 n. 2314!), Wambutti (Mildbraed n. 2893!), zwischen Mawambi und Awakubi (Mild- 

 braed n. 3162!). — Uganda, Entebbe (Bagshawe n. 727). 



Einheim. Namen: U'passa (Togo), sass (Kamerun). 



Nota. Folia quoad ambitum variabiiia evadunt, magis autem sepala Q variant numero 

 lacinularum lateralium valde ludcntia; species ideoque sab nominibus pluribus descripta est. 



118. T. Mildbraediana Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Volubilis; caules ramosi, pu- 

 bescentes et dense fulvo-hispidi. Petiolus 1^2 — ^Va cm longus, dense hispidus; Hmbus 

 8 — 13 cm longus, 4Y2 — 7'/2 cm latus, obovato-oblongus, breviter acuminatus, basin 



