Tragia. 99 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Goldküste, Bouroukrou (Chevalier 

 u. IC860). 



Nota. Spccics a nobis non visc, T. spatkulatae arcte afnnis est 



122. T. laminularis Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 183, in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 94"i; Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. \. (191.3) 971. — Gaules inferne longius 

 lignosi, superne cum ramniis volubiles, lenues; ramuli ultimi fulvo-pubescenles, hispiduli. 

 Petiolus 5 - 25 mm longus, dense selosus; limbus S'j — 5 cm longus, 15 — 20 mm 

 latus, lanceolato-ovatus, breviter acuminalus, basi leviler cordaliis, denlalus vel subinleger, 

 junior bispidus, demum hirsulo-pubescens; stipulae 4 — 5 mm longae, ovato lanceolalae. 

 Racemi laterales, graciles, 6 — 12 mm longi, pedunculo gracili, hirsuto, 1—2 cm longo, 

 basi tlores 2 < - 2, rf paucos proferentes; bracteae (J* ovatae vel spalhulatae, obtusae, 

 1-florae, ad 3 mm longae, Q orbiculari-ovatae, trilobae; bracleolae obovatae, obtusae; 

 pedicelli bracteis breviores. Sepala (j^ 3, ovata; stamina 3; filamenta brevia. Sepala 

 Q, 6, ovato-rhomboidea, membranacea, 3 — ö mm longa, vix indurata, pubescenlia, ungue 

 angusto, laminulam terminalem, orbiculari-oblongam duplo superanle, inlegra vel non- 

 nunquam alternatim indivisa et sub lamina lerminali utrinque minule unilobulata; ovarium 

 dense pubescens; stjli ad medium connati, pubescentes. Capsula 3-cocca, parce slri- 

 gosa, 8 mm lata. Semina globosa. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Sierra Leone (Afzelius, Smeathmann). 



Sect. 9. Lassia (Baill.) Müll. Arg. 



Lassia Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 464. — Tragia Sect. Lassia' Müll. Arg. 

 in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 183, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2.(186n) 931: Benth. in Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 3 29; Pax in Engler u. Pranll, POzfam. III. 5. (1890) 65. 



Sepala (i;^ 3. Discus nulius. Stamina 3; filamenla connata; antherae extrorsae, 

 in columna staminali sessiles; loculi horizontaliter divergentes, demum subhorizonlales. 

 Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q. 6 — 7, pinnatipartila. 



123. T. scandens (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 183; in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (186G) 931. — Lassia scandens Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 465, t. 4, 

 f. 23 — 28. — Frutex scandens; rami tenues. Folia longiuscule petiolata, ovata, acuta, 

 basi cordata vel subcordata, dentata, pube simplici adspersa, reticulato-venosa; stipulae 

 deciduae. Racemi axillares, multiflori, basi florem Q. solitarium vel paucos gereutes, 

 deinde rf . Flores (^ breviter pedicellati, Q, subsessiles; pedicelli bibracteolati. Alabastra 

 ^ depressa, obtuse apiculala, subtrigona; columna staminalis valida, superne trigona. 

 Sepala Q utrinque pinnatim circ. 5-lacinulata, parte rhachiali laciniarum anguste lan- 

 ceolata, quam lobus terminalis lineari-ellipticus angustiore ; ovarium hispidum ; styli vix 

 trienle long, connati, superne subrecurvo-patuli, intus papillosi. Capsula tricocca. 



Madagaskar (Goudot). 

 Nota. Speciem non vidimus. 



Species nobis ignotae, quoad affinitatem dubiae. 



T. aurea Rusby in Bull. New York Bot. Garden IV. (1907) 444. — Volubilis, ad 

 3 m alta, dense pilis patentibus ferrugineo-pilosa; caules graciles. Petiolus circ. 5 mm 

 longus, firmus; Hmbus 2'/2 — S cm longus, 7 mm — 2 cm latus, ovatus, leviter cordalus, 

 acute acuminatus, argute serratus, subtus lutescenti-viridis. Racemi visi valde juveniles; 

 flores (^ ignoti. Bracteae 1 mm longae, lanceolato-lineares, acutae. Sepala Q 1 '/j ™ro 

 longa, lanceolata, subobtusa; ovarium profunde trilobum; styli 1 mm longi, firmi, 

 erecto-patuli, puberuli; Stigmata terminalia, parva. 



Bolivien: Corvico (Bang n. 2454). 



Nota. Species haud rite descripta, quoad affinitatem e diagnosi dubia reinanet. 



T. burmanica Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. XLII. (1873) 2 44; Forest FL IL 

 (1877) 399; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1888) 466. — Frutex alte volubilis; partes juve- 

 niles adpresse puberuli, demum glabrati. Petiolus t^ji—l^l-i cm longus; limbus 5 — 



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