Dalechampia.'] cxxii. EUPHOiiBiACEiE (prain). 958 



Leaves more or less pubescent ; capsules setose or hairy. 



Leaves entire ; capsules setose . . . .3.2). Cheralieri. 



Leaves deeply 3-parLite J capsules hairy . , .4. 2). scandens. 



1. D. ipomoesefolia, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 500. A slender 

 twiner; stems pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, tri- 

 angular-ovate, acuminate, base usually shallow-cordate, occasionally 

 deep-cordate, margin slightly toothed, usually not lobed, occasionally 

 shortly o-fid, rarely deeply 3-sect or 3-partite with lobes oblong-lanceolate 

 or oblong, 3-4 in. long, 1|-2J in. broad, thinly membranous, o-nerved 

 from the base, glabrous on both surfaces or thinly pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath ; petiole 1 J-^J in. long, glabrous or finely pubescent ; 

 stipules linear, J in. long, entire. Heads axillary, long-peduncled ; 

 involucral bracts ovate, acute, entire, green or yellowish, |-1 in. long 

 and nearly as broad. Stylar column clavate. Cocci black, glabrous. 

 Seed spherical, grey, mottled. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 1248; 

 De Wild, and Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. i. 48 ; De Wild. 

 Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 286 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. 

 Oongol. 491). Tragia Buettnerl, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 103. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: Monrovia and Grand liassn, Dinklage, 1763! 

 Ivory Coast: liouroukrou, Chevalier, \%l^'i\ 16928! Zarnnou; Inde)ii:i, ChevaUer, 

 17637! Gold Coast: Aslianti; near .Sutali, Cummins, 48! Soutiiern Ni^reria: 

 Lower Nii^er, l\qel, 9! Lagos, Lamlorn, 275! Cameroons : liatjuicra, Baien, 

 168! Dinklage, 1142! 1199 ! Kbea, Dinklage, 188 ! Kribi, Dinklage, C27 ! Lorn, 

 <)50-1000 ft., Ledermann,iSMii^\ 



IiO\irer Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Xkolentanoran, 1500 ft., T^.v.??;»a»», 318! 

 418! (iaboou: Sibange, jDiw/iZrt^e, 529 ! £ueftner,2S6\ French Congo: lirazzaville, 

 Thollon, 4:17 \ 421 partly! Lower Congo : Mayunibe; Ujjper Chiloango, Cabra i^' 

 Michel, Leopoldville, Schlechter, 12538! Kisantu, Gillet, Vanderyst ! 



South Central. Belgian Congo: Lukolela, i^ewcrre, 652 ! Lake Leopold IL 

 district; WrdW, Laiwent. Equatorial district ; VjaVa, Laurent. Eastern l*rovincc ; 

 Mawanibi, Kasanga, Mildhraed, 3109 ! 



2. D. Hildebrandtiiy Pax in Engl. Jalirh. xix. 107. A slender 

 twiner; stems glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, deeply :)-partite, 

 base deep cordate, lobes oblong, rounded or short cuspidate, their margin 

 entire, 2 J in. Tong, >> in. broad, firmly membranous, r)-nerved from the 

 base, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole 1-1 1 in. long, glabrous ; stipules 

 ovate -triangular, slightly oblique, ^ in. long, entire. Heads axillary, 

 long-peduncled ; involucral bracts ovate, slightly cordate, deeply and 

 acutely o-lobed, margin elsewhere serrate, green or yellowish, |-1 in. 

 long, |-1 in. broad. Stylar column cylindric, truncate. Cocci brown, 

 with a few scattered hairs or glabrous. Seed spherical, dark brown. — 

 Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240. 



Wrile Xiand. British East Africa : Seyidich; Mombasa, Hildelrandt, 1980! 

 Takaungu, Thomas, 47 ! 



2ISo2ain1>. Slstr. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt, 1354! 1980! Stuhlmann, 439! 

 Saetevx, 1077! French Island, iTiV*, 17! German East Africa: Mandera, iSar/«H j, 

 952 ! l)ar-es- Salaam, Engler, 2080 ! 



A very distinct plant, apparently littoral or sublittoral ; most nearly allied to 

 D. scandens, Linn., var. cordojana, Miill. Arg. 



