960 



CXXII. EUPHORBIACE/E (prAIN). 



[Tragia. 



female bracts oblaiiceolate-oblong, 

 sparingly toothed but not lobed . . 10. T. anomala. 



Styles usually more or less connate below in 

 a slender column but free at least in tlieir 

 upper fourth to tlieir upper half. 

 Female calyx-segments ending in a per- 

 sistently membranous laminula much 

 broader than the lateral lobules; 

 stems slender, twining. 

 Lateral lobules of lemale calyx-segments 

 4-6 on each side. 

 Lateral lobules of female calyx-seg- 

 ments bristly with white stinging 

 hairs ..... 



Lateral lobules of female calyx-seg- 

 ments setose but n<»t bristly 

 Lateral lobules of female calyx-segments 

 usually 3 on each side . 

 Female calyx-segments with the terminal 

 laminula like the lateral lobules. 

 Capsule ^ in. across, its walls coriaceous; 

 leaves cordate, distinctly petioled ; 

 stems suberect .... 24. T. pht/socarpa. 

 Capsule ^r in. across or less, its valves 

 erustaceous or woody. 

 Male tlowers mostly in 3-tlowered 

 glomerules or cymules ; stems 

 erect ; leaves sessile or shortly 

 petioled. 

 Leaves linear - lanceolate, base 

 cMueate or rounded ; pedicels 

 longer than their bracts . 3L 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, base cor- 

 date; pedicelsshorterthan their 

 bracts . . . .15. 



Male flowers solitary to their bracts 

 or only casually geminate low 

 down. 

 Leaves uarrow-cuneate at the base. 

 Female calyx-segments 5-7-lobu- 

 late on each side, their 

 rhach.is oblong, broad ; leaves 

 3-partite ; stems erect . 13. T. tripartita. 



Female caly.x-segments 4-lobu- 

 late on each side, their 

 rhachis linear, narrow. 

 Stems ascending or rambling; 

 leaves oblong, variously 

 partite and lohulate . 11. 



Stems erect, straight; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, entire or 

 subentire . . .12. 



Leaves cordate, less often truncate 

 or rounded at the base, never 

 cuneate. 



T. shirensis. 

 T. Mhodetioe. 



T. cannahina. 

 T. Hildehrandtii. 



