Tragia.] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (prain). 971 



otherwise quite glabrous; petiole J-l| in. long, sparingly puberulous ; 

 stipules ovate, acute, erect, J-| in. long, faintly puberulous or glabrous. 

 Racemes lateral, slender, rather dense, J- J in. long, with a naked 

 pubescent peduncle J-J in. long, with several male flowers above and 

 1-2 basal female flowers ; pedicels of male flowers solitary to and shorter 

 than the bracts ; male bracts ovate, acute, 1-2 lin. long, glabrous ; female 

 bracts orbicular, acutely 3-lobed, bracteoles ovate, acute. Male sepals 3, 

 ovate, with a few apical hairs. Stamens 3 ; filaments very short. Female 

 calyx-segments G, rather narrowly oblong, subacute, membranous, entire, 

 4 lin. long, slightly narrowed to a broad rhachis rather sparingly hir- 

 sute on the margins. Ovary rather sparingly hispid ; styles 3, finely 

 pubescent, united in a column for three-fourths of their length. Fruit 

 not seen ripe ; young capsule very sparsely beset with short white 

 bristles, ~ in. across. 



Upper Cuinea. Ivory Coast : Bouroukrou, Chevalier, 16860 ! 



Very closely related to T. spathulata, Benth., but readily distinguished by the 

 almost glabrous leaves and by the different female calyx-segments which are much 

 smaller and have the laminula much narrower relatively to the stipe. 



4. T. spathulata, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 502. Stems long, 

 slender, twining, armed with stinging hairs. Leaves distinctly to long 

 petioled, membranous, obovate-oblong, acute or shortly and acutely 

 acuminate, base shortly and rather narrowly cordate, margin shortly 

 crenate or serrate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1 J in. wide, rather sparingly beset 

 with long spreading bristly hairs above, otherwise glabrous, pubescent 

 beneath and also beset with long spreading bristly hairs especially on 

 the nerves ; petiole J-2 in. long, pubescent and also setose with spread- 

 ing hairs; stipules lanceolate, erect, J-J in. long, pubescent. Racemes 

 lateral, slender, rather dense, J-| in. long, with a naked pubescent 

 peduncle f-lj in. long, with several male flowers above and 1-2 basal 

 female flowers ; pedicels of male flowers solitary to and ultimately 

 longer than the bracts, articulate below the middle ; male bracts obovate 

 or spathulate, obtuse, 1-2 lin. long, sparingly beset with long bristly 

 hairs ; female bracts orbicular-ovate, 3-lobed ; bracteoles obovate, obtuse. 

 Male sepals 3, ovate. Stamens 3 ; filaments short. Female calyx- 

 segments 6, orbicular-subspathulate, membranous, at length accrescent 

 but hardly coriaceous, 4 lin. long, pubescent and hispid, narrowed to a 

 short densely hairy rhachis much shorter than the terminal laminula 

 and without any lateral lobes. Ovary very densely setose ; styles 3, finely 

 puberulous, united in a column for two-thirds their length. Capsule 

 3-coccous, densely bristly, J in. across ; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, 

 brown with white patches. — DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 045. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 8 ! Odumase ; Krobo 

 l)lains, Johnson, 1089 ! Gida'Abdulker ; Rousu, Kratise! and without precise locality, 

 Farmar, 411! 438! Togo: Misahohe, Baumann, 450! Southern Nigeria: 

 Abeokouta, Irving, 72! Olokemeji; ¥.s\s\, Foster, 278 ! 



A very distinct species. 



5. T. laminularis. Mull. Arg. in Linncua, xxxiv. 183. Stem 

 long, slender, woody and erect below, twining above, armed with 



