Tragia.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 973 



short linear-lanceolate lobules on each side. Ovary rather sparingly 

 hispid : styles 3, very sparsely puberulous, united only in their lower 

 fifth. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast : Middle Snssimdra ; Guideko, Chevalier, 

 16471! Southern Nigeria: Lagos; Ajilite, 3/i7^6h, 172 ! Oban; Ta/io^, 1494 ! 



Most nearly related to T. Zenkeri, Pax, but readily distinguished by the long 

 hispid hairs on the peduncles, bracts and calyx-lobes, as well :is on the leaves and 

 petioles; in this latter regard it is identical with P. lamimdaris, ]\Iiill. Arg., with 

 which it may ultimately be found possible to unite it. 



7. T. Zenkeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 528. Stems long, 

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

 petioled, membranous, oblong to obovate-oblong, shortly and acutely 

 acuminate, base truncate or very shallow wide-cordate, margin shortly 

 to distinctly and coarsely toothed, 2-3 in. long, |-1 in. wide, rather 

 sparingly beset with long spreading bristly hairs on both surfaces, 

 usually more densely bristly, especially on the nerves beneath, other- 

 wise glabrous, sometimes nearly glabrous beneath ; petiole |-2 in. long, 

 densely setose with spreading bristly hairs ; stipules lanceolate, erect, 

 i-J in. long, beset with bristly hairs externally. Racemes lateral, 

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

 peduncle 1-lJ in. long, with numerous male flowers above and 1-2 

 basal female flowers, pedicels in both sexes much shorter than and soli- 

 tary to the bracts ; male bracts obov^ate or spathulate, obtuse, 1 -2 lin. 

 long, finely pubescent ; female bracts orbicular-ovate 3-lobed ; bracteoles 

 obovate, obtuse. Male sepals 3, ovate. Stamens 3 ; filaments short. 

 Female calyx-segments 6, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, at length 

 accrescent but hardly coriaceous, 3 lin. long, pubescent, pinnately 

 3-lobed on each side, rhachis rather narrow, lateral lobes short, ter- 

 minal laminula large, orbicular-oblong, membranous, nearly or quite as 

 long as the rhachis. Ovary rather densely pubescent ; styles 3, pubes- 

 cent, united for half their length. Capsule 3-coccous, rather sparingly 

 strigose, J in. across; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, dark brown 

 with white spots. — De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. b'2 and 

 Reliq. Dewevr. ii. 212 ; Th. & Hel. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 498. 



Wile Iiand. Uganda: Entebbe, Bagshmce, 727 ! 

 Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Staudt, 88 ! 

 Lower Guinea. Gaboon : Libreville, Klaine, 743 ! Duparquet ! Lower 

 Congo : Matadi, near the Lufu Kiver, Deivevj-e, 437 ! 



Nearly related to, and possibly only a variety of T. teuuifolia, Benth. 



8. T. tenuifolia, Benth. in Hook, Niger Fl. 502. Stem long, 

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

 petioled, membranous, ovate, obovate or oblong, acutely acuminate, base 

 shortly to deeply cordate, margin closely and shortly or distinctly and 

 bluntly toothed, 2J-5 in. long, 1-2J in. wide, bristly on the nerves 

 above, beneath bristly and sometimes also sparingly softly pubescent on 

 the nerves, elsewhere glabrous ; petiole ^-2 J in. long, puberulous and 

 sparingly bristly; stipules lanceolate, bristly, spreading, IJ lin. long. 



