Tragia.] cxxii. etjphorbiace^ (prain). 975 



entire or sometimes denticulate, softly and patently pilose ; female 

 bracts subreniform, cordate, not lobed, their margin closely and sharply 

 serrate ; bracteoles oblong, entire, softly pilose. Male sepals :l, wide- 

 ovate, softly pilose externally. Stamens 8 ; filaments short. Female 

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

 but hardly coriaceous, 5 lin. long, pinnately 8-10-lobulate on each .side, 

 lateral lobules and rhachis very densely softly woolly with long hairs, 

 terminal laminula narrowly ovate, almost glabrous, not much larger 

 than the small lateral lobules. Ovary densely adpressed-setose ; styles 

 3, pubescent, united throughout in a narrowly infundibuliform tube, 

 puberulous externally ; stigmas free, suberect or very slightly recurved. 

 Capsule 3-coccous, rather densely setose, J in. across; cocci subglobose. 

 HeecTs globose, ' dark " brown ' \vtth 'grey""blotdhes.— Baill." Adarrsania, • 

 iii.'l'CY; Man. ArgV in ^^C. VvGdf. Xv.li. 1)42.- T. involua-ata, Jarq. 

 ex E. Meyer in Dr^ge, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 226 ; Baill. >:tude Gen. 

 Euphorb. 4G1 ; not of Linn. T. initis^var. ohlongifolia, Miill. Arg. in 

 Flora, 1864, 435, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 942. T. ambiyua, 8. Moore, 

 and T. cimhigucif var. urticans, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. 80c. xl. 202-203. 



XJile ]Land. British Enst Africa : K\hwez\, Kaessner, 1061 IJaLai Hills, near 

 Mombasa, Taylor ! 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Usanihara ; Kcreniatonto, 1700 ft., 

 Engler, 3347 ! Kosallo Valley, Hoist, 3861 ! Portucruese East Africa : Moiamballa, 

 3600 ft., Kirk ! Rhodesia : Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft., Swynnertou, 446 ! 795 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



A very distinct species. 



10. T. anomala, Prain in Kew Bulletin, ]!)12, 194. Stems long, 

 slender, twining, armed with stinging hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 membranous, oblong, acute, base distinctly narrow-cordate, margin 

 closely crenate or dentate, 3-6 in. long, 1 J-2J in. wide, sparingly bristly 

 setose on the nerves above, more densely setose on the nerves beneath, 

 otherwise glabrous ; petiole J-IJ in. long, glabrescent or glabrous ; 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, reflext i, i-J in. long, very sparingly pubes- 

 cent externally. Racemes lateral, slender, rather lax, IJ-H in. long, 

 with a naked slender finely puberulous peduncle ^-1 in. long, with 

 several male flowers above and 1-2 basal female flowers; pedicels in 

 both sexes solitary to their bracts, the male pedicels up to \ in. long 

 finely puberulous and longer than the bracts ; male bracts oblong-sub- 

 spathulate, obtuse or subacute, 1-2 lin. long, membranous, puberulous 

 externally; female bracts oblanceolate- oblong, acute, margin with 2-3 

 lateral teeth but not lobed ; bracteoles ovate, acute, toothed like their 

 bracts. Male sepals 3, wide-ovate, sparingly puberulous externally. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments short. Female calyx-segments ('», ovate-lanceolate, 

 membranous, at length accrescent but hardly coriaceous, 5 lin. long, 

 pinnately 7-9-lobulate on each side, lateral lobules and rhachis very 

 densely and softly woolly with long hairs, terminal laminula narrowly 

 ovate almost glabrous, not much larger than the male lateral lobules. 

 Ovary densely adpressed setose; styles 3, puberulous, united tluoughout 

 in a wide pyriform tube, at first as large as the ovary ; the stigmas free, 



