988 cxxii. ELPHORBIACE.E (prain). [Tragia. 



side, lobules ascending, narrow-lanceolate, each J in. long, pubescent, 

 like the rhachis and on their margins very densely beset with stift' 

 white bristles. Ovary nearly glabrous ; styles 3, connate at the base 

 in a very short column. Capsule 3-coccous, very sparingly clothed 

 with thin white bristles, its walls thinly coriaceous and flexible, | in. 

 Across. 



£ower Onlnea. Gennnn South-West Africa: Ovambo ; Otaxl, Bint e)',15Z\ 

 Most nearly allied to and most closely resembling in luibit T. OJcanyua, Piix, but 



easily distinguished from this juid from all other African species of the genns by its 



very large, tiiin-walled fi-uit. 



25. T. glabrescensy Pax in Enyl. Jahrh. xix. 104. Stems long, 

 slender, twining, sparingly branched, glabrous. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, membranous, triangular-ovate, acute or acuminate, base rather 

 deeply wide-cordate, margin serrate, 1-1 J in. long, j-1 in. wide, very 

 sparingly bristly on the nerves especially beneath, otherwise glabrous; 

 petiole sparingly bristly, J-| in. long ; stipules wide triangular- 

 lanceolate, erect, with a few marginal setae, IJ lin. long. Racemes 

 lateral, 1 J in. long, on slender naked sparingly bristly peduncles J-1 in. 

 long, with numerous rather close-set male flowers above and 1-2 basal 

 female flowers ; pedicels in the male flowers solitaiy to and shorter 

 than the bracts; female flowers subsessile, solitary; bracts membranous, 

 rather widely ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, males 1 lin., females \\ lin. 

 long. Male sepals 3, ovate, acute, glabrous. Stamens 3 ; filaments 

 longer than the anthers. Female calyx-segments 6, 2-seriate, broadly 

 ovate, accrescent and coriaceous, 3 lin. long, rhachis obovate or oblong, 

 pectinately :3-4-lobulate on each side, lateral lobules sparingly white- 

 bristly, lanceolate. Ovary hispid and bristly ; styles 3, connate in 

 their lower half in a slightly puberulous column. Capsule 3-coccous, 

 sparingly white-bristly, \ in. across ; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, 

 greenish-yellow marbled with red.— Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 240. 



Wile land. British Kast Africa: Duruma; Chamtei, Rildelrandt, 2346! 

 Magi Climnoi, 570 ft., Kdssner, 466! 



Mozamb. Blstr. Germ;ui Kast Africa: Usnmbara; Doda, ^oZ*^, 2984 ! 

 Most closely resembles T. adenanthera, Baill., btit with d fPerent anthers nnd 

 with a 6-partite female calyx. 



2t). T. insuaviSy Vraln in Kew Bulletin^ 11)12, 237. Stems long, 

 slender, suberect from a woody base, twining upwards, at first finely 

 puberulous, without stinging hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, mem- 

 branous, ovate or oblong, acute or very shortly acuminate, base very 

 shallow-cordate, margin coarsely serrate, 2-4 in. long, 1^-2 J in. wide, 

 very sparingly pubescent on the nerves on both surfaces, otherwise 

 glabrous; petiole 1-H in. long, faintly puberulous and with a few 

 scattered bristles ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, spreading, puberulous 

 outside, inside glabrous, 1 lin. long. Racemes lateral, |-1 in. long, on 

 short puberulous peduncles J-J in. long, with many dense male flowers 

 above and a solitary basal female flower ; pedicels in both sexes solitary 



