090 cxxii, EUPiiORBiACE^ (prain). [Tragitt. 



bristly, J- J in. long; stipules lanceolate, acute, bristly, H lin. long. 

 Racemes terminal and lateral leaf -opposed, 1 J-o in. long, rather dense, 

 with a stift" bristly peduncle 1^-- in. long, with many male liowers above, 

 and usually 2 basal female flowers these sometimes 1 in. apart ; pedicels 

 in both sexes solitary to and shorter than their bracts ; bracts bristly, 

 males lanceolate, 1 lin. long, females ovate-lanceolate, 2 lin. long. Male 

 sepals o, ovate, acute, pubescent externally. Stamens 3 ; tilaments 

 longer than the anthers. Female calyx-segments G, 2-seriate, accres- 

 cent and coriaceous, those alternate with the carpels at length ^,in. 

 long, the others less indurated and J in. long; rhachis narrow-oblong, 

 pectinately ^)-4-lobulate on each side, lateral lobules lanceolate, very 

 densely bristly like the rhachis externally. Ovary densely hispid ; 

 styles o, connate for half their length. Capsule hispid with white 

 bristly hairs, ^ in. across ; cocci subglobose. Seeds globose, pale to dark 

 grey with reddish blotches. — Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 24U. 



Nile I.and. Uiltisli East Africa: Taita; Ndi ^\ ountain, Hildebrandf, 2419 ! 

 Ukaniba ; Kitui, midehrandt, 2685 ! ^cott Elliot, 6326 ! 



A very distinct species 



2'.). T. impedita, Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 52. Stems erect, 

 2 ft. hi<.di, much-branched, puberulous or glabrescent, sparingly armed 

 with stinging hairs. Leaves petroled, thinly membranous, ovate, acute, 

 base rounded or truncate, margin serrate except at the base, H in. long, 

 J in. wide, glabrous above, sparingly bristly on the nerves beneath, 

 otherwise glabrous ; petiole puberulous and sparingly bristly, J in. long ; 

 stipules lanceolate, ascending or spreading, sparingly beset with stinging 

 hairs, 1 J lin. long. Racemes terminal and lateral, leaf -opposed, 1 in. long, 

 rather dense, with a pubescent and bristly peduncle \ in. long, with 

 many male flowers above and usually 2 basal female flowers ; pedicels 

 in male flowers solitary to and rather longer than their bracts ; 

 female flowers subsessile ; bracts sparingly pilose, membranous, ovate 

 lanceolate, males J lin. long, females IJ lin. long. ]\Iale sepals 'A, 

 ovate, acute. Stamens 3 ; filaments longer than the anthers. Female 

 calyx-segments 6, 2-seriate, 3 orbicular, 3 alternating narrower and 

 oblong, accrescent and coriaceous, at length 3 lin. long; rhachis oblong, 

 pectinately (I-lobulate on each side, lateral lobules lanceolate, shorter than 

 the diameter of the rhachis, sparingly shortly setose. Ovary sparingly 

 pilose ; styles 3, connate only in their lower fourth. Capsule not seen. 



wile X.and. British East Africa : Mbuyuni, Scott Elliot, 6200 ! 



Very nearly allied to tlie West .African T. anrjolensis, Miill. Arg^., but somewhat 

 larger, with a woody briincliinfi^ stem ; most readily distinguished by the smaller male 

 bracts and the longer male pedicels. Also nearly allied to T. ukamhensi.s. Pax, 

 which, however, is densely armed with stinging hair.s and has much longer racemes. 



30. T. angolensis. Mull. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1SG4, 333. Stems 

 slender, several from a woody rootstock, erect or suberect^ 8 in. to IJ ft. 

 high or occasionally more or less twining above then 2-'2h ft. long, very 

 sparingly branched, puberulous or glabrescent, without s'tingin.ij hairs. 

 Leaves short-petioled or subsessile, firmly membranous, lanceolate or 



