Tragia.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (prain). 997 



40. T. adenanthera, Baill. Adansonia, i. 275. Stems long, 

 slender, twining, rather copiously branched, pubescent or patently 

 pilose. Leaves long-petioled, membranous, ovate-triangular to ovate- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base cordate, from faintly 

 lobed to distinctly subhastate, margin finely to coarsely crenate-dentate 

 1^-2 J in. long, J-IJ in. wide, from finely puberulous to densely pilose 

 especially on the nerves on both surfaces but especially beneath ; petiole 

 J-IJ in. long, from sparingly pubescent to densely patently pilose; 

 stipules ovate-lanceolate, reflexed, 1 J-2 lin. long, almost glabrous above, 

 pubescent to densely pilose beneath. Racemes lateral, 2-3 in. lon<y, on 

 rather stiff naked pubescent to pilose peduncles |-1J in. long, with 

 many very densely set male flowers above and 1-3 basal female flowers 

 separated by short intervals from the lowest males and from each 

 other ; pedicels all solitary to and shorter than their bracts ; bracts all 

 firmly membranous, male triangular-ovate, their margins minutely 

 glandular toothed, females wide-ovate, acute, with distinctly toothed 

 margins as have their bracteoles. Male sepals 3, ovate, acute, thick, 

 glandular. Stamens 3 ; filaments rather short ; connective much 

 thickened and glandular. Female calyx-segments 3, very rarely 4 or 5, 

 1-seriate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, accrescent and coriaceous, 3 lin. 

 long, rhachis very shortly wide-oblong, pectinately 6-8-lobulate on 

 each side, lobules all ascending, sparingly white bristly, very short. 

 Ovary sparingly hispid ; styles 3, short, slightly connate at the base 

 only. Capsule 3-coccous, almost glabrous, J in. across ; cocci subglobose. 

 Seeds globose, brownish grey. — Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 938 ; 

 Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. 



XMCozamb. Blstr. Zanzibar, Boivin ! Stuhlmann, 362 ! Hildehrandt, 1040 ! 

 Sacleux, 399 ! 2054 ! German East Africa : Pangani, Stuhlmann, 695 ! Usiirnnio ; 

 Rukinga, Stuhlmann,6907 ! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Zombii Plain, Whyte ! 



A very distinct and easily recognised species which, while unusually variable as 

 regards the shape and degree of pubescence of tho foliage, is extremely unifonn as 

 regards its bracts and flowers. 



41. T. subsessilis, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 101. Stems erect 

 from a woody base, 1-2 ft. high, sparingly branched, densely softly 

 pubescent with reflexed hairs and sparingly armed with spreading or 

 ascending stinging hairs. Leaves sessile or very shortly petioled, 

 ascending, membranous, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 or acute and mucronulate, base subhastately auriculate, margin coarsely 

 and rather irregularly toothed especially on the auricles, 1^-3 J in. long, 

 |-1J in. wide at the auriculate base, J-1 in. wide above the auriclas, 

 sparingly bristly on the nerves above, more copiously so beneath, other- 

 wise glabrous; petiole 0-1 J lin. long, when present softly pubescent 

 and bristly ; stipules lanceolate, recurved, membranous, 1-3 lin. long, 

 their margins setose. Racemes androgynous, terminal on stem and 

 branches and 'leaf -opposed below, 1 in. long, with a basal naked softly 

 pubescent and bristly peduncle J in. long, with numerous rather close- 

 set male flowers above and 1-2 basal female; pedicels in both sexes 

 solitary to and shorter than their bracts ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 



