Seidelia. 



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Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutsck-Südwestafrika; Okahandja, 

 an schattigen Stellen zwischen Granitfelsen, H00 m (Dinter n. 572!) Otavi im Schatten 

 unter Büschen (Dinter n. 704!), Grootfontein, an einem Wassergraben (Dinter n. 700! 

 2336!). Groß-Namaqualand, Gamokab (Schinz n. 898), Karukab (Schinz n. 899)! 



Nota. Species a S. triandra primo intuitu facile distinguenda est. 



Fig. 43. A— C Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax et K. Hoffm. A Habitus. B Flos $. C Flos Q. — 

 D— E Seidelia triandra (E. Mey.) Pax. D Flos <$. E Flos Q. — Icon. origin. 



2. S. triandra (E. Mey.) Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. X. (1889) 35; in Engler 

 u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (4 890) 50; Prain in Ann. Bot. XXVII. (1913) 399. — 

 Tragia triandra Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 947. — Herba annua, a basi 

 ramosissima, omnino glabra, glaucescens, 4 — 20 cm alta; rami subdiffusi, angulosi. 

 Folia alterna (vel infima opposita?); limbus 5 — 18 mm longus, \ y 2 — 5 mm latus, 

 oblongo-obovatus vel lineari-lanceolatus, obtusus vel subacutus, basin versus in petiolum 

 2 — 5 mm longum cuneato-attenuatus, utrinque apicem versus 1 — 5-dentatus; stipulae 

 minutissimae, subulatae. Flores in axillis foliorum fasciculati, tf cum Q mixti; pedicelli 

 breves, ± \ mm longi, sub fructu haud longiores. Calyx Q* in alabastro vix i mm 

 latus; sepala 3, lanceolata, acuta, glabra; stamina \ — 2 — 3. Sepala Q 3, lanceolata; 

 ovarium glabrum. Capsula dicocca, glabra, 2 mm longa. Semina cinereo-nigricantia, 

 reticulata, apice acuta, \ mm fere longa. — Fig. i3D—E. 



