399 
Adenoclineae of South Africa . 
[VII. a.] South-East Africa : Cape. Coast Region : Uitenhage 
Div. ; at Amsterdamsvlakte between the Coega River and the Zwartkops 
River, Zeyher , 3843 ! 
For some reason which is not readily apparent, Muller has treated this species as 
a variety of the next one. 
2. S. triandra, Pax in Engl., Bot. Jahrb., x. 35 (1888), et in Engl. & 
Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf., iii. 5, 50, fig. 31 c (189c). Folia firmula, sessilia 
vel subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata vel linearia, obtusa vel subacuta, margine 
integra vel prope apicem utrinsecus 1-2-dentata. — Mercurialis triandra , 
E. Mey. in Linnaea, iv. 237 ( I 829) et in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 201 
(1843); Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii. 113, syn. Meissn. excl. (1850); Baill., 
Adansonia, iii. 160, syn. Meissn. excl. (1862). Seidelia Mercurialis , Baill., 
fitud. gen. Euphorb., 4 66 , t. 9, fig. 7 (1858). Tragia triandra , /3 genuina , 
Miill. arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 947 (1866). 
[VI.] South-West Africa. Orange-Vaal Basin : Northern Cape 
Colony : Richmond Div. ; Winterveld, near Limoenfontein and Groot 
Tafelberg, 3000-4000 ft., Drlge , 796 ! Hanover Div. ; near Hanover, Sim, 
13! Griqualand West: Kimberley, Marloth , 869 ! 
3. Leidesia, Mull. arg. 
Leidesia , Mull. arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 793 (1866) ; Benth. in Benth, 
et Hook, f., Gen. PL, iii. 310 (1880) ; Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf., 
iii. 5, 50, fig. 31 A, B (1890). 
Mercurialis , Herm., Par. Bat., App. 10 (1698) ; Burm., Thes. Zeyl., 
App. 16 (1737); Linn., Gen. PI. [75b], ed. 1,307, quoad syn. Boerh. tantum 
( i 737), et Sp. PL, ed. 1, 1035, pro parte (1753); Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii., 
pro parte (1850) : nec Tournef. 
Ricinokarpos , Boerh., Ind. alt. Lugd.-Bat., i. 254, quoad sp. afr. sed 
diagn. gen. excl. (1720). 
Croton , Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 2, 1427, quoad syn. Ricinocarpus , Boerh., 
partim tantum (1763) : nec Linn. Gen. 
Acalypha , Thunb., PL Cap.,ed. Schult., 546 partim (1823) : nec Royen. 
Adenocline , Baill., £tud. gen. Euphorb., 457, partim (1858) : nec Turcz. 
Mercurialis § Trismegista , Baill., Adansonia, iii. 158, partim et quoad 
M. capensis tantum, 175, partim (1862) : nec Endl. 
Flores monoici, apetali. (A Calyx membranaceus, in alabastro clausus, 
minute apiculatus, per anthesin valvatim 3-partitus. Stamma saepius 4-7, 
nonnunquam (Z. firmula) 3, centralia, filamentis basi hinc inde connatis ; 
