401 
Adenoclineae of South Africa. 
Eckl. Un. It., 814, ex Sond., 1. c. (1850) : nec Linn, f., nec Thunb. Adenocline 
Mercurialise Baill., £tud. gen. Euphorb., 457, partim (1858): nec Turcz. 
Leidesia Sonderiana , Mlill. arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 699 (i8<56), nomen. 
L. capensis, Mull, arg., 1. c., 793, sed syn. Urtica capensis , excl. (1866). 
[VI.] South-West Africa. Transvaal : Houtboschberg, 6,5 00 ft., 
Rehmann, 5923 ! Schlechter , 4427 ! 
[VII. a.] South-East Africa: Cape. Coast Region: Cape Div. ; 
Table Mountain, Ecklon , 814 ! Zeylier , 3844 ! Masson ! Wright , 4 a 6 ! Long- 
loof, Diimmer, 1 376 ! Devil’s Mountain, 1,200 ft., Ecklon ! Harvey , 504 ! 
Bolus , 2941 ! Wilms, 36 23 ! above Overige Kloof, 2,800 ft., Schlechter , 408 ! 
above Groote Schuur, Wolley Do d, 607 \ George Div. ; Outeniqua Mountains, 
Thunberg ! Roode Muur, Drege (M. tricocca , 8) ! near George, Burchell , 5847 ! 
Moyle Rogers ! Knysna Div. ; Yzer Nek, Burchell , 5247 • Karratera River, 
Drbge (M. tricocca , e). Albany Div.; without precise locality, Bowie , 18 ! 
Stockenstroom Div. ; between Kala and Ugie, 5,000 ft., Bolus , 10284! 
[VII b.] Natal. Griqualand East ; Malawe Forest, Tyson , 2118 ! Natal ; 
Ismont, 2,000 ft., Wood, 1867 ! 
3. L. obtusa, Mull. arg. DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 793 (1866). Herba 
flaccida, diffuse ramosa. Folia tenera, longe petiolata, orbiculari-ovata, 
obtusa, margine 1-3-crenata. Stamina saepissime 4—5. Flores feminei 
sessiles . — Acalypha obtusa , Thunb., FI. Cap., ed. Schult., 546 (1823) ; Lehm. 
6# Baill., Adansonia, iii. 159 (1862). A. obtusata , Spreng. 6# Steud., 
Nomencl., ed. 2, i. 10, pro parte maxima (1840). Mercurialis tricocca , 
E. Mey. in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 201, pro parte : a partim et b partim 
(1843): nomen. M. capensis , Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii. 112, partim (1850) ; 
Baill., Adansonia, iii. 158, quoad syn. Lehm. tantum (1862); Spreng. in 
Herb. Berol. ex Mull, arg., 1. c. (1866): nec Spreng. ex Eckl. et Zeyh. 
Adenocline Mercurialis , Baill, £tud. gen. Euphorb., 457, partim (1858) : 
nec Turcz. 
[Vila.] South-East Africa : Cape. Central Region : Willowmore 
Div. ; Karroo, between the Great Zwarte Bergen and Aasvogel Berg, 2,000 ft., 
Drbge (M . tricocca , a in Herb. Kew !) Somerset Div. ; between Zuurberg 
and Bruintje’s Hoek, Drbge (M. tricocca, /3 in part ) ! woods at the foot of the 
Boschberg, 3,000 ft., Macowan , 1752 ! without precise locality, Miss Bowker ! 
Coast Region : Cape Div. ; Shore near Smitswinkel Bay, Wolley Dod ’ 
3302! without precise locality, Thunberg\ Lehmann\ Uitenhage Div.; 
Zuurberg Range, Drege ! Zwartkops River, Ecklon & Zeyher , 35 ! near 
Uitenhage, Prior ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; Baakens River Valley, Mrs. 
Paterson , 841! Alexandria Div.; near Barville Creek, Burchell, 4091! 
Albany Div. ; Dassie Krantz, Rogers , 3961 ! 
Very nearly allied to L. procumbens, but usually a smaller plant, with decidedly 
