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Stamina 10-12, | 
Caules jam sub anthesi conspicue acute tuber- 
сШай ; folia supra mox glabriuscula, ... 46. scandens. 
Caules etuberculati vel inconspicuetuberculati. 
Species occidentalis: caules etuberculati ; 
cornua sepalorum inconspicua; fructus 
1-155 ст, diametro ................ 47. cordifolia. 
Species orientales vel austro-orientales. 
Caules inconspicue tuberculati; cornua 
sepalorum conspicua; fructus 1-1:5 
em, diametro..,.....,......,.... 50. effusa. 
Caules etuberculati ; cornua inconspicua ; 
fructus 1:5-2:5 em, diametro ...... 48. macrophylla, 
var. ruwenzoriensis. 
Aculei conspicue pilosi. 
Folia sübmembranacea, pilis simplicibus sparsissime 
induta. 
Aculei dense pilosi; corpus fructus reticulatum .. 44. trichocarpa. 
Aculei sparse pilosi; corpus fructus profunde 
foveolatum `"... een 9. annua, 
forma piligera. 
Folia plerumque crassiora, pilis stellatis (vel stellatis 
et simplicibus) densius induta. 
Aculei semiuncati; folia plerumque tricuspidata . 30. tomentosa. 
Aculei uncati. 
Species occidentalis ........................ 47. cordifolia. 
Species orientales et malagasice. 
Folia plerumque tricuspidata ............ 48. macrophylla, 
var. Rothit, 
Folia indivisa vel plerumque indivisa .... 49. pilosa. 
Sect. Т. LEPIDOCALY X, nob. 
1. Triumfetta lepidota, К. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. (1892) 127. 
An erect shrub, 1:3 m. high. Petiolar glands 2-4 on each side. Upper 
leaves oblanceolate, lower suborbicular, subtrilobed, up to 14 ст. diam. 
Cymes 2-4 per node. Sepals 18-32 ст. long. Stamens about 60. Tubercles 
of the ovary pilose, terminated by several spinules which are either fascicled 
or arranged in a fan-like manner. 
Northern Nigeria to Niam-niam Land :—Northern Nigeria: Маре, Barter! 
Banks of Guara River at Gornapara, W. R. Elliott, 205 ! Eastern Chari : 
Snoussi country ; Ndellé, Chevalier, 7549! 7952! Каса Gongourou, 
Chevalier, 6568!  Niam-niam Land: in the desert between Uringame and 
Ngoli, north of Lehssi, Schweinfurth, 4012 | 
2. T. amuletum, Sprague in Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. IT. v. (1905) 702. 
А creeper, prostrate on the ground. Petiolar glands 3-5 on each side. 
