246 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
Leaves subobtuse, upper obovate, lower suborbicular, not lobed, 7-8 em. diam. 
Cymes about 2 per node. Sepals L:-L:2 em. long. Stamens about 25. 
Tubercles of the ovary minutely glandular, terminated by a single spinule. 
North Nyasaland to Rhodesia :—North Nyasaland: Missale, Nicholson ! 
Portuguese Nyasaland: among long grass in plains, near Kankombé, Lake 
Shirwa, Kirk, 164! Rhodesia : Mashonaland ; Umtali, at 1200 m., Engler, 
3121 a! 
See Р]. 17. fig. 1, fruit and tubercle. 
Sect. IT. Рокра, nob. 
3. T. repens, Merrill et Rolfe in Philipp. Journ. Se. iii. (1908) 111. 
Porpa repens, Blume, Bijdr. 117 (1825); Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. II. 198. 
Triumfetta subpalmata, Sol, ex Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. xxviii. (1890) 2, t. 295; Britten 
in Banks et Sol. Ill. Austr. Pl. Cook, 11, t. 23. 
T. procumbens, Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 273 (1863), partim ; Bailey, Queensl. Fl. i. 155, 
partim; Merrill in Philipp. Gov. Lab. Publ. vi. 17 ; non Forst. 
Leaves deeply 3—5-lobed (or some of them undivided), coarsely serrate. 
Fruits 6-8-celled, both body and prickles glabrous. 
Seychelles, Horne !—Also on the Keeling Islands, islands in the Gulf of 
Siam, off Cambodia and Borneo, Philippine Islands, and on the Howick, 
Frankland, and Northumberland Islands off the coast of Queensland. 
4. T. procumbens, Forst. f. Prodr. 35 (1786) ; Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. xxviii. 
(1890) 2, t. 293. 
T. Fabreana, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. 478, t. 102 (1826). 
T. radicans, Dojer in Bouton, Douziéme Rapp. Ann. Maurice, 20 (1842). 
Г. crassifolia, Sol. ex Seem. Fl. Viti. 26 (1865), in syn. 
Leaves broadly ovate or suborbicular, undivided or 3-lobed as far as the 
middle or less, crenate or crenate-serrate. Fruits 6-10-celled, both body and 
prickles pilose. 
Amirante Islands: Isle des Roches, Coppinger! Providence Island, Cop- 
pinger! Galega Island, Bouton! Chagos Islands: Diego Garcia, Hume ! 
(x. C. Bourne, 11!—Also on the Keeling Islands, Fitzroy Island (Queensland), 
Purdy Islands (north of New Guinea), and widely spread in Polynesia. 
See Р]. 17. fig. 6, fruit and prickle. 
Sect. ПТ. LASIOTHRIX, nob. 
Subsect. GRACILES, nob. 
5. T. Kirkii, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 259 (1868); К. Schum. in 
Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. 265 (1895). 
Stems procumbent, much branched, very slender (hardly 1 mm. in dia- 
