248 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
In diseussing the validity of the genus Ceratosepalum, which he rightly 
reduced, Schumann stated (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxii. 134) that the ovary 
was 2-celled. С. digitatum, however, has a 5-6-celled ovary, as described by 
Oliver. 
7. T. macrocoma, К. Schum in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxii. (1902) 133. 
An erect undershrub, Stems freely branched above, 80-140 em. high, the 
youngest part about 1 mm. in diameter or less, Leaves more or less deeply 
3-5-partite, sometimes trifoliolate with deeply 2-partite lateral leaflets, 
pubescent below ; segments or leaflets lanceolate. Sepals 9-10 mm. long ; 
horn 2:5 mm. long, inserted almost at the apex. Petals 7-8 mm. long. 
Stamens 27-37 in the three flowers examined. Disc sparingly and shortly 
ciliate. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit 3-5 em. in diameter including the bristles. 
Angola: Benguella ; Bailundo Distr., at 1500 m., Wellman! Huilla, on 
the stony slopes of the chalk-hills at 1740 m., Dehkindt, 74! 233! Near the 
Fort Princeza Amelia, Kubango, Gossweiler, 3916 ! 
8. T. trifida, nob., sp. nov. 
Caulis ferrugineo-furfuraceo-tomentosus. Folia usque ad vel ultra medium 
triloba, lobo medio quam lateralibus patulis majore, 3—5 em. longa, 4:5-7:5 ст. 
lata (suprema subindivisa, suborbicularia, basi obtusa, circiter 2:5 em. dia- 
metro), basi late retusa vel subtruncata, subquinquenervia, serrata vel serrulata, 
utrinque pilis stellatis subtus numerosioribus scaberrima, supra nervis incon- 
spicuis venulis occultis, subtus nervis prominentibus venulis valde reticulatis : 
lobi ovati vel ovato-oblongi, 1:5—3:5 em. longi; petioli 2-3°5 em. longi, 
furfuraceo-tomentelli ; stipulæ triangulari-subulatæ, circiter 6 mm, longæ, 
setoso-ciliatæ. Inflorescentia terminalis et axillaris, cymis solitariis oppositi- 
foliis ; bracteæ involucrantes stipulis conformes, 8 mm. long, 1-1:5 mm. 
latæ, setoso-ciliatæ. Sepala linearia, inferne ampliata, 1:5 em. longa, basi 
28 mm. lata, medio 1:4 mm. lata, 4 mm. supra basin reflexa, extra pilis 
stellatis seabrido-tomentosa, purpurascentia, cornu subapicali robusto 1:8 mm. 
longo. Petala anguste oblanceolata, circiter 11 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 
inferne intus linea. transversa dense villosa. Glandulæ gonophori quadran- 
gulares, approximatæ, 0*6 mm. longæ, 1 mm, late. Discus dense villosus. 
Stamina 29-31. Ovarium 4-5-loculare, dense villosum; villi 1:5-2 mm. 
longi. 
Youngest part of stem about 2 mm. in diameter. Leaves trilobed to the 
middle or beyond, scabrid-pubescent below ; lobes ovate or ovate-oblong. 
Sepals 15 mm. long ; horn hardly 2 mm. long, inserted almost at the apex. 
Petals 11 mm. long. Disc densely villous. Stamens 29-31 in the twé 
flowers examined. Ovary 4-5-celled. 
Congo Free State: Lubombo, Choma River, Mwero, Descamps! (Herb. 
Berol.). 
