250 MESSRS. T. A, SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
Subsect. SONDERIANÆ, nob. 
11. T. Sonderii, Ficalho et Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. II. Bot. ii. (1881) 
17: K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost- Afr. С. 265 (1895). 
T. trichocarpa, Sond. in Linnæa, xxii. (1850) 19; Наху, Thes. Cap. t. 52 (1859); 
Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i, 228 (1860); Szysz. Thalamifl, Rehmann. 151 (1887); non 
Hochst. 
T. Sondertana, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxiv. (1887) 173. 
A small erect undershrub. Rhizome woody. Stems 3-4 mm. in diameter 
at the base ; branches numerous, sharply ascending. Leaves oblon g, lanceo- 
late-oblong or elliptie-oblong, 3-nerved at the base, stellate-hispidulous. 
Sepals 9 mm. long, cucullate at the apex ; horn 1:2-1:5 mm. long. Gonophore 
as long as the dise. Stamens 15-20.  Bristles of ovary pilose, terminated by 
a single long spinule. Capsule 3-4 em. in diameter including the bristles ; 
hairs on the bristles mostly solitary, а few binate.—Sonder described the 
cells as being uniovulate ; they are, however, biovulate as is usual in 
Triumfetta. 
Transvaal: near the Vaal River, Burke, 83! 265! MeLea. 5594! Maka- 
pansberge, Streydpoort, Reimann, 5794! Above Aapies River, Pretoria, 
Rehmann, 4356! near Pretoria, Mrs. Stainbank, 3654! Kuntze! Schlechter, 
4145! Hoogeveld, between Standerton and Pretoria, and near Heidelberg, 
Wilms, 1009 1 without precise locality, Zeyher, 147! 
See РІ. 17. fig. 3, fruit and bristle. 
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Subsect. PANICULAT.E, nob, 
12. T. geoides, Welw. ex Mast. in Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 256 (1868); Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1. 97 (1896); К. Schaum. in Warb. Kunene- 
Sambesi Exped. 299 (1908). 
Stems fulvous-tomentose, leafy and flowering, usually not distinct. | Leaves 
pubescent or puberulous, in a dried state dark green or brown on the upper 
surface, fulvous-tomentose on the lower. Stipules 4-5 mm. long. Stamens 
about 20. Fruits 2:5-3 em. in diameter including the bristles. 
The following varieties may be distinguished :— 
a. typica, nob. ; folia supra non vel vix rugosa, primum stellato-pubes- 
centia, demum puberula, exsiecando brunnea vel viridula. 
Angola: НаШа; near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1413 ! Humpata, Bertha 
Fritsche, 238! sandy ground on the slopes of hills, 1700-1800 m., Dekindt, 
50! Kassinga and Kubango, at 1400 m., Baum, 236! Knelleis (Maramba), 
1400 m., white sandy ground on the edge of a wood, Baum, 236! 
In Baum’s material there are two kinds of shoots: those bearing both 
leaves and flowers, which are fulvous-hirsute ; and leafless flowering shoots 
which are brownish and sparingly pubescent. 
