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у. heliocarpa, nob.— T. heliocarpa, К. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. 
(1892) 131. 
Stems of one kind, 22-32 ст. long, about 4 mm. in diameter near the base, 
slightly flexuous, fulvous-tomentose, eventually glabrescent below and reddish 
near the base, bearing 2-4 leafy branches 9-17 ст. long, and a terminal 
inflorescence, the latter developed with the leaves. Leaves oblong, truncate 
or rounded at the apex or obtusely apiculate, rounded or narrowed into the 
base, 5-175 em. long, 1:8-3:3 cm. broad, conspicuously serrate, slightly 
wrinkled and stellate-puberulous above, fulvous-tomentose or tomentellous 
below in the adult state. Inflorescence 12-14 ст. long. Stamens 32-38. 
Young fruits 1°8 em. in diameter including the bristles. 
Congo Free State: Lulua River, Pogge, 10! South Rhodesia: between 
Broken НШ Zinc Mine and Bwana M’cuba Copper Mine, Allen, 327! 
17. T. Welwitschii, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 255 (1868), quoad 
plantam angolensem ; Baker f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. II. Bot. iv. 
(1894) 7 ; Dewevre, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii. 2 (1895) 98; Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. i. 97 (1896). 
a. typica, nob.—Stems of two kinds, some bearing both leaves and 
inflorescence, others purely vegetative, all slender, nearly straight, 30-45 em. 
long, 1°5-2°5 mm. in diameter at the base, glabrescent below, the inflor- 
escence developed before the leaves. Leaves linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
acute at the apex, narrowed towards the base, 6-11 сш. long, 8-18 mm. 
broad, entire or very slightly serrulate, tomentellous below in the adult state. 
Inflorescence 3-4 em. long. Stamens 21-25. 
Angola: Pungo Andongo ; frequent in stony pastures and in rather dry 
bushy places, from the river Lutete to Candumba, Welwitsch, 1414! Malange 
Distr. ; on hard clay soil along the road between Quizanga and Catumba on 
the line from Luculla to Malange, Gossweiler, 1437! 1438! near Keiando 
close to the old fort Lusitania, Hanha, Gossweiler, 1762! from Keiando to 
the Cubal River, along the Carriers’ path to Hanha, Gossweiler, 1750! 
Huilla ; slopes of sandy hills, 1740 m., Antunes, 134! 155! 
В. Rehmannii, nob.— 7. Rehmannii, Szysz. Thalamifl. Rehmann. 151 
(1887). 
Stems of one kind, bearing both leaves and inflorescence, stoutish, flexuous, 
densely pubescent, over 35 em. long, about 3°5 mm. in diameter 30 em. from 
the apex, the inflorescence developed a little before the leaves. Leaves 
linear-oblong, apiculate from an obtuse apex, narrowed towards the base, 
9 6 cm. long, 6 8 mm. broad, serrulate, tomentellous below in the adult 
state. Inflorescence about 15 cm, long. 
Rhodesia : Mashonaland ; Rusapi, above Umtali, 1300 m., in sandy places, 
