256 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
21. T. setulosa, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 259 (1868); Hiern, Cat. 
Welw. Afr. Pl. 1. 100 (in part). 
T. Непзи, De Wild. et Th. Dur. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. II. (1900) 93 ; Ann. 
Mus. Congo, sér. I. 1. (1902) 189, t. 95; sér. У, i. (1903) 56. 
T. orthacantha, Durand et Schinz, Études Fl. Congo, i. 82, non Welw. 
Bush about 1 m. high. Branches hirsute, tomentose in a young state. 
Petioles stoutish, 3-6 mm. long. Mature leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3:5—5 cm. 
long, rather irregularly serrate, clothed with stellate and long simple hairs on 
the upper surface, the stellate hairs eventually disappearing for the most part, 
tomentose below. Sepals stellate-pubescent outside, horn with 1-3 bristles. 
Petals oblong, rounded. Capsule about 7 mm. in diameter including the 
prickles. Prickles densely pilose, with 2-6 terminal spinules. 
British East Africa to Angola :—British East Africa: Kavironda, tall and 
climbing amongst long grass, Scott Elliot, 7152! ^ Congo Free State: 
Ngombe-Lutete, Hens (ser. A), 269! Angola: Pungo Andongo; in bushy 
stony places between Caghuy and Mangue, fls. and fr., middle of April, rather 
rare, Welwitsch (in Herb. Mus. Brit.), 1410! 
Var. Gilletii, nob.— T. Gilletii, De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. V. i. 
55 (1903). 
Prickles almost glabrous, with 1-4 terminal spinules, 
Congo Free State : Kisantu, Gillet, 531, 945, et sine numero ! Campine, 
near Mussenge, Pogye, 612 ! 
22. T. angolensis, nob., sp. nov. 
T. setulosa, Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. 100, partim, non Mast. 
Herba annua, usque ad 80 em. alta, е basi ramosa, ramis simplicibus vel 
subsimplieibus teretibus stellato-pilosis. Folia elliptica ovato-elliptica vel 
lanceolato-oblonga, apice rotundata vel subacuta, 2-7:5 em. longa, 1-4*5 em. 
lata, serrata vel serrato-crenata, utrinque subtus magis stellato-pilosa, pilis 
nonnullis simplicibus, tandem puberula, nervis utrinque 3-4, subtus elevatis ; 
stipulæ subulatæ, 3 mm. longs, longe pilose. Inflorescentia foliata ; суша 
pro nodo usque ad 5, triflore ; pedunculi usque ad 3 mm. longi ; bracteze 
lanceolatæ, 2:5 mm. longæ, basi 0:5 mm. late. Sepala linearia, 5 mm. longa, 
0:5 mm. lata, extra stellato-pubescentia, cornu 0*5 mm. longo pilis simplicibus 
ornato. Petala oblanceolata, apice rotundata, 5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, basi 
ciliata. Gonophorum 0:5 mm. altum, glandulis transverse elliptico-oblongis. 
Discus 0:3 mm. longus, ciliatus. Stamina 10 ; filamenta circiter 5 mm. longa, 
inter se libera, subteretia. Ovarium subglobosum, circiter 0°75 mm. diametro, 
A-loeulare. Capsula pallide brunnea, 6-7 mm. diametro aculeis inclusis, 
aculeis patenter pilosis, spinulis 2-5 terminatis. 
0:3-0:8 m. high, branched from the base. Hairs on the stem stellate. 
Leaves oblong or elliptic, 2-7-5 em. lon g, 1-45 em. broad, stellate-pubescent 
on both surfaces. Sepals stellate-pilose outside, horn with soveral small 
