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bristles. Filaments free at the base, Prickles of the fruit pilose, with 2-5 
terminal spinules. 
Angola: Huilla ; in bushy places along the borders of woods in Matas de 
Monino, Welwitsch, 1411! Mounyino, 1760 m., Antunes, 312! in waste 
places at Kassuango Kuiriri, Gossweiler, 3016! 
Differs from T. setulosa chiefly in habit and indumentum. 
23. T. paradoxa, nob., sp. nov. 
T. setulosa, var. (P?) paradoxa, Welw. ex Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. P]. 1. 100. 
Herba annua, gracilis, erecta. Каті pilis simplicibus hirsuti. Folia ovata 
usque lanceolata, basi rotundata, apice acuta, 2°5-5°5 em. longa, 1-2:5 em. lata, 
serrata, supra pilis simplicibus appressis, subtus pilis simplicibus et stellatis 
parce induta ; petioli 4-11 mm. longi ; stipulæ longe ciliate. Sepala 5 mm. 
longa, circiter 0'7 mm, lata, extra superne pilis simplicibus vel bifurcatis 
hirsuta, pilis nonnullis parvis stellatis caducis interjectis, cornu 0:5 mm. longo 
setuloso. Petala oblanceolata, 3°5-4 mm. longa, 1:3-1:5 mm. lata. Stamina 
10. Filamenta in basin dilatato-complanata + connata. Ovarium 4-loculare. 
Capsula nigra, 8-9 mm. diametro aculeis inclusis, glabra, aculeis glabris 
basi dilatatis, spinulis 2-6 terminatis. 
An annual, slender, erect herb. Hairs on the stem and the upper surface 
of the leaves simple. Sepals pilose outside towards the apex only, hairs 
simple or bifureate. Filaments distinctly broadened and more or less connate 
at the base. Prickles and fruit-body glabrous. Prickle with 2-6 terminal 
spinules. 
Congo Free State: Lunda ; Mussumba, Pogge, 26! Angola; Golungo 
Alto ; in hilly places of the mountains of Serra de Alta Queta, Welwitsch, 
1412 (herb. Mus. Drit.)!  [ Welwitsch, 1410, in herb. Kew.] 
Small stellate hairs oceur amongst the little bristles on the upper half of 
young buds ; they drop off before the bud is fully developed. 
24. T. delicatula, nob., sp. nov. 
Suffrutex gracilis, 0*8-1:5 m. altus, ramis stellato-pubescentibus minute 
tuberculatis circiter 2:5 mm. diametro 35-40 em. infra apicem. Folia ovata 
vel ovato-lanceolata (superiora anguste lanceolata), basi rotundata vel obtuse 
cuneata, apice acuta vel subacuta, 3-8 em. longa, 1-355 em. lata, irregulariter 
serrata, chartacea, leviter discolora, basi 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus supra 
indistinetis subtus prominentibus, supra sparse subtus densius pubescentia ; 
petioli 0°5-1'5 em. longi. Inflorescentia foliata, foliis superioribus 1:5-2 cm. 
longis, usque ad 16 em. longa. Cyme pro nodo circiter 4 ; pedunculi usque 
ad З mm. longi, pubescentes. Alabastra superne sparse setulosa, pilis simpli- 
cibus biradiatis et stellatis, matura in sicco 5-6 mm. longa. Sepala purpura- 
scentia, linearia, 8 mm. longa, 0'7 mm. lata, cornu 0:25 mm. longo sparse 
setuloso. Petala oblanceolata, 4:5-5 mm. longa, 1-1:2 mm. lata, Glandulæ 
suborbiculares, 0*2 mm. diametro. Stamina 10, 5-6:5 mm. longa. Ovarium 
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