THE TRIUMFETTAS OF AFRICA. 261 
Ukerewe, on the edge of a wood, Uhlig, 297! Karagwe ; Kafuro, 1350 m., 
Stuhlmann, 1808! Ukamba ; Kitu, //ildebrandt, 2769! forest on the Ugalla, 
Bohm, 112! 126! Zanzibar, Kirk! Angola: Huilla ; in shrubby woods 
near the river Monino, Weiwitsch, 1420! in grassy places at the Eme stream, 
Welwitsch, 1423! Bumbo ; sporadic in damp wooded and shrubby places in 
Chao da Xella, Welwitsch, 1421! Mounyino, on the river-bank, 1760 m., 
Dekindt, 300 ! 
Volkens states that the flowers are visited by Honey-suckers (Nectarinia). 
According to Busse, the bark yields excellent bast for cordage. 
Native names: “ Sosokole "— Busse & Albers ; “ Fifiokolue "— Albers. 
See Pl. 17. fig. 5, fruit and prickle. 
31. T. Heudelotii, Planch. ex Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 259 
(1868). 
Very like T. tomentosa, of which it may be only a form. It differs from 
typical tomentosa in the smaller fruits with stouter prickles, much broadened 
into the base. 
Senegambia : Heudelot, 681 ! 
22. T. glechomoides, Welw. ex Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 258 
(1868); Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PL 1. 99 (1896). 
Stems numerous, prostrate, about 2 mm. in diameter 30 em. from the apex, 
arising from a woody rhizome; flowering branches erect. Leaves ovate, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 3°5-7 cm. long, 2:5—5:5 сш. 
broad, crenate-serrate, 7—9-пегуе at the base, sparingly setulose with simple 
appressed hairs or nearly glabrous on the upper surface, scabrid or scaberulous 
on the lower surface, mainly with stellate hairs. Cymes lax ; pedicels about 
0-5 mm. long. Sepals about 9 mm. long, setulose with simple or bifurcate 
hairs on the upper half, ciliate for 1 mm. at the base; horn 0:5 mm. long or 
less, terminated by a bristle. Glands suborbicular, distant. Stamens 10. 
Ovary 4-celled. 
Angola: Huilla; in bushy woods between Monino and Eme stream, 
Welwitsch, 1409! Mounyino, creeping on sandy ground, 1760 m., Dekindt, 
208! in herb-grown woods between Kaconda and Bissapa, G'ossweiler, 4303 ! 
39. T. obtusicornis, nob., sp. nov. 
Rami ut videtur decumbentes, graciles (circiter 1 mm. diametro 15-30 ст. 
ab apice), parce stellato-pilosi. Folia ovata vel inferiora late elliptica, 
2:5-4:5 em. longa, 2-3 em. lata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi rotundata, 
truncata vel subcordata, quinquenervia, nervis utrinque 2-3 prseter basales, 
conspicue serrata serraturis alterne majoribus, in nervis utrinque stellato- 
puberula ceterum glabra, subtus conspicue reticulata ; petioli 3-6 mm. longi, 
