262 MESSRS, T, A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
steilato-pilosi ; stipulæ subulatæ, 4-6 mm. longæ. Сута in nodis superi- 
oribus plerumque bin, trifloræ, bracteis 3 mm. longis. Sepala linearia, apice 
leviter cucullata, 8 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. lata, cornu 0:75 mm. longo. Petala 
oblanceolata, 7 mm. longa, 2:5 mm. lata, inferne 0°75 mm. ciliata. Gono- 
phorum circiter 0°3 mm. longum, glandulis suborbieularibus. Discus 
annularis, 0'8 mm. longus, membranaceus, ciliatus. Stamina 8-10, 5-6 mm. 
longa. Ovarium 15 mm. longum setis inclusis, 2-loculare, setis spinula 
unica longa terminatis. Fructus maturus ignotus. 
Branches apparently decumbent, about 1 mm. in diameter 15-30 cm. from 
the apex. Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 
rounded or subeordate at the base, 3-4 em. long, 2-2:7 em. broad, serrate, 
5-nerved at the base, or almost 7-nerved, sparsely stellate-puberulous on the 
nerves, otherwise glabrous. Sepals 8 mm. long, slightly cucullate at the 
apex, minutely stellate-pubescent outside; horn stout, obtuse, 0°75 mm. long. 
Gonophore much shorter than the dise. Stamens 8-10. Ovary 2-celled. 
Young fruit ellipsoid ; prickles pilose. 
Transvaal: near Middelburg, Wilms, 115! 
24. T. semitriloba, Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 22 (1760); Select. Stirp. Am. Hist. 
147 (1763); DC. Prodr. 1. 507 (1824); Mast. ш Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind, 1. 896 (1874); К. Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras. хи. 3. 134 (1886). 
Shrubby. | Leaves acuminate, stellate-puberulous above, pubescent below, 
lower leaves suborbicular, pentagonal, cordate or truncate at the base, inter- 
mediate leaves 3-lobed, middle lobe much larger than the lateral ones, 
triangular or oblong, sometimes narrowed towards the base, upper leaves 
oblong, rounded or obtuse at the base. Buds 5-7 mm. long. Petals 
spathulate-linear. Gonophore, glands and ciliate dise present. Stamens 
10-16. Ovary 3-celled (rarely 4-celled). Fruit subglobose, 1 cm. in 
diameter including the prickles; prickles 3-4 mm. long, uncinate, retrorsely 
pilose. 
Mauritius: Bouton ! Bojer!—A native of Tropical America. 
35. T. Lappula, Linn. Sp. Pl. 444 (1753); DC. Prodr. i. 50 (1824). 
Lower leaves 5-lobed, lobes short and broad ; remaining leaves resembling 
those of T. semitriloba. Buds 8—4 mm. long. Petals, gonophore, glands and 
ciliate dise absent. Stamens 6-12, inserted immediately above the petals 
below a fleshy annular dise. Ovary 2-celled, cells divided by false septa. 
Fruit subglobose or ellipsoid, 5-7 mm. in diameter including the prickles ; 
prickles 1:5-2:5 mm. long, uncinate, retrorsely pilose. 
Cape Verde Islands: Hibeira da Furna; Sta. Catharina, Lowe! St. Jago: 
Valley of St. Domingo, //ooker, 191! Mauritius, Bojer !—Also in Tropical 
America. 
See РІ. 17. fig. 11, fruit and prickle. 
