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264 MESSRS. T. А. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
obtusissima, 2:5-3 ст. diametro, crenulata, coriacea, utrinque dense 
tomentella, basi quinquenervia vel subseptemnervia, nervis supra prominulis 
subtus prominentibus, venulis supra occultis subtus prominulis ; petioli 
1-2 сш. longi, leviter sulcati; stipule caducæ. Inflorescentia terminalis, 
stricta, spiciformis, 20-30 em. longa, foliis ad bracteas reductis ; involueri 
bracteæ oblongo-ovatæ, obtuse. Sepala linearia, apice cucullata, circiter 
1 em. longa, 0°75 mm. lata, extra furfuraceo-tomentella, superne verruculosa, 
appendice 1-1:5 mm. longo obtuso. Petala obovato-oblanceolata, basi 
attenuata, 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, intus linea pilorum transversa circiter 
1 mm. supra basin sita, extus inferne 1 mm. pubescentia. Glandule quadratæ, 
0:5 mm. diametro, fere contigum. Discus circiter 0*5 mm. altus, breviter 
ciliatus. Stamina 26-29. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis in locellos uniovulatos 
septo falso divisis. Fructus trigono-ovoideus, 7-8 mm. longus, 5 mm. 
diametro, ut aculei stellato-pubescens, aculeis incurvis 2-2:5 mm. longis, 
spinula unica leviter falcata terminali. 
Stems scurfy-tomentellous. Leaves suborbicular, cordate at the base, 
rounded or very obtuse at the apex, crenulate, tomentellous. Stipules 
caducous. Inflorescence elongated, spike-like. Buds tomentellous. Sepals 
verruculose above. Stamens 26-29. Ovary 3-celled, cells divided by false 
septa. Fruit trigonous-ovoid, stellate-pubescent; prickles incurved-ascending. 
pubescent, terminated by a single falcate spinule. 
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38. T. benguelensis, Wawra et Peyritsch, Sert. Beng. 19 (1860). 
Undoubtedly distinct from T. flavescens, to which Masters, from description, 
reduced it. The chief differences are in the nature of the fruit and its 
prickles. A detailed description of the flowers is now given, to supplement 
that by Wawra and Peyritsch. 
Sepala lineari-spathulata, superne cucullata, 9 mm. longa, inferne 1'2 mm. 
lata, medio 1 mm. lata, superne fere 2 mm. lata (explanata), cucullo ciliato, 
cornu subapicali 1°2-1:3 mm. longo. Petala obovato-spathulata, 7 mm. longa, 
3 mm. lata, inferne 1:5 mm. ciliata, extra inferne 0°75 mm. pubescentia, intus 
inferne fere 1 mm. glabra, deinde 0:5 mm. pubescentia. Discus intus 
pubescens. Stamina 27-33. Ovarium 2-3-loculare, aculeis jam valde 
uncinatis. Fructus vel globosus, circiter 9 mm. diametro aculeis inclusis, 
vel minor, ovoideus. 
An undershrub, 06-1 m. high. Stems roughly pubescent. Leaves broadly 
ovate or ovate-orbicular (in a young state suborbicular), cordate at the base, 
shortly acuminate or not, doubly serrate, 5-7-nerved at the base, tomentellous 
on both surfaces. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, 5 mm. long, stellate-pubescent 
outside, terminated by a bristle 0*5 mm. long. Buds densely tomentellous. 
Stamens 27-33. Ovary 2-3-celled. Fruit globose, 3-celled, or ovoid, 1-2- 
celled ; body tomentose or densely pubescent ; prickles spreading (the upper 
