THE TRIUMFETTAS OF AFRICA. 269 
(flowering specimens)! under the shade of trees near Gapdia, Schimper 
(sect. 2), 774! from Tigré or Begemder, Schimper (а. 1863-8), 366! without 
locality, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 259! Nubia: Keren, Steudner, 1143! 
Uganda: Unyoro, in fields, Speke § Grant, 589! German East Africa: 
East Usambara ; in coffee-plantations about 900 m., near Nguelo, Engler, 
684! Lutindi, Lubush, 693! Marangu, frequent in banana-plantations, 
1540 m., Volkens, 2307! Massai, Fischer, 57! Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 1558! 
Muansa, Stuhlmann, 4175! Amani, Zimmerman, 78! without precise locality, 
Stuhlmann, 2772! North Nyasaland, Whyte! (mixed with 7. trichocarpa). 
N.W. Rhodesia: Livingstone, 900 m., in sand, F. A. Rogers, 7083 ! 
Angola: Pungo Andongo; rather rare in rocky thickets by Mata de Pungo, 
Welwitsch, 1407! Наа ; sparingly in rather open woods between Lopolio 
and Monino, Welwitsch, 1408! Mounyino, among bushes, 1760 m., Dekindt, 
288! German South-West Africa: Okahandja, in shade of granite rocks, 
Dinter, 485! Natal: in Кабг garden, Great Noodsberg, 900 m., J. M. Wood, 
4132! (forma piligera) ; without locality, Gerrard, 649! Transvaal: near 
Pretoria, close to the water, J. W. C. Kirk, 10! in stony places, near Sand 
loop, between Houtbosch and Pietersburg, Bolws, 10969! Madagascar : 
central region, Baron, 992! Parker! (both forma piligera).—Also in China, 
India and Malaya. 
T. oblongata, Link (Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 5), appears from deseription to 
be identical with 7. pilosa, Roth. А specimen in the Berlin Herbarium, 
however, cultivated in the Botanic Garden, and named “ T. oblongata, Link," 
is undoubted annua. 
See PI. 17. fig. 19, fruit. 
44. T. trichocarpa, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1. 84 (1847); Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 298 (1892) ; K. Sehum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. 
Ost-Afr. C. 265 (1895) 
Annual, 15-120 em. high. Stem, leaves and flowers very like those of 
T. annua. Stamens 6-10. —Fruii-body reticulate, puberulous ; prickles 
about 120, not conspicuously broadened into the base, densely setose below, 
glabrous above. 
Abyssinia to Nyasaland :—Abyssinia : in stony valleys at Mai Mezano, near 
Djeladjeranne, Schimper (sect. 3), 1682! 1683! near Gasta, Schimper (sect. 2), 
1204! in half shade, Schahagenne, 1600 m., Schimper (a. 1863-8), 369! 
(fruiting specimen). German East Africa: Usagara ; Tubugue, Stuhlmann, 
216! Bukumbi, Stuhlmann, 806! Nyasaland: Shire Highlands ; Blantyre, 
in woods, Lawrence Scott! North Nyasaland, Whyte! (mixed with T. annua) ; 
without precise locality, Buchanan, 3191 
Var. heteracantha, nob.; aculei spinulis reetis solitariis vel pluribus stellatim 
dispositis terminati. 
Chari: Mandjas Country ; Nana Region, Gribingui, Chevalier, 6305 ! 
