270 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
45. T. trachystema, К. Schum. in Engl. Dot. Jahrb. ху. (1892) 130. 
Branches puberulous, soon glabrous, with a single line of erispate 
pubescence in their upper parts. Leaves ovate-oblong, subcordate at the base, 
acutely acuminate, finely serrate, thinly coriaccous, quite glabrous on both 
surfaces. Inflorescence almost leafless. Flower-buds 4—5 mm. long. Sepals 
55 mm. long, ciliate below for 0°75 mm., otherwise glabrous ; horn 0:3 min. 
long, tipped with a small caducous bristle. Glands transversely oblong. 
Stamens 10. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit glabrous. 
Congo Free State: Baschilange Distr., Pogge, 611! 
46. T. scandens, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. (1892) 12 
A climber, or when growing in the dry open savannahs, an erect shrub, 
according to Dr. Buchner. Stems glabrous (except when very young), 
covered with prominent, sharp, black tubercles. Leaves ovate, cordate at the 
base, acutely acuminate, serrate, almost glabrous above in the adult state, 
sparingly pubescent below, mostly with simple hairs (in a young state rough 
with small stellate hairs above, densely and roughly pubescent with both 
simple and stellate hairs below). Inflorescence leafy, 15-20 em. long. Buds 
glabrescent, 7 mm. long in a dried state. Bracts lanceolate, acute. Stamens 
10-12. Ovary 4-celled. 
Angola: Malange District, Buchner, 127! 
47. T. cordifolia, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. t. 18 (1831), sensu amplif., non 
deser. ; Sprague in Kew Bull. 1908, 231. 
Т. semitriloba, Mast. in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 256, non Jacq. 
T. semitriloba, var. africana, К. Schum. in Engl. РЯ. Ost- Afr, С. 964. 
Var. typica, Sprague in Kew Bull. 1908, 231 
Т. cordifolia, Guill. et Perr. 1. e. sensu stricto, 
T. longiseta, А. Rich. 1. с. 
Indumentum sparsum e pilis parvis stellatis plerumque constans ; folia 
indivisa. 
А shrub. Stems shortly stellate-pubescent or glabrescent. Leaves ovate, 
more or less cordate at the base, acuminate to the apex, irregularly serrate, 
3—1-nerved at the base, chartaceous, stellate-puberulous on the upper surface, 
sparingly stellate-pubescent on the lower; petiole almost half as long as the 
leaf. Inflorescence not or scarcely leafy. Buds about 5 mm. long, pubescent 
(tomentellous in a young state). Horns of the sepals inconspicuous. Stamens 
10-12. Ovary 4—5-celled. Fruits over 1 em. in diameter including the 
priekles ; priekles uncinate, pilose or more rarely glabrous. | 
Senegal: Perrottet, 3! 121! 122! Farmar! Senegambia: Heudelot, 6291 
Gambia: Boteler! Ingram! Casamance: Komboland, Heudelot! French 
Guinea: Kouria, Chevalier, 14968! Sierra Leone: Afzelius! Smeathman ! 
