272 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
localities see Hiern, 1. е]. Lunda; between the rivers Luachimo and 
Guihumbo, Marques, 327! Also specimens from plants cultivated in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Royal Botanic Garden, Berlin. 
48. T. macrophylla, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. (1892) 130; Engl. 
Pflanzenw. Ost-Atr. C. 265 (1892). 
T. Telekit, Schweinf. in von Hoehnel, Zum Rudolf-See, Append. 15 (1892), nomen 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 298, nomen. 
Ап erect much-branched shrub, up to 2 m. high. Stems stout, fulvous or 
rufous-tomentose, not tubereled. Leaves acuminate, doubly crenate-serrate, 
coarsely pubescent above, tomentose below, the upper ones mostly ovate or 
lanceolate, rounded or subcordate at the base, the lower ones tricuspidate, up 
to 18 em. long and 15 em. broad, cordate at the base. Buds about 1:5 em. 
long, tomentose, distinetly broader below. Horns of sepals usually incon- 
spicuous. Stamens 12-25. Ovary 4—5-celled. Fruits 1:5-2 ст. in diameter 
including the priekles, black, glabrous or sparingly and very inconspieuously 
pilese. 
Uganda: Entebbe, common in damp ground, Mahon! Victoria Nyanza ; 
Berkeley Bay, Scott Elliot, T087! Isole, South-West Creek, Stuhlmann, 
870! Besse Islands, StuAlnann, 1488 | in waste places, lake shore, Musozi, 
Bagshawe, 13! waste ground, Wilson, 59! British East Africa: Gaditu, 
Küssner, 887! German East. Africa: Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 3213! Kili- 
manjaro ; Lower Marangu, 1000-1500 m., Meyer, 14! Marangu Station, 
1300-1560 m., frequent in light bush, Vo/fens, 599! at 2000 m., M. H. 
Johnston, 10! at 1650-2250 m., von Hoehnel, 130! 132! Chagga, Rev. С. 
New in Herb. Kirk, 131 Kabotschi, Fischer, 61 ! 
Volkens 599 has conspicuous horns 1 mm. long or a little over, resembling 
T. pilosa in this respect. According to Volkens, the flowers open towards 
evening, and the honey is assiduously collected by Honey-suckers (Nectarinia). 
Var. ruwenzoriensis, nob.— 7. brachyceras, К. Schum. т Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxviii, (1900) 432; 7, ruwenzoriensis, Sprague in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 
xxxvii. (1906) 503. 
An erect bushy shrub, 1-2:5 m. high, or half-climbing, up to 6 m. Stems 
relatively slender, pubescent, soon glabrescent, not tubercled. Leaves 
acuminate, doubly crenate-serrate, sparingly pubescent or puberulous above 
with both simple and stellate hairs ( 7. brachyceras) or with stellate hairs only 
(T. ruwenzoriensis), pubescent below, the uppermost ones ovate or lanceolate, 
the lower tricuspidate, up to 13 em. long and 9 em. broad. Buds about 1 em. 
long, tomentellous or pubescent, distinctly broader below. Horns of sepals 
usually inconspicuous. Stamens 10-12. Ovary 4-5-celled. Fruits about 
2 em. in diameter including the prickles, brown, glabrous. 
Uganda: Mt. Ruwenzori, 2100 m. Wollaston! in forest, 1800-2700 m., 
Scott Elliot, 7660! at 1800 m., Dawe, 657! Ruchiga, Bagshawe, 429! British 
