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East Africa : second day's march from Nandi, Whyte! between Nandi and 
Mumia’s, 1300-1800 m., Whyte! Kikuyu, 1800-2550 m., Battiscombe, 27! 
Kenia Plains, Hutchins! German East Africa: Rugege Forest (Rukarara), 
1900 m., Midbread, 923! Uhehe; Utschungwe Mountain, on unwooded 
mountain-slopes, 2000 m., Goetze, 589! at 1600 m., Mrs. Prince! Usumbura, 
2200 m., Keil, 17! Kilimanjaro, Kabotschi, Merker, 639! 
Var. Rothii, nob.— T. pilosa, Mast. in Oliver, FI. Trop. Afr. 1. 257, 
partim, non Roth. 
Like typical macrophylla in stem and leaves. Stamens 10. Fruits about 
1:5 em. in diameter including the prickles, rather densely pilose. 
Abyssinia : Ankober, /oth, 52! 
A specimen collected by Thomson in German Hast Africa on the lower 
plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, possibly belongs here. It is, however, much 
less hairy. 
49. T. pilosa, Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 223 (1821) ; Mast. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. i. 394 (1874). 
T. oblongata, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 5 (1829), e deser. 
T. guazumæfolia, Bojer, in Bouton, Rapp. Ann. Maurice, xii. 18 (1842) ; et in Ann. Se. 
Nat. sér. 2, xx. (1843) 101. 
T. chrysotricha, Bojer, il. cc. e descr. 
Stems sparingly hirsute or glabrescent, minutely tubercled or not. Leaves 
ovate, rounded to cordate at the base, acutely acuminate to the apex, 5-12 em. 
long, 8—7 cm. broad, rather coarsely serrate, puberulous or pubescent; petiole up 
to 5 em. long, hirsute or glabrescent. Buds 9-12 m. long in a dried state, 
pubescent or hirsute-pubescent. Horns of the sepals inconspicuous. Fruits 
1:5-2 cm. in diameter including the prickles, densely hirsute. 
Madagascar: Bojer! Humblot, 243! Ste. Marie, Boivin! Central 
Madagascar, Baron, 880! 1502! 1768! 3940! 4726! Betsileo-land, Baron, 
80! Fort Dauphin, Scott Elliot, 2605 !—Also in China, India, and the Malay 
Peninsula. 
T. chrysotricha, Bojer, appears to be the hirsute form of pilosa, repre- 
sented by Baron, 880. 
Var. tomentosa, Szysz. Polypet. Thalamifl. Rehmann, 58 (1887), excl. syn. ; 
ramis et alabastris tomentosis a typo recedit. 
Shrub 1-2 m. high. Stems fulvous-tomentose. Leaves ovate (or the 
upper ones lanceolate), undivided or more rarely tricuspidate, rounded to 
cordate at the base, shortly acuminate to the apex, 6-12 cm. long, 3-75 cm. 
broad, serrate, coarsely pubescent above, tomentose or densely pubescent 
below; petiole hirsute-tomentose. Buds 7-8 mm. long in a dried state, 
hirsute-tomentose. Horns of sepals conspicuous. Ovary 4-celled. Fruits 
about 1:5 сш. in diameter including the prickles. 
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