Triumfetta.'] xxvu. tiliace^e (masters). 255 



. Prickles long, slender, filiform, covered with long spreading setse. 



Stem trailing. Leaves deeply lobed 14. T. Kirkii. 



Stem erect. Leaves oval, entire 15. T. trichocarpa. 



1. T. flavescens, ffochst. in Rick. Fl. Abyss, i. 82. Shrubby. Stem 

 pilose, studded with black dots. Lower leaves stalked. Stalks as long as 

 the blades, which are roundish, acute, truncate or cordate at the base, irregu- 

 larly toothed, palmately 5-nerved, tomentose on both surfaces, especially the 

 under. Flowers numerous, in small clusters, arranged along the sides and 

 ends of the branches, forming a long, leafless, raceme-like inflorescence. 

 Sepals linear or oblong, apiculate. Petals oblong, tapering at the base, half 

 the length of the sepals. Stamens 20 or more. Fruit indehiscent, small, 

 oblong, covered with greyish down from amid which emerge numerous small, 

 ciliated, hooked prickles. — T. Benguelensis, Wawra et Peyritsch, Sert. Ben- 

 guel. 19. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Sckinrper ! Soturba, Schweinfurth ! 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Wawra and Pryritsch. 



Wawra and Peyritsch's T. Benguelensis is only known to me from the description in the 

 work above cited. There is, however, little room for doubt that it belongs to the above 

 species. 



2. T. neglecta, Wight and Arnoll, Prod. Fl. Ind. i. 75. Herbaceous, 

 erect, slightly downy, branched. Leafstalks 1-2 in. long. Leaves subcordate, 

 roundish, acuminate or slightly 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, serrate, covered with 

 greyish stelliform hairs on both surfaces. Flowers minute, in lateral, extra-axil- 

 lary clusters forming elongated racemose cymes. Sepals linear. Petals ob- 

 long, obtuse. Stamens 5-8. Fruit oblong, 2-3 lines long, indehiscent, covered 

 with appressed hooked bristles which have hairs on their edges only, not over 

 their whole surface. — T. pentandra, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 93. t. 19. 

 T. cuneata, Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 84. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper. 

 Occurs also iu various parts of India. 



3. T. Welwitschii, Mast. An herbaceous perennial sending up from 

 a woody stock a number of herbaceous shoots 1-2 ft. in height, purplish, 

 roundish or angular, smooth or with a few scattered hairs. Stipules persis- 

 tent, subulate or falciform, longer than the very short petioles, leaves produced 

 on the same stem as, but subsequently to, the flowers, oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse, tapering at the base, nearly entire or serrated, palmately 3-nerved, 

 slightly pilose above, downy beneath, 1-3 in. long, |-1 in. wide. Flowers 

 numerous, in terminal, much-branched, corymbose cymes. Pedicels downy, 

 longer than the flowers. Flower-buds oblong-clavate. Sepals oblong, 

 hooded, npiculate, longer than the oblong, unguiculate, yellow petals, whose 

 edges are ciliated below. Stamens numerous (20-25), inserted on an elevated 

 thickened torus. Styles consolidated, shorter than the stamens. Ripe fruit 

 the size and form of a small cherry, covered with long, slender, straight, 

 pinkish seta?, which are densely ciliate and tipped by a minute, white, straight 

 or slightly curved poiut. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwiisch. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lat. 19° S., Br. Kirk, near Lake Nyassa, Br. Kirk I 



