260 xxvn. tiliaceje (masters). [Triumfetta . 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



This species has ihe precedence over one described under the same name, by Sender, in 

 the Linnsea, which, however, is different from the present one. 



In addition to the above, Garcke in Pet. Mossamb. Bot. p. 134, cites, doubtfully, T. an- 

 gnlata, Lam. Diet. iii. 421, as a native of Querimba, but he properly adds that Lamarck's 

 diagnosis is quite insufficient to determine the plant intended. 



5. HONCKENYA, Willd. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 235. 



Calyx of 4-5 sepals. Petals 4-5, glandless at the base. Stamens oo, 

 free, inserted on a contracted torus ; the outer ones numerous, filiform, 

 antherless ; the inner 8-10, bearing linear 2-celled anthers; cells distinct. 

 Ovary 4-8-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. Style filiform ; stigma 

 denticulate. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 4-8-valved; valves covered with 

 prickles, transversely septate in the interior. Seeds numerous, horizontal, 

 obovoid, compressed ; albumen fleshy. Cotyledons flat, thick. — A tree, co- 

 vered with stellate pubescence. Leaves lobed. Flowers large, showy, in 

 terminal racemes. 



A genus, consisting, so far as is at present known, of a single tropical W. African species. 



1. H. ficifolia, Willd.; DC. Prod. i. 506. A shrub, with purplish 

 branches, covered with fulvous stelliform hairs. Stipules leafy, subulate- 

 lanceolate. Leafstalks shorter than the leaves, which are cordate, roundish 

 or oblong, usually more or less deeply 3-7-lobed ; lobes rather obtuse, 

 toothed, stellately pilose above, densely tomentose below ; central one longest. 

 Flowers large, showy, and numerous, arranged in terminal racemose cymes, 

 each subtended by an oblong-lanceolate bract and supported on a densely 

 tomentose, jointed pedicel. Sepals 3-5, oblong, tomentose, glandular at the 

 tip, 1 in. or more in length. Petals roundish, stalked, violet, 1-2 in. long. 

 Stamens indefinite, slightly coherent below, 12 longer than the rest and bear- 

 ing elongate 2-fid anthers, the remainder sterile, filiform, half the length of the 

 petals. Ovary 4-8-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. Style filiform, 

 1-2 in. long. Stigmas recurved. Capsule 1-2 in. or more in length, ob- 

 long, obtuse, loculicidally 4-valved ; valves slightly tomentose, covered with 

 numerous, spreading, ciliated bristles, each terminated by a small white, bent, I 

 deciduous point. — Clapper Ionia ficifolia, Decaisne in Deless. Ic. v. t. i. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Don ! Sencgambia, Heudelot ! Nupe, 

 Barter ! Bassa, Vogel I Camaroons river, Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



A very handsome-flowered shrub ; the leaves of which appear to be variable in form. 



A specimen in the British Museum, from Afzelius, may p"09sibly belong to a second j 

 species, or more probably it is only a variety of the above, it has small whip-like branches, 

 leaves not eiceeding 1 in. iu length, and oblong fruit 1-1 \ in. long. 



6. SPARMANNIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 235. 



Calyx of 4 sepals. Petals 4, naked at the base (not glandular). Stamens 

 oo, free, on a short torus ; outer ones moniliform ; sterile inner ones bearing 



