280 xxx. malpighiacej; (oliveii). [Spliedamnocarpus. 



quill, closely rusty-tomentose. Leaves opposite or in verticils of 3 (or 4), 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblong, subacute or rather obtuse, cuspidate or muero- 

 nate, more or less rounded at the base, appressed-pilose more or less above, 

 silky-pilose or pilose-lanate beneath, subsessileor very shortly petiolate, with 

 a pair of minute glands at the insertion of the petiole (Dr. W'elwitsch) , 1^-2 

 in. long, 5-8 lines broad. Flowers in 3-4-flowered pedunculate umbels 

 from the axils of the upper leaves, often forming a large loose panicle ; 

 flower-bearing lateral branches 1-2^ in., usually bearing a pair of small 

 leaves at or near the base of the umbels. Pedicels 1-1£ in., with a pair of 

 scale-like bracts above or near the middle. Flowers |-f in. in expansion. 

 Sepals obovate-oblong, eglandular or glands not apparent when dry. Petals 

 shortly unguiculate ; lamina crisped-denticulate. Filaments subulate, very 

 shortly united at the base. Ovary densely hairy. Fruit-carpels with an as- 

 cending obliquely oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, appressed-silky wing, 

 about f in. long and 4-5 lines broad. — Acridocarpus ? angolemis, A. Juss. 

 Monog. Malpigh. 236 (ex descr,). 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Br. Welwitsch t 



4. TRIASPIS, Burchell; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 259. 



Calyx 5-partite, without glands. Petals unguiculate ; base, at least, of the 

 lamina fimbriate. Stamens 10, all antheriferous ; filaments filiform, free or 

 very nearly so ; anthers linear-oblong, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled, pilose ; 

 styles 3, elongate ; stigma lateral, immediately below the curved tip. Fruit- 

 carpels with a shield-like entire or lobed dorsal wing, with or without a keel 

 or crest in the centre. — Scandent or erect shrubs. Leaves opposite and sub- 

 opposite, entire or nearly so, with or without stipules. Flowers umbellate or 

 corymbose, in terminal and axillary panicles, "rose or white." 



A small genus, peculiar to tropical and southern Africa. 



Leaves silky or pilose beneath, exstipulate \. T. odorata. 



Leaves silky beneath, with reniform stipules . . . . . . . . 2. T. ? stipulata. 



Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, exstipulate. ^* 



Petals fimbriate below. Ovary pilose. Fruit-wings 2-fid above, 



f-1 in. long and broad 3. y. mo zambiea. 



Petals, at least the inner, deeply fimbriate. Ovary pilose. Fruit- 



wings retuse or notched above, l£-2£ in. long and broad . . 4. T. macropteron. 

 Petals entire or denticulate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit- wing broadly 



2-partite above, much produced below, $-$ in. long and broad. 5. T. lateriflora. 



1. T. odorata, A. Juss. in Deless. Ic. iii. 21. t. 36. Extremities terete, 

 rusty-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, subcordate, 

 acute, crenulate-serrate or nearly entire, with thinly scattered hairs above, 

 villous-toraentose beneath ; petiole \\ in. Flowers in corymbose racemes, 

 collected in a terminal panicle, with divaricate branches ; pedicels filiform, 1 

 in. or less, with a pair of minute bracteoles below or near the middle. Calyx 

 5 -partite, with lanceolate, obtuse, silky-villous lobes. Petals unguiculate, 2 

 with fimbriate margins. Styles 3, filiform. Each samara with a dorsal 

 wing, 2-fid or 2-lobed above and below.— Hircea odorata Willd. ; DC. 

 Prod. i. 585. 



