Triaspis.] xxx. malpiguiacEjE (olivek). 281 



Upper Guinea, Thonning. 



The above description is taken from Schumacher and Thonning's Besk. Guin. PL, and 

 Jussieu's figure. 



2. T. ? stipulata, Oliv. Branches terete, pilose, with closely oppressed 

 hairs, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, membranous, elliptical or ovate-ellip- 

 tical, acute or acuminate, broadly rounded below, undulate-denticulate, gla- 

 brate and opaque above, more or less silky-pilose with appressed hairs be- 

 neath, 3-4 in. long, l£-2£ in. broad; petioles £-| in., with leafy semicir- 

 cular or reniform stipular appendages, glabrescent above, ^ilky beneath. 

 Flowers very numerous, in large, terminal, leafy panicles. Pedicels umbel- 

 late or in umbellate corymbs, slender, f-1 in. ; bracteoles very minute. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate-oblong. Lamina of petals fimbriate below. Styles elongate, 

 compressed, with a prominent nerve or 3-gonous. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, Irving ! 



Referred to Trimpis, with a mark of doubt, by Dr. Hooker. The stipules are remarkable, 

 but in the absence of fruit it may well be left in this genus, indeed, it may prove a form of 

 T. odorata. 



3. T. mozambica, A. Jim. Monog. Malpigh. 251. Extremities slender, 

 terete, glabrous, ashen-grey, about the thickness of a crow-quill, with long 

 mternodes ; at first with a deciduous rusty pubescence. Leaves opposite, 

 elliptical, very shortly apiculate, rounded at the base, glabrous, rather firmly 

 membranous or slightly fleshy, with obscure venation, about 2 in. long by 1-1^ 

 in. broad in the only specimen seen. Flowers in terminal panicles ; pedicels 

 slender, in few-flowered umbels, with a pair of minute, subopposite, ovate- 

 lanceolate bracteoles below or near the middle, pilose as is also the base of 

 the calyx. Lamina of the petals fimbriate below. Dorsal wing of the nuts 

 deeply 2-fid above, f-1 in. long and broad, with radiating anastomosing 

 nervures. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! 



4. T. macropteron, Welw. mss. A scandent shrub. Extremities 

 nisty-pubescent at first, glabrescent, sometimes early glabrous. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, ovate-elliptical, abruptly and acutely cuspidate or subacuminate, 

 broadly rounded or slightly cordate at the base,* entire, sparsely pubescent to- 

 wards the base and about the nerves or nearly glabrous, 3-4 in. long, If -3 

 in. broad; petiole \ in., more or less. Flowers lilac or violet, passing into 

 white (TFelwitsch), in axillary and terminal, pedunculate, corymbose racemes, 

 exceeding or equalling the leaves. Pedicels rusty-pubescent, about 1 \ in., 

 with a pair of minute bracts below or near the middle. Sepals ovate-lanceo- 

 late obtuse. Petals clawed ; lamina carinate ; the inner ones deeply fim- 

 briate. Filaments pubescent. Ovary rusty-pilose. Fruit-wings H-2£ in. 

 long and broad, retuse or notched above, entire or broadly retuse below. 



tower Guinea. Punzo Andongo, Cazengo, and Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Wet- 

 vnttch ! 



, 5 - T. lateriflora, Oliv. A scandent or subscandent shrub. Extremi- 

 ties and petioles rusty-tomentose. Leaves firmly membranous or thinly 



