Turraa.] xxxvn. mej-iacej? (oliver). 331 



pedicels shorter than the peduncle, minutely bracteolate at the base. Calyx 

 shortly 5-toothed. Petals oblanceolate or spathulate, whitish. Stamina! 

 tube -|-| in. ; margin with subulate or filiform, entire or divided teeth, pjlose 

 or glabrous within. Anthers narrow-linear, exserted wholly or in part. 

 Ovary 9-10-12-celled. Style exserted, with an oval-oblons: dilatation and 

 terminal obtuse stigma. Fruit, in our specimen, clavate, about 1 in. long, 

 separating from above into as many coriaceous valves as cells. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel! and others ; Prince's P. Island, Barter ! 

 Var. propinqua. Leaves rather smnller and narrower, oblong or oblanceolate-elliptical. 

 ~T. propinqua, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 254 ; St. Thomas's, Don! 



3. T. abyssinica, HocJist. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 106. t. 25. Leaves 

 membranous, elliptical, more or less narrowed above and below or acuminate, 

 obtuse or rather acute, entire, glabrous above, thinly pubescent or glabrescent 

 beneath, excepting on the principal veins or in their axils, 2-3 £ in. long, 

 4-| 2 hi. broad ; petiole \- ± in. Flowers on 2-4-flowered axillary peduncles, 

 jr? in. long; pedicels bracteolate at or near the base, £-1 in. long. Calyx- 

 lobes short, triangular. Stamiual tube about \ in. or less, shortly and broadly 

 0r cren ately toothed or nearly entire, partially or wholly concealing the an- 

 thers. Ovary 5-celled. Style considerably exserted,' ovoid- or globose- 

 'blated under the stigmatic'apex. Fruit a globose capsule, in some speci- 

 mens rather fleshy at first. 



Nile Land. Ahyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



I !>""£' lon 9ipedicellata. Pedicels slender, 1 in. Leaves thin, about 3 in. long.— Au- 

 "ooer, Abyssinia, Both ! 



4 - T. nilotica, KoUchy el Peyr. PL Tinn. 12. t. 6. A small shrub or 



""orescent, attaining 20 ft. Branches rather stout. Leaves obovate or 



wvate-elliptical, obtuse retuse or scarcely pointed, more or less narrowed 



the petiole, entire or undulate, shortly pubescent and soft to the touch 



>ov e or at length glabrate, pubesceut-tomentose and paler beneath, with the 



JT? P romi, ient towards the base, 2-4 in. long, l|-2 in. broad ; petiole 



Mines. Flowers about \ in. long, in many-flowered, umbellate, sessile, 



xillary and subterminal fascicles or terminating 'short, lateral ramuli ; pedicels 



trj. 2 ln i' lnmute, y bracteolate at the base, pubescent. Calyx 5 -fid ; lobes 



in r gU J ar ' rather acute. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, revolute or spread- 



lr f ' ktaminal tube with a densely hairy ring inside ; margin with short 



•'"gular or oblong, entire or 2-tid teeth, equalling or exceeding the anthers. 



2? about twice as long as the stamiual tube. Ovary 10-celled. Stigma 



•Pi'iite, ovoid-conieal, shortly hairy. (Fruit globose, sulcate, yellow, from 



\ note by Or. Kirk.) 



S ' e ., ^ nd - Upper Nile, Eenglin ; Gondokoro, Knoblecfier. 

 Mo J T entral - Victoria Falls, Zambesi, Dr. Metier! 

 MMttb - D «tr. Shire river, Dr. Kirk ! 



i 5 - T. obtusifolia, Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. 296. Shrub or small shrub- 



■ve tree with slender, glabrous, leafy twigs, Leaves oblanceolate or rhom- 



uo »l-oblanccolate, often with broad, obtuse, lateral lobes; apex obtuse or 



