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T toraentosa, Wall. Cat. 1078 C. T. glaridulosa, //eyne fieri.; WaU, Cat. 

 tr '^n T.polycarpa, Wall. Cat 1079. T. oblongata, Link. Enum. PL 

 Uort. Ber. u. 5 ; Wall Cat. 1077, 1, 2, 3. • • 



Throughout Tropical India, from Nipal and Kumaon to Ava and Malacca, Tka- 

 J v^/r*^^' ^"^ Ceylon.— DisTRin. Abyssinia, West Tropical Africa. ' 



-yPper leaves 3i^4 by 2| in., lower 3-lobe<i, stellate-hairy on both sides; petiole 

 *.'"•' ^[^Jo^s. Stijmles subukte-aristate, shorter than the petiole. Peduncles shorter 

 Man the petiole. Flowers fin., yellow. &pals linear, apiculate. PetaU oblong- 

 spat liu ate, scarcely shorter than the sepals, ciliate at the base. Stamem about 10. 

 ^fuit (mcluding the spines) about the size of a cherry, 4-celled, 8-seeded, \ ' * ' 



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v-.^ "•fflabra, Zr«^r6. J/iss.; W. <t A. Prodr. i. 75: suffruticose stem 

 pubescent, leaves subcordate 3-lobed 7-nerved, fruit globose covered with 

 nooked spines ciliated for nearly their whole length. . a]. . .; 



.;. Westekn Pkninsula; Canara, at Bahicalo, Bottler. 



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«aye5 24 1>J 2 in.,-glnbrous, lobes coarsely and irregularly toothed, slightly cuspidate, 

 lowers lu terminal leafless clusters, ^e/ml^ apiculate. Petals oblonir, glabrous at 

 l>'iff f ^^f^em^ 30-35 (VV. & A.), filaments ghibrons. Fruit slightly hairy.— 

 ' . ^^s from 1\ semitriloba in the number of stamens and in the larger fruit. 



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tp rhomboidea, Tac?./ 7)(7. ProJr. i. 507; glabrous or pubescent, 



eaves polymorphous, fruit small globose or ovoid pubescent and with 

 n;>oked spines. T. angulata, Lam. Diet. iii. 41 ; Wight Ic. t 320 ; W, i: A. 

 ^mr. L 74 ; Thwaite.^ Enum. 31 ; Dalz. <h Gibs. Bomb. FL 25 ; WalL 

 ^«^. 1075, 2, 0; Miq. FL IncL Bat. pt. i. 197. T. angulata, 3- acuminata, 

 t\ V nf ^^'^^ ^^ 'i'- Bartramia, Boxb. FL Ind. ii. 463 ; Wall. Cat. 1075, 

 W.ii J' ^''^iocularis, Boxb. FL M. ii. 462: WalL Cat. 1083. T. ve^tita, 

 ^''^^:(;!j^iylQlS,inparL 



■ Throughout tropical and subtropical India and Cevlon, ascending to 4000 ft. in the 



/raaiaya.--DisTRiB. Malay Islands, China, Tropical Africa. - ^ 



^'(,r:^^^^*^«'^U8 or. suflfruticose. Leaves ovate rhomboid or cordate. 3-7-nerved, apex 



^ leor somewhat 3-lobed, serrate, variable in amount and quality of pubescence. 



gL .Y^^^* \ >n., yellow, in dense cymes. Pedicels short. Flower-buds obloa^^ club- 



3 ^1!^^ apiculate. /Se/>«ii oblong, apiculate. Pc/afo oblong, ciliate at Ithe laSe. Stamens 



looi'^f'^^ the size of a small pea, albido-tomentose between the spines, spines 



so i^Jff ^^^l^^ous or ciliated.— Some of the forms of this protean species are superficially 



uiuerent that thev may be mistaken for distinct species. On examination, however, 



. wge suites of specimens from various localities, it will be found that the forms 



' wiiif "^"^ ^^^^ ^^^ other. The same variability ikicurs in Tropical Africa and else- 



^^ere^,ee Flora of Trop. Afr. i. 257. ■ * , * 



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br?','" ""otundlfolla, Lam. Diet. iii. 421; leaves suborbiciilate gla- 

 f^lnK "* above tomeiitose beneath, flowers in interrupted racemes fruit 



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"a«. CW. 1081. 

 pEGi-^ir",? • P«»™«ULA and Central India, from BandelkhauO, Edgmorth, to Maisor, 



thic£"i''°''' '""Stish. Leases 1 4 in, coriaceous, unequallj serrate, lower serratnres 



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Pn •., V.rf'-.wif globose, the size of a pea, pubescent, spwea ui.».cu »....« 

 Po8«ibljr oiily a form of T. rhomhoidea. but having larger'Iruits and the spmes 



*ider at »f 1^ °"v a form of T. rhomhoidea, 



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