588 LXVII, FICOIDEZ (OLIVER). [ Zirianthema, 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitsch! ‘ : 
Also in Tropical Asia and Australia. Chapman and Baines collected an imperfect 
specimen of a Trianthema near T. erystallina, but perhaps distinct, in lat. 23° 8. 
3. 'T. sedifolia, Visiani, Pl. Zy. ac Nub. 19, t. iii. fig. 1. Procum- 
bent or prostrate with slender papillose alternate or more rarely oppo- 
site distichous branches. Leaves fleshy, nearly linear, more or less 
revolute, obtuse, 4-4 in. long, $ in. broad; short petiole membranously 
dilated. Flowers in sessile axillary glomerules of 2-3 or more. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-fid, lobes ovate-deltoid, somewhat fleshy or apiculate 
behind towards the apex. Stamens 3 or 5. Ovary turbinate, wnbili- 
cate; style 1, very short. Seeds 2, superposed. 
Wile Land. Various provinces. Kordofan, Kotschy! Sennaar, Brocchi. 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes (form with acutely apiculate calyx-lobes), Dr. Wel- 
witsch ! 
4, T. salsoloides, Fenzl in Herb. Kotschy. Nub. 137. Branches 
dichotomous, papillose. Leaves linear, fleshy, mucronate, dilated at 
base with membranous stipuliform teeth ; $—1 in. long, 3!;—y'5 12- broad, 
Flowers in axillary fascicles or on short lateral leafy shoots, the calyces 
consolidated below. Calyx-teeth with apiculus, lanceolate acute. Sta- 
mens 5 or fewer (?). Style 1, short. Capsule 1-seeded. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! Nubia. 
5. T. polysperma, Jiochst. in Herb. Nub. Kotschy, 68. Branches 
dichotomous, cellular-papillose. Leaves fleshy, oval or oblanceolate, 
obtuse, younger revolute, narrowed into the petiole, about { in. long, 
4-4 in. broad; petiole half as long as lamina or shorter. Flowers soli- 
tary, sessile in the axils. Calyx-tube turbinate with minute cornua 
alternating outside with the dorsally appendiculate lobes. Stamens 
apparently about 7, Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, short. Capsule nat- 
rowed above, apex obtuse or umbilicate. ‘Seeds indefinite. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! 
6. T. pentandra, Linn.; DC. Prod. iii. 352. Diffuse, from a few 
inches to 2-3 ft. in height, papillose more or less throughout, often 
obscurely so or nearly smooth and glabrous when dry. Leaves v8 
oblong to obovate-elliptical, obtuse, broadly pointed, distinctly aie 
late; usually from 3-2 in. long, petiole 1-4 in. Flowers in few- Hi 
many-flowered sessile or subsessile axillary fascicles ; bracteoles thinty 
membranous. Calyx deeply 5-fid, lobes ovate to obovate-oblong, W? : 
a more or less distinct dorsal apiculus beneath the apex. Stamens ¥- 
Ovary turbinate above, 2-celled; styles 2, equalling the ovary ; ovale 
geminate (or few). 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Borgu, Barter ! Senegambia, Roger! 
North Central. Kouka, Lake Tsad, Dr. E. Vogel! 
Nile Land. Generally diffused, especially in Nubia, Sennaar, and Kordofan. 
Occurs in N. W. India. 
