TO THE FIRST VOLUME. 591 
leaves small, ovate, obtuse, crenulate, whitish-tomentose beneath 3; fruit 
somewhat hairy, 4-lobed; peduncles solitary, opposite the leaves and a 
little shorter than them, 1-2 flowered ; flowers purple.” Beh. Trav. 
2, p. 133. 
On the descent of the Schneeuweberg, Burchell. 
Page 233, after Triaspis, introduce : 
Ill. TRISTELLATEIA, Thouars. 
Calyx 5-parted, with minute glands or none. Petals clawed, keeled 
externally, glabrous, sagittate-ovate. Stamens 10, fertile, connate at 
base, those opposite the petals longer. Ovary 3-lobed, the lobes many- 
crested dorsally ; style 1 (the other 2 reduced to papille), slender, 
elongate. Samare 3, many-winged ; the wings narrow, elongate, 
presse ne gira Endl. Gen. No. 5571. Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1, 
p. 258. 
Climbing shrubs, with opposite or quaternate leaves ; the petioles often 2-glanded, 
minutely stipulate at base. Racemes terminal and lateral. Flowers yellow. Name 
from tres, three, and stella, a star; the wings of the three carpels spread like a star. 
1. T. Madagascariensis (Poir. Suppl.) ; leaves elliptical-ovate, 
obtuse or mucronulate, quite glabrous, the lower ones in fours, the 
upper opposite ; filaments exserted ; pedicels bibracteolate below the 
middle ; carpels commonly 7-winged. Juss. 1. ¢. p. 241, #. 16, 
Has. Delagoa Bay, Commr. Owen. (Herb. D. ex Herb. R. Br.) 
A nearly glabrous climber. Leaves 1}-24 inches long, commonly obtuse and 
exactly oval, sometimes ovate and subacute. Racemes laxly many-flowered ; 
pedicels uncial. Glands of the calyx 2 at the base of each segment, minute. 
Calyx and pedicels minutely-strigillose. 
Page 234, after Erythroxylon pictum, FE. M., insert : 
3. E. (Sethia) monogynum (Roxb. Cor. 1, t. 88); leaves oblong- 
obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, membranaceous, reticulated, paler 
beneath, glabrous ; stipules broadly-subulate, deciduous ; peduncles 
axillary, 1-3, twice as long as the petiole ; calyx-lobeg triangular ; 
styles combined beyond the middle, longer than the stamens. Sethia 
Indica, DC. Prod. 1, 576. 
Has. Near Natal, Gerrard § McKen! (Herb. D.) sis 
A shrub, 8-10 feet high. Leaves 14-1} inch long, 4-} inch wide, very acute 
at base, of thin substance. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Flowers small, white. W. 7. 
Gerrard’s specimens are very similar in foliage to those from India, where this 
Same is common: they want flowers; the character of the style therefore requires 
Verification. 
Page 255, after Monsonia umbellata, Harv., insert : 
5.* M. Senegalensis (Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. p. 131) :— _ 
Var. hirsutissima (Harv.); annual, much-branched, diffuse, densely hairy with 
patent, white hairs; leaves on longish petioles, ovate or cordate, toothed and plaited ; 
stipules membranaceous, lanceolate ; peduncles 1- or rarely red Short ; sepals 
with a reflexed mucro ; petals not much longer than the es ginate. 
Has. Sandy flats near the Orange R., Namaqualan 
(Herb. Hk. D.) 
