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— T. angulata, Lam. Dict. iii. 421; 7. cordifolia, Guill. et Perr. FI. белер, i. 92, t. 18. 
T. longiseta, Guill. et Perr. #. c. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Widely spread in the tropics. 
[Flowers yellow, minute. In flower in November, in plantain-groves at Unyoro.—J. А. G.J 
4. TRIUMFETTA ANNUA, Linn.; DC. Prod. 1. 507; Mast. іп Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 256.—7. 
Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. hb. Abyss. қ 
Над. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Also from Abyssinia and Angola. 
[Plant growing in cultivated ground, clammy to the touch. Stem round and rough with hairs. Flowers 
and seeds in October. Calyx green; corolla yellow and shorter than calyx. Leaves much eaten away. 
Seeds round, the size of peas, with hooks all over them, which adhere even to the hand.—J. А. G.] 
5. TRIUMFETTA RHOMBOIDEA, Jacq.; DC. Prod. i. 507; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 257 
(where an extended synonymy is given). 
| Hab. Near Kazé, 5" Б. lat., Col. Grant! А common plant in the Old-World нөр, 
and very variable in size, habit, and indumentum. 
[Common everywhere. Collected at 5° S. lat. : flowers in March.—J. А. G.J 
6. CORCHORUS TRILOCULARIS, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 504; Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 262, 
—C. fruticulosus, Visiani (ex Walp. Rep. 1. 354). C. serrefolius, DC. Prod. i. 504. С. tri- 
florus, Bojer (ex Walp. Rep. v. 117). 
Hab. Common in fields, Unyoro, Col. Grant! Also south of the equator, both in 
Eastern and Western Africa. 
[Stem round, pink surface. In August the yellow flowers were out, but they were too small to examine 
without a good lens. Pod slightly curved, perfectly hexagonal, 3-celled, and with three tips. The 
numerous seeds exactly resemble broken bits of lead from a lead-pencil, and are about the sixteenth of ап 
inch in length. Common in fields of Unyoro. Uses not known.—J. А. G.] 
7. CORCHORUS ANTICHORUS, Ræuschel, Nomen. Bot. ed. 3, 158; Mast. in Fl. Trop. 
Afr. i. 263.—Antichorus depressus, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 504. . Corchorus microphyllus, 
Fresen. іп Mus. Senck. ii. 156. 
Hab. Banks of Nile, 16° N. lat., Col. Grant! А characteristic plant of the desert 
| region, extending from Cape Verde (and its islands) гэ through Northern Africa 
and Arabia to Scinde. 
[Grows flatly on the ground, in or by cotton-fields, on right bank of the Nile about 16° lat. Fruits 
here in April.—J. А. G.] 
(8. Совсноков, вр., Speke’s Appendix, 628, from a drawing; no specimen preserved. A foot high. 
Each leaf has one hair 2 inch long on either side at its base. Stem tough, smooth, pink, and shining. 
The leaves are made into a stringy spinach. Common at 1° to 2? N. lat.—J. A. G.] 
ZYGOPHYLLES. 
1. TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 703; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 283.—7. 
albus, Poir.; DC. l.c. T. humifusus, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 215. Т. Kotschyanus, 
Boiss. Diagn. ser. 2, i. 111. Z. mollis, Ehrenb. in Schweinf. Fl. Æthiop. 29. T. excrucians, 
Wawr. et Реут. бегі. Beng. 17. 
Hab. 7° 27’ S. lat., Col. Grant! А common and very variable tropical weed. : 
[Common everywhere. Reddish stem, covered with Stiff hairs; corolla yellow. Flowers in October at 
7? to 8° 8. lat.—J. A. G.J 
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