Triumfetta.'] TiliacecB. 1 79 



1. T. tomentosa, Boj. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xx. 103. (1843.) 

 T. pilosa^ Roth. var. o., Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 2902. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 394. 



An erect, branched, perennial herb, stems softly hairy ; 

 1. 3-5 in., passing gradually into bracts in upper part of stem, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, slightly cordate at base, acute, 

 serrate, densely stellate - tomentose on both sides, petiole 

 \-2 in., stip. \ in., setaceous ; fl. small, numerous, on slender 

 ped., clusters forming interrupted, spicate, terminal panicles, 

 buds linear-clavate ; sep. narrowly linear, apiculate, densely 

 stellate-hairy ; fr. globose, about \ in., glabrous, covered with 

 numerous straight sharp spines equalling its diam. and bristly 

 for lower half. 



A weed in cultivated ground; 'common,' according to Thwaites. I 

 have only seen it about Peradeniya. Fl. Jan. ; yellow. 



Also in India, E. Trop. Africa, the Mascarene Is., and perhaps the 

 W. Indies. 



The flowers open only in the afternoon. 



2. T. pilosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 223 (1821). 



T. pilosa, var. /3., Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. ']}p. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 394. 



A large, erect, branched, perennial herb, stems more or 

 less shaggy with soft, stellate hair ; 1. 2-4 in., ovate-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, rounded or subcordate at base, acute, irregularly 

 serrate, softly hairy above, felted with velvety stellate hair 

 beneath, petiole i-f in., very hairy, stip. lanceolate, acute, 

 very hairy ; fl. large, i in. diam., shortly pedicellate, clusters 

 not much exceeding petioles, buds oblong - linear, rather 

 dumb-bell-shaped ; pet. strap-shaped, rather shorter and 

 broader than sep. ; fr. globose, about \ in., densely covered 

 with long, spreading hair except at top, spines equalling 

 diam., thickened at base, sharply hooked at the points, cells 4, 

 with I ovoid, compressed, shining seed in each. 



Bushy places in low country ; rather rare. Maturata ; Alutnuwara ; 

 Ramboda ; Mawarelle, S. Prov. ; about Ratnapura ; Matale. Fl. Jan. 

 Feb.; yellow. 



Throughout the Indian and Malayan Peninsula, and in Trop. Africa. 



The large bur-like fruits readily adhere to neighbouring objects. 



3. T. rhoinboidea,ya^^. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 47 (1763). Epala, S. 



Herm, Mus. 8. Burm. Thes. 9. Fl. Zeyl. n. 174. T. Bartrajnia, L. 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2, 638 ; Moon Cat. 2)7- T. attgitlata, Lam., Thw. Enum. 31. 

 •C. P. 2759. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 395. Wight, Ic. t, 320. 



An annual or perennial herb, ii-3 ft., slightly branched, 

 branches pubescent with simple hairs ; 1. 1-2^ in., variable, 



