304 XXV. TiLiACE^. [Triiimfctta. 



hispid spines, indehiscent. Hah. Common weed on waste ground, 

 from Singapore to Setul. Disirib. India, Malay islands, China, 

 Africa, etc. Native name : Champadang. 



(2) T. pilosa Roth, Nov. Sp. 233; King, I.e. 116. 



Erect shrubby annual about 3 or 4 ft. tall, branched, villous. 

 Leaves hairy, ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, coarsely serrate, 

 2 to 4-5 in. long, i to 175 in. wide ; petioles '5 to i in. long. Stipules 

 lanceolate subulate. Peduncles many-flowered, short. Calyx '25 

 in. long, hairy. Petals spathulate-oblong nearly as long, bright 

 yellow. Fruit globose, dehiscent "25 in. through, villous and 

 densely spinous with long 3 in. hooked bristly spines, glabrous 

 at the tip. Hab. Open sandy spots, not common. Pahang near 

 Pekan. Perak, Ulu Bubong, open bamboo jungle (Kunstler) ; 

 Temengo. Distrib. India, Ceylon, Burma. 



(3) T. pseudo-cana Sprague and Craih, Kew Bulletin, 1911, 

 p. 23. T. cana Masters, I.e. i. 396, not of Blume. 



Erect shrublet, little branched, 2 or 3 ft. tall. Stems and 

 back of leaves velvety hairy. Leaves ovate to lanceolate above, 

 lower ones often rhomboid lobed, serrate above sparsely hairy, 

 i"5 to 2'5 in. long, i to i"5 in. wide, terminal ones much smaller 

 and narrower; petioles "j in. long, tomentose. Flowers crowded, 

 yellow, "2 in. long. Calyx velvety, lobes narrow. Petals as long. 

 Fruit globose tomentose, "5 in. across; spines straight, bristly. 

 Hab. Waste ground, not common. Singapore (Thomson) ; Pahang, 

 Pekan. Perak, Sungei Ryah; Goping and Kota Bharu (Kunstler). 

 Ipoh. Distrib. India. 



(4) T. grandidens Hance, Joitrn. Bot. 1877, p. 329. T. dunaUs 

 0. Kimze, Rev. Gen. 85. 



Prostrate shrublet. Young parts sparsely hairy. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, oblanceolate, simple or trilobed, coarsely toothed; 

 nerves elevate beneath, sparsely hairy, "6 in. long, '2 in. wide, 

 trilobed -4 in. across; petioles 'i in. long or shorter. Flowers in 

 pairs or threes, sessile on a short peduncle, yellow. Calj^x scurfy- 

 pubescent. Petals oblong '2 i;i. long. Fruit globose, spiny, "2 in. 

 through, spines nearly -i in. long, straight. Hab. On sandy shores 

 of the east coast. Pahang, Kwala Pahang; Rumpin River. Sin- 

 gora (Gwynne Vaughan). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). Distrib. 

 Cochin-China. 



(5) T. subpalniata Sol. Hemsl. Joiirn. Bot. 1890, p. 2, pl. 293. 

 Woody prostrate shrub, sparsely tufted with stellate hairs. 



Leaves sub-coriaceous stiff, deeply 3- to 5-lobed, rounded toothed, 

 •7 in. long, "5 in. wide, scabrid above, hairy beneath; petioles 

 •3 in. long, hairy. Flowers 2 or 3 in axillary and terminal cymes 

 or racemes. Pedicels '2 in. long, hairy. Sepals linear, sparsely 

 hairy. Petals little longer -4 in. long, yellow. Fruit globose, 

 •5 in. through, stiffly spiny, glabrous. Hab. Seashores in sand. 

 Johor, Pulau Tinman (Burkill). Kelantan, Kwala Kelantan 



