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Capsiile subglobose, echinate or setose, inclehisceut or separating into 

 cocci. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, pendulous, albuminous ; embryo straight • 

 cotyledons flat, foliaceous. — Disteib. Throughout the tropics generally • 

 species about 40. 



Leaves ovate lanceolate : basal half of the spines of the capsule 



hispid, the upper half glabrous ; stamens 10 1. T. jnlosa. 



Lower leaves more or less S-fj-lobed ; spines of the capsule 



glabrous; stamens 8-15 2. T. rhomhoidea. 



Leaves orbicular ; spines of the capsule pubescent ; stamens 

 15-25 3. T. rotundifoUa. 



1. Triumfetta pilosa. Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) p. 223. A large 

 branched perennial herb ; branches clothed with soft stellate hairs. 

 Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., ovate, acute, irregularly serrate, stellately hairy 

 above, felted with stellate hairs beneath, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, 5-nerved; petioles of the lower leaves 1-1 1 in. long, those of the 

 upper much shorter, all very hairy ; stipules lanceolate, acute. Mowers 

 in fascicled axillary and leaf-opposed cymes; buds narrow -oblong, slightly 

 dilated at the base, stellately hairy ; peduncles usually shorter than the 

 petioles, hairy ; pedicels many, very short, very hairy ; bracts subulate, 

 hairy. Sepals i in. long, with tufts of stellate hairs outside, linear- 

 oblong, mucronate. Petals yellow, obloug-obovate, a little shorter than 

 the sepals, the glandular base densely ciliate. Fruit (excludino- the 

 spines) about \ in. in diam. ; spines \ in. long, hooked and with a trans- 

 parent point, the basal half of the spine hispid, the upper half glabrous. 

 Seeds 8, rounded on the back, ^ in. long, flattened on one side, dark 

 brown, smooth, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 394 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 25 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 179 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 205 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 202. — Flowers : Nov. 

 Veex. Nichardi. 



Konkan: Bombay, i«w; ! ; W&r'y, Dahell. Deccan: Panehgani, Cookel, Woodrowl 

 S. M. Country : Nagargali, near Dharwar, Cooke ! ; Castlerock, Woodrow \ Kanara : 

 KAla naddi, Bitchie, *J88! — Distrib. Abyssinia, W. tropical Africa, Ceylon. 



2. Triumfetta rhomboidea, Jacquin, Enum. PL Garih. (1760) p. 22 

 Sf Select. Am. (1763) p. 147, t. 90. Suffruticose, 2-5 ft. high ; branches 

 slender, more or less pubescent with simple hairs. Leaves variable, 

 stipules subulate : lower leaves 2-3 in. in diam., usually 3-lobed, irregu- 

 larly serrate, clothed with simple and stellate hairs on both surfaces aud 

 simple hairs on the nerves beneath, base cordate or cuneate, the petioles 

 up to 11 in. long, more or less hairy ; upper leaves usually simple, with 

 very short petioles. Flowers i in. across, yellow, in dense terminal and 

 leaf-opposed cymes ; buds oblong apiculate ; peduncles and pedicels 

 very short ; bracts subulate. Sepals oblong, hooded and apiculate at the 

 apex. Petals shorter than the sepals, obovate-obloug, ciliate at the base ; 

 claw very long. Stamens 8-15. Fruit i in. in diam., the surface at the 

 base of the spines araneously pubescent ; spines glabrous, the bristle 

 points hooked, very slender, transparent. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 395; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 1, p. 179 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Ptianzenf. v. 3, 

 part G, fig. 13, a, b ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 265 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 202. Triumfetta anqidata. 

 Lam. Encyc. v. 3, p. 421 ; Grab. Cat. p. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p.' '2b.— 

 Flowers: Sept.-Dec. 



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