232 



Leone, Dudgeon, 5|, 6b, 7a, 7b. Bagrn River, Mann, 869 ; 

 very common on open places near Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot, 

 4163 ; in woods on the way to Lester Peak, Scott Elliot, 3899. 



tani. Cameroons, Preuss, 1356 (d 

 var. kamerunensis, K. Schum.). 



Whyte. Lagos, .fiW- 



Forma 2. LEIACANTha, Sprague, aculeis capsulae glabris. 

 Sierra Leone, Taylor (Cole), E. 



Variety typica (both forms) is used as a fibre plant in Sierra 

 Jone under the name • Raka ' (Racca). 



Var. ,3. Hollandii, Sprague, foliis indivisis vel trilobis, ut 

 cauiibus et alabastris non solum minute stellato-pilosis sed 

 etiam pihs longis simplicibus ± hirsutis. 



9(\ F £ m V" ^T^'Sp^ie, foliis indivisis. Lagos, Barter, 

 7id'\f^^ ll l m \L S - Nfceria, Okimi, Holland, 170; 



Axim 



Oloke Meji Foster, 363. Gold Coast, near 

 velopment Syndicate. 



BimSi , iSSS RIL0B f' ***** foliis subtrilobis pills 



WS?JS ^ o m r ? inus obviis - Gold Cosfc » near A * im > 



Om t Development Syndicate. Fernando Po, Barter. 



Holland 



IcS ob"onjtn^ e #5 le « fy inflore ^ence, the indumentum and 



^i«Tt£^di. ver buds and the fewer and 8horfcer 



Mti&SSS^' Spraga6 ' f0liis trilobis veI subquinque- 



«C K Schum\ i dlstl i iba 1 ted a « * tmtarfeta, var. 

 common iu^damnXthHtT^,? 8 ^ * ° f Golun «° Alto,very 



ff*fft«£ S cun vaS at the banks ° f the river Cuang0 ' 

 seed collected by\CS 8 P ecimen ™sed at Kew from 



A^h^^«« 8ee 7 referable to var. tomentosa, 

 Golungo Alto frJin^ 5 looser and coarser .—Angola, 

 Mussengue, wSl I "\ X? P ri ""**e woods of Sob de 

 WelwitschUm ' 27; with out precise locality, 



' ^Z'ZTiZ* ST V Q Ang0la Under ** native name 

 stem. ° pea ' sacks > & c, are made from the fibre of its 



Triumjetta semitrilohn tt^ • 

 vol. xvi.,1899, p. 58 dScriW qu ?» in BulL Soc - Broter " 

 inundated ground between th! a • a 8h ? ub found in ™ lle y s and 



^tive name ' xM'pum ' (i/ ( 

 cii/oha, var. foments -, t. 



Quihumb 



6o*fe«, J ac ' q / " x "' 189 2, P- 104 (St. Thomas, 



Molle 



