35G 



laris, pluripectinatiin diyisus. — Herbae, caulibus ranlosissiinis 

 diffiisis interdum decumbentibus. Folia petiolata vel sessilia, 

 ovata vel linearia, crenata vel integra. Capitula parvula, in 

 corymbos laxos foliis remotos disposita. Flares violaeei. 



Species 2, Africae tropicae incolae. . 

 Folia petiolata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, . 



T-, I 



crenulata 



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Folia sessilia, linearia, integra ... ,,, (2) T- somalerisis. 



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1, T. stellulifera, Hutchinsouy comb. nov. 



Herderia stelluliferay Bentb. in Hook. Niger Flora, 425; OHv. 

 et Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii, 298; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw- i- 540. 



Caulis herbaceus, ramosissimns, diffusus, decumbens, crispo- 



{)uberulus. Folia petiolata, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, basi 

 )reviter cuneata, apice acuta vel subacuta, 2-5-5 cm. longa, 

 1-3-5 cm. lata, crenulata vel subintegra, mcmbranacea vel tenuiter 

 cliartacea, utrinque crispatinx j^nbescentia vel supra fere glabra; 

 nervi laterales utrinque 4-5, leviter arcuati, venis laxis vix con- 

 spicuis; petioli usque ad 1 cm. longi, pubescentes. Corymhi laxe 

 ramosi, paucicepliali ; pedunculi graciles, ad 1 cm, longi, sulcati, 

 breviter pubescentes. Capitula obconico-campanulata, circiter 

 3 mm. lata. Involucri brqcteae triseriatae, extra pubescentes, 

 series exterioris subulatae, acutae, 1 mm. longae, interioris 



mem 



sensim aninliatus, 1 mm 



tj y — 



branaceae. Corollae tubus e basi _ 



parce glandulosus, inferne tenuiter pilosus;lobi triangulari-ovati. 



pilosa ♦ 



gittatae. Achaenia 1*5 mm _ 

 ^ix 1 mm. altus, multifidus. 

 Welwitsch 3519 ! open places in busb at H 



Farm, Dec.,^ Scott Elliot 3933! Nigeria: Yqruba District; 



Fernando Po : in op-en culti- 



ama 



vated places. Mar., Vogel 265! Barter I Cameroons: Bipinde, 

 ZenJcer 1279 ! Rio del Rey, JoTinston 44 ! Gaboon : Munda dis- 

 trict; Sibange Farm, Soyaux 331! Sierra del Crystal, July, 

 Mann 1679 I Belgian Congo : near Stanley Pool, Aug., Hens 201 

 Angola : Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 3515 ! 3516 I Pungo Andongo, 

 Welwitsch 3518 ! Niamniam : Assika River, May, Schweinfprth 



3163 ! 



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2. T. somalensis, Hutchinson, comb. nov. 



Herderia somalensis, 0. Hoffm 



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200 cum ic. (1907). 



amis 



npicem foliosis tomentellis. Folia sessilia, linearia, acutissima, 

 1-5-5 cm. longa, 2-3-5 mm. lata, integra, chartacea, supra 

 tenuiter villosa, demum fere glabra, infra persistenter incano- 

 lanata; nervi hand conspicui. Corymhi pancicephali ; pedunculi 

 graciles, usque ad 2 cm. longi, pubescentes. Capitula subcani- 

 panulata, 6-7 mm. alta, 13-14 mm. diametro. Involucri hracteae 

 circiter triseriatae, subulato-lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, 

 acutae, usque ad 6 mm. longae, extra pubescentes. Corolla 

 violacea; tubus anguste cylindricus, 6-7 mm. longus, extra 

 appresse pubescens; lobi lineares vel linen ri-lanceolati, subapufi. 



