Triumfetta.'] xxvii. tiliace.e (masters). 255 



Prickles lon^, slender, filiform, covered with long sprtading setae. 



Stem trailing. Leaves deeply lobed \%. T. Kirlcii. 



Stem erect. Leaves oval, entire \o. T. trichocatya. 



1. T. flavescens, ITocJisf. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 82. Sliriibbv. Stern 

 pilose, studded with black dots. Lower leaves stalked. Stalks as lon;< as 

 the blades, which are roundish, acute, truncate or cor(hite at the base, irregu- 

 larly toothed, palmately S-nerved, touientose on both suifaces, es|)eeially the 

 under. Flowers numerous, in snnall clusters, arran^ced along the sides and 

 ends of the branches, forming a \o\vr, leafless, raceme-like inflorescence. 

 Sepals linear or oblong, apiculate. Petals oblong, tapering at the base, half 

 the length of the sei)als. Stamens 20 or more. Fruit indehisciMit, small, 

 oblong, covered with greyish down from amid which emerge numerous snudi, 

 ciliated, hooked prickles. — T. Benguelennis, Wavvra et Peyritsch, Serl. Beu- 

 guel. 19. 



Nile Liand. Abyssinia, 5('^/w;)^ / Soinrha, Sr/iwei f/f art h ! 



liOwer Guinea. Ben^uela, Wawra avd F^i/ritsch. 



"Wawra and Peyritsch's T. Benguelensis is only known to me from the description in the 

 work above cited. There is, however, little room for doubt that it belongs to the above 

 species. 



2. T, neglecta, Wiglit and Amoti, Prod. Fl. hid. i. 75. Herbaceous, 

 erect, slightly downy, branched. Leafstalks 1-2 in. long. Leaves subcordate, 

 roundish, acuminate or slightly 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, serrate, covered with 

 greyish stelliform hairs on both surfaces. Flowers minute, in lateral, extra-axil- 

 lary clusters forming elongated racemose cymes. Sepals linear. Petals ob- 

 long, obtuse. Stamens 5-8. Fruit oblong, 2-3 lines long, iiidehiscent, covered 

 with appressed hooked bristles which have hairs on their edges only, not over 

 their whole surface. — T. pentandra, Guill. et Pen. Fl. Seneg. i. 93. t. 19. 

 T. cuneata, Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 84. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schhnper. 

 Occurs also iu various parts of India. 



3. T. Welwitschii, Mast. An herbaceous perennial sending up from 

 a woody stock a immber of herbaceous shoots 1 ;2 ft. in height, j)urplish, 

 roundish or angidar, smooth or with a few scattered hairs. Stipules persis- 

 tent, subulate or falciform, longer than the very short petioles, leaves produced 

 on the same stem as, but subsequently to, the flowers, oblong-lanceolate, Jicute 

 or obtuse, tapering at the base, nearly entire or serrated, palmately 3-nerv{'d, 

 slightly pilose above, downy beneath, 1-3 in. long, ^-1 in. wide. Flowers 

 numerous, in terminal, much-branched, coryud)ose cymes. Petlicels downy, 

 longer than the flowers. Flower-buds obloug-clavate. Sepals oblong, 

 hooded, apiculate, longer than the oblong, unguicidate, yellow petals, whose 

 edges are ciliated below. Stamens numerous (20 25), inserted on an elevated 

 thickened torus. Styles consolidated, shorter than the stamens. Ripe fruit 

 the size and form of a small cherry, covered with long, slender, straight, 

 pinkish setse, which are densely ciliate and tipped by a minute, white, slrai^dit 

 or slightly curved point. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Br. Wchritsrh. 



Mozamb. Distr. Lat. 19° S., Dr. Kirk, near I>ake Nyassa, Dr. Kirk ! 



