280 XXX. MALPiGHiACE^ (oLiVEu). [_SpJiedamnocarpus. 



quill, closely rusty-tomentose. Leaves opposite or in verticils of 3 (or 4), 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblong, subacute or rather obtuse, cuspidate or mucro- 

 nate, more or less rounded at the base, appressed-pilose more or less above, 

 silky-pilose or pilose-lanate beneath, subsessileor very shortly petiolate, with 

 a pair of minute glands at the insertion of the petiole {Dr. TFelwitsch), l^-Z 

 in. long, 5-8 lines broad. Plowers in 3-4-flowered pedunculate umbels 

 from the axils of the upper leaves, often forming a large loose panicle ; 

 flower-bearing lateral branches 1-2^ in., usually bearing a pair of small 

 leaves at or near the base of the umbels. Pedicels ^-1^ in., w^ith a pair of 

 scale-like bracts above or near the middle. Flowers i-f in. in expansion. 

 Sepals obovate-oblong, eglandular or glands not apparent when dry. Petals 

 shortly unguiculate ; lamina crisped-denticulate. Filaments subulate, very 

 shortly united at the base. Ovary densely hairy. Fruit-carpels with an as- 

 cending obliquely oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, appressed-silky wing, 

 about f in. long and 4-5 lines broad. — Acridocarpus ? angolensis, A. Jass. 

 Monog. Malpigh. 236 (ex descr,). 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Br. Weluoitsch ! 



4. TRIASPIS, Burchell; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 259. 



Calyx 5-partite, without glands. Petals unguiculate ; base, at least, of the 

 lamina fimbriate. Stamens 10, all antheriferous ; filaments filiform, free or 

 very nearly so ; anthers linear-oblong, glabrous. Ovary 3-celled, pilose ; 

 styles 3, elongate ; stigma lateral, immediately below the curved tip. Fruit- 

 carpels with a shield-like entire or lobed dorsal wing, with or without a keel 

 or crest in the centre. — Scandent or erect shrubs. Leaves opposite and sub- 

 opposite, entire or nearly so, with or without stipules. Flowers umbellate or 

 corymbose, in terminal and axillary panicles, " rose or white." 



A small genus, peculiar to tropical and southern Africa. 



Leaves silky or pilose beneath, exstipulate \. T. odorata. 



Leaves silky beneath, with reniform stipules 2. T.? stipulata. 



Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, exstipulate. 



Petals fimbriate below. Ovary pilose. Fruit-wings 2-fid above, 



f-1 iii. long and broad 3. 71 mozambica. 



Petals, at least the inner, deeply fimbriate. Ovary pilose. Fruit- 

 wings retuse or notched above, H-2i in. long and broad . . 4,. T. macropteron. 

 Petals entire or denticulate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit-wing broadly 



2-partite above, much produced below, i-f in. long and broad. 5. T. lateriflora. 



1. T. odorata^ A. Juss. in Deless. 7c. iii. 21. ^. 36. Extremities terete, 

 rusty-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, subcordafe, 

 acute, crenulate-serrate or nearly entire, with thinly scattered hairs above, 

 villous-tomentose beneath ; petiole 1| in. Flowers in corymbose racemes, 

 collected in a terminal panicle, with divaricate branches ; pedicels filiform, 1 

 in. or less, with a pair of minute bracteoles below or near the middle. Calyx 

 5-partite, with lanceolate, obtuse, silky-villous lobes. Petals unguiculate, 2 

 with fimbriate margins. Styles 3, filiform. Each samara with a dorsal 

 wing, 2-fid or 2-lobed above and below. — Hlraa odorata, Willd. ; DC. 

 Prod. i. 585. 



