Tnrraa] xxxvii. met.iace.^ (Oliver). 331 



pedicels shorter than tlie peduncle, minutely bracteolate at the base. Calyx 

 shortly 5-tootlied. Petals oblanceolate or spaihulate, whitish. StaminHl 

 tube i-^ in. ; margin with subulate or filiform, entire or divided teeth, pilose 

 or glabrous within. Anthers narrow. linear, exserted wholly or in part. 

 Ovary 9-10-12-celled. Style exserted, with an oval-oblon? dilatation and 

 terminal obtuse stigma. Fruit, in our specimen, clavate, about 1 in. lonjj, 

 separating from above into as many coriaceous valves as cells. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vot/el! and others ; Prince's? Islnnd, liart^'r ' 

 Var. propintjtm. Leaves rather smaller and narrower, ohiong or oblanccolatc-eliintictl. 

 — T. propinqua, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 254 ; St. Thomas's, Don ! 



3. T. abyssinica, Hochst. ; Rich. Fl. .ihyas. i. 106. t. 25. Leaves 



membranous, elliptical, more or less narrowed above and below or acuminate, 

 obtuse or ratlu^r acute, entire, glabrous above, thinly pubescent or glabrescent 

 beneath, excepting on the principal veins or in their axils, 2-3 ^ in. Ion", 

 f-l| in. broad ; petiole i-| in. Flowers on 2-4-flowered axillary peduncltSi 

 i-| in. long; pedicels bracteolate at or near the base, ^-1 in. long. Calyx- 

 lobes short, triangular. Staminal tube about | in. or less, shortly and broadly 

 or crenately toothed or nearly entire, partially or wholly concealing the an- 

 thers. Ovary 5-celled. Style considerably exserted, ovoid- or globose- 

 dilated under the stigmatic apex. Fruit a globose capsule, in some speci- 

 mens rather fleshy at first. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



Var. ;8. longipedicellata. Pedicels slender, 1 in. Leaves thin, about 3 in. Ion:;.— .Vii- 

 kober, Abyssinia, Roth ! 



4. T. nilotica, Kotschy et Peyr. PL Turn. 12. /. fi. A small shrub or 

 arl)ore3C^t, attaining 20 ft. Branches rather stout. Leaves obovate or 

 obovate-elliptical, obtuse retuse or scarcely pointed, more or less narrowed 

 to the petiole, entire or undulate, shortly pubescent and soft to the touch 

 above or at length glabrate, pubescent-tomentose and paler beneath, with ihi; 

 midrib prominent tow^ards the base, 2-4 in. long, l|-2 in. broad ; ))eUolc 

 2-4 lines. Flowers about | in. long, in many-tlowered, umbellate, sessile, 

 axillary and subterminal fascicles or terminating short, lateral ramuli ; pedicels 

 ■^-y in., minutely bracteolate at the base, pubescent. Calyx 5-fid ; lobt-s 

 triangular, rather acute. Petals narrowly oblanceolate, revolute or spread- 

 ing. Staminal tube with a densely hairy ring inside ; margin with short 

 triangular or oblong, entire or 2-fid teeth, equalling or exceeding the anthers. 

 Style about twice as long as the staminal tube. Ovary 10-celled. Stiguja 

 capitate, ovoid-conical, shortly hairy. (P'ruit globose, sulcnte, yellow, from 

 a note by Dr. Kirk.) 



Nile Land. Upper Nile, HeugHn ; Gondokoro, Knoblecher. 

 South Central. Victoria Falls, Zambesi, Dr. Metier! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Shire river, Dr. Kirk ! 



.5. T, obtusifolia, Hochst. in Flora, xxvii. 290. Shrub or small shrub- 

 like tree, with slender, glabrous, leafy twigs. Leaves oblanceolate or rhom- 

 boid-oblanceolate, often with broad, obtuse, lateral lobes ; apex obtuse or 



