588 lxvii. ficoideje (oliver). [Trianthema. 



Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitschl 



Also in Tropical Asia and Australia. Chapman and Baines collected an imperfect 

 specimen of a Trianthema near T. crystallina, but perhaps distinct, in lat. 23° S. 



3. T. sedifolia, Visiani, PL 2Eg. ac Nub. 19, t. \\\.Jig. 1. Procum- 

 bent or prostrate with slender papillose alternate or more rarely oppo- 

 site distichous branches. Leaves fleshy, nearly linear, moreor less 

 revolute, obtuse, \—\ in. long", \ in. broad ; short petiole membranously 

 dilated. Flowers in sessile axillary glomerules of 2-3 or more. Calyx 

 campanulate, 5-fid, lobes ovate-deltoid, somewhat fleshy or apiculate 

 behind towards the apex. Stamens 3 or 5. Ovary turbinate, umbili- 

 cate -, style 1, very short. Seeds 2, superposed. 



Nile Land. Various provinces. Kordofan, Kotschy! Sennaar, Brocchi. 

 Lower Guinea. Mossamedes (form with acutely apiculate calyx-lobesj, Dr. Wei- 

 witsch I 



4. T. salsoloides, Fenzl in Herb. Kotschy. Nub. 137. Branches 

 dichotomous, papillose. Leaves linear, fleshy, mucronate, dilated at 

 base with membranous stipuliform teeth ; J— 1 in. long, tV - to m * broad. 

 Flowers in axillary fascicles or on short lateral leafy shoots, the calyces 

 consolidated below. Calyx-teeth with apiculus, lanceolate acute. Sta- 

 mens 5 or fewer (?). Style 1, short. Capsule 1-seeded. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy! Nubia. 



5. T. polysperma, Hochst. in Herb. Nub. Kotschy, 68. Branches 

 dichotomous, cellular-papillose. Leaves fleshy, oval or oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, younger revolute, narrowed into the petiole, about j in. long", 

 \-^ in. broad ; petiole half as long; as lamina or shorter. Flowers soli- 

 tary, sessile in the axils. Calyx-tube turbinate with minute cornua 

 alternating outside with the dorsally appendiculate lobes. Stamens 

 apparently about 7. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, short. Capsule nar- 

 rowed above, apex obtuse or umbilicate. Seeds indefinite. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy ! 



6. T. pentandra, Linn.; DC. Prod. iii. 352. Diffuse, from a few 

 inches to 2-3 ft. in height, papillose more or less throughout, often 

 obscurely so or nearly smooth and glabrous when dry. Leaves oval- 

 oblong to obovate -elliptical, obtuse, broadly pointed, distinctly petio- 

 late j usually from J- 2 in. long, petiole \— \ in. Flowers in few- or 

 many-flowered sessile or subsessile axillary fascicles ; bracteoles thinly 

 membranous. Calyx -deeply 5-fid, lobes ovate to obovate-oblong, with 

 a more or less distinct dorsal apiculus beneath the apex. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary turbinate above, 2-celled \ styles 2, equalling the ovary ; ovules 

 geminate (or few). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I Borgu, Barter 1 Senegambia, Roger 1 

 North Central. Kouka, LakeTsad, Dr. E. Vogel! 



Nile Land. Generally diffused, especially in Nubia, Sennaar, and Kordofan. 

 Occurs in K. W. India. 



