(4) T. A. SPRAGUE. PLANTARUM N0VARUM. 703 



lata, rotundala vel leviter relusa, 8,5—9 mm. longa. 2.5—3 mm. lata, 

 versus basin pilosa. Slamina circa 25, intra membranam ciliatam,0,75 mm. 

 altam inserla, fîlamentis 4,5—8 mm. longis, antheris ellipticis 1 mm. 

 longis. Ovarium 10-loculare, spinosum, loculis 1-ovulalis, stylo 7,5 — 8mm. 

 longo. Fructus sphsericus, valde echinalus. 2 — 2.25 cm. diamelro. spinis 

 costatis. 



Nyasaland : prope lacum Shirwa, Kirk, 103, 164: iMissale, Nicholson. 



According lo Kirk, T. Amuletum is a creeping plant which grows pros- 

 trate on Ihe ground among long grass in the plains of tbe Manganja 

 country. The spiny fruits, which are called « Nungo » or porcupine by 

 the natives, are worn round the neck as a charm to cure headache. 

 K. Schumann, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XY, 128, stales thaï his T. lepidota 

 is the only species of Triumfetta with lepidote calyx. T. Amuletum also 

 possesses this character, and in fact approaches very closely to T. lepi- 

 dota, but is unquestionably a distinct species. The scales on the pedicels 

 of T. Amuletum are intermediale in character between the ordinary 

 stellate hairs which cover most of the plant and the nearly circulai' scales 

 found on the sepals. 



APEïBA BURGHELLÏÏ, Sprague sp. nov., Apeibam glabram, 

 Aubl., quoad folia, referens. sed ab ea floribus tetrameris, staminibus 

 pilosis fructuque diversa recedens; lypus in Herb. Kew. — Arbor 6 — 24m. 

 alla, ramulis glabrescentibus, novellis ut petioli inflorescenliseque ferru- 

 gineo-tomenlellis. Petioli 1 — 1,5 cm. longi. Lamina oblongo-obovala, basi 

 rotundata, apice abrupte obtusiusculeque acuminata, 9—15 cm. longa. 

 3,75 — 5 cm. lata, supra conspicue tenuiter reliculata, nervis venulisque 

 puberulis exceptis glabra, sublus minutissime slellato-puberula , rete 

 venularum minus conspicuo; nervi basales (medio excepto) 4, quorum 2 

 inleriores 3 /< folii transcurrunt; nervi secundarii ceteri ulrinque 3. Inflo- 

 rescentise oppositifolise, bracteis obovatis, 5—6 mm. longis, ulrinque 

 tomentelhs. Flores 4-meri. Sepala ovato-lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceo- 

 lala, aculiuscula, 10-11 mm. longa, 4,5—5,5 mm. lata, basi circa 2 mm. 

 connata, extra dense tomentella. Petala citrina, late obovata. 8,5— 9 mm. 

 longa, 5,5—6 mm. lata, emarginata. Slamina 90-100.. antheris circa 

 3,5 mm. longis, longe pilosis, locellis exterioribus interiores 0,5 mm. 

 superantibus,connectivo ultra priores producto apice emarginato, fîlamentis 

 circa 3 mm. longis, basi connatis, supra medium pilosis. Ovarium depresso- 

 globosum, 2 mm. altum, 3 — 3,5 mm. diametro, ferrugineo-lomentosum, 

 stylo cylindrico, vix 4 mm. longo, stamina haud sequante. Capsula 

 depresso-globosa, 3,5 — 4,5 cm. diametro, loculis ultra 20, spinis setifor- 



