66 : EAST AFRICAN PLANTS. 
distinguished by its oblong (not broadly elliptical) outer petals, 
hexandry, = pistil with seven 2-ovula s. The reticulation 
on the leaves is also somewhat more ne te here than in 
Vogelit. 
ACTINOCAR S. Moor sp.—Ramis_ gracilibus 
teretibus pri e _finfuraco-paberalis subnitentibus mox 
albidis labs fongitadinalite er striatis, stipulis setaceis demum deci- 
uis Vix jy unc. long., foliis longe-petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-rotun- 
d -serratis supra furfuraceo-pubescentibus s albo- 
tomentosis 4-3 unc. long., petiolis laminam subequantibus furfuraceis, 
m longis, floribus breviter pedunculatis ad apices ramulorum 
u 
ginatis vel bifidis 4 unc. long., staminibus indefinitis (circiter 25), 
ovario 2-loculo? villoso, fractu globoso (ut apparet) indehiscenti setis . 
elongatis stellatim pubescentibus apice debiliter uncinatis copiose 
munito. 
Hab.—In Mont. “ Ahlgebirge ” dictis ditione Somalensi, 1500 met. 
No. 882! Frut. er 1 met. alt. 
TI am sorry that, owing to the rotten preg in which the flowers are, 
I was unable to ‘nak out the structure of the ovary in a satisfact 
manner. The species hasa good deal of the ‘facies of 7. Kirkit, Mast., 
from which it is abundantly different. 
The sete of the fruit are scented somewhat after the manner of 
box, it was only necessary to g afruit near it in order to 
v again. Now the ordinary ‘task Triumfetta fruit a 
eminently adapted to ensure diffusio means of passin 
p 
ere are a few species (among which is included 7. telchboinpes 
which have the fruit covered with numerous long, thin, spineless, or 
ost spineless, sete, and this arrangement would a appear to favour 
diffusion by wind-agency. We can see, a te it might be of 
ad ge to latter sort of fruit © possess some means of 
repe lling any gna g insect whose ag eet ie so far as to st 
rip . 
it entirely of me spoil aid to diffusion. This is probably the expla- 
nation of — _ nt. 
species have ee setae ; —— in 7. trichocarpa, 
aioe fom the Cap ape of Good Hope, they ar pepe ~~ 
coarse! 
which, in "the a sence of flowers, remains undeeribed. A sere 
not found a scented fruit in any American species. I have as 
tained also that ants do not at all like the scent “of Eheresnontions 
— and I would suggest that in some cases a strong scen may be 
useful to a flower by driving away insects which cannot nid in its 
Mave 
