OF THE CAMEROONS MOUNTAINS, ETC. 188 
7. CARYOPHYLLEX. 
l. SiLENE BrArna, H.f.,n.sp. Erecta, pubescenti-tomentosa, foliis 
anguste linearibus, floribus suberectis, calyce anguste oblongo-campa- 
nulato atro-pubescente, lobis anguste oblongis subacutis, costis crassis 
atris, petalis calyce paulo longioribus pubescentibus, lamina parva ad 
medium 2-loba carnosa basi appendicibus 2 carnosis coronata, theca- 
phoro capsula triente breviore. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt.:8000-10,000 feet. (Fl. Nov.) 
Herba 1-3-pedalis, parce ramosa, ramis teretibus. Folia pollicaria et 
ultra, anguste linearia. Racemi 4-8-flori. Flores nutantes v. erecti, 
breviter pedicellati, 4 unc. longi. 
Very nearly allied to the North-African and Abyssinian S. 
bipartita, Desf. (to which the Cape S. Burchellii is too nearly 
allied), but differing in its great size, the less contracted base 
of the calyx, small fleshy lamina of the petals, and the corona re- 
duced to two prominent fleshy lobes. It is probable that these 
are all states of one species, of which the present, from the most 
tropical and humid locality, has much more highly developed 
vegetative organs and correspondingly reduced reproductive ones. 
I cannot determine whether it is annual or perennial. 
2. CERAsTIUM VULGATUM, L., var. glomeratum, Thuil. C. viscosum, 
Fries. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains (no elevation given). 
The leaves are more uniformly acute than in the common Eu- 
ropean states. It is also an Abyssinian plant, C. Simense, Hochst., 
in no way differing from the European form. 
3. SrELLARIA Manyi, H. f.,n. sp. Caule procumbente diffuse ra- 
moso tenui glaberrimo, apicibus ramorum et inflorescentia glandu- 
loso-pilosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutissimis, floribus laxe panicu- 
latis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis sepala subaquan- 
tibus ad medium 2-fidis, stylis 3, capsula 4-valvi l-sperma. 
Hab. Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet. 
Caules 1-2-pedales, flaccidi, ramis adscendentibus. Folia longe petio- 
lata, 2-1 unc. longa, late viridia, tenuiter membranacea, margine 
subcrispato, petiolo 4-3 uuc. longo. Flores ad apices ramorum laxe 
paniculati, graciliter pedicellati, 3 unc. lati, bracteis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis. Sepala viridia, herbacea, carinata. Petala tenerrima, lobis 
faleatis apicibus conniventibus. Ovarium parvulum, 5-6-ovulatum. 
Capsula parvula, glaberrima. Semen ( morbidum ?) magnum, testa pa- 
pilloso-granulosa. 
Very closely allied to the Cingalese $. drymarioides, Thw., and 
Himalayan S. monosperma, Ham., but differing from both in the 
foliage and larger flowers. 
