270 MESSRS. T. H. BURKILL AND C. H. WRIGHT ON 
1. Icomum PARADOXUM, Hua, in Bull. Muséum, Paris, 1897, 
p. 329. 
Hab. Timbo, on the river Timbo, one of the upper tributaries 
of the Senegal. Dr. Miquel, 43, in herb. Mus. Paris. Flowering 
in June. 
2. I.santcirontum, Burkill. (Pl. 6. figs. 1, 2.) Caules (7 an 
laterales) 6-10 poll. longi, decumbentes, teretes, dense pubes- 
centes. Folia caulina, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata, alterna, apice 
acuta, basin versus angustata, margine utroque dentibus 2-3 
instructa, pubescentia vel glabrescentia, 1-13 poll. longa, 2-23 lin. 
lata. Inflorescentia spicis densifloris aggregatis composita ; spica 
terminalis 2 poll. longa; spice laterales ad 1 poll. longer ; bractee 
foliis similes sed minores. Calyx tubulosus, ad os paullo constric- 
tus, margine leviter sinuatus et pilis conspicue ornatus, florens 
14 lin. longus, fructifer ad 2} lin. auctus et rima equali ad basin 
dissolutus. Corolle extus fere glabrz tubi 32 lin. longi dimidium 
inferius angustum, dimidium superius ex inferiori abrupte 
expansum ; labium superius 12 lin. longum, dentibus 4 apice 
rotundatis; labium inferius 2 lin. longum. Staminum filamenta 
llin.longa. Ovarii nucule ovoidee ; glandula late linguiformis.— 
Eolanthus salicifolius, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1898, p. 161. 
Hab. British Central Africa: North Nyasaland, Nyika 
plateau, 6000-7000 ft. A. Whyte, 107. Commencing to fruit 
in July. 
3. I. LINEARE, Burkill. (Pl.6.figs. 3, 4.) Herba spithamea. 
Caules erecti, foliis sat crebri, pilis albis aliquo modo puberuli. 
Folia caulina, linearia, sessilia, 4-7 lin. longa, glandulis numero- 
sissimis inconspicue notata. Spice ramos foliatos terminantes, 
simplices, 1-13 poll. longe ; bractez foliis similes sed pubescen- 
tiores, breviores (2-23 lin. long), paululo latiores ; flores ad 15. 
Calyx companulatus, margine leviter sinuatus, florens 7 lin. 
longus, basi rime indieationem demonstrans. Corolle extra 
pubescentis tubus ad 2 angustus, dein decurvatus ampliatus, 
31-4 lin. longus ; labium superius 4-dentatum, 2 lin. longum; 
labium inferius superiori longius 23 lin. longum, antheras 
includens. Staminum filamenta 2-24 lin. longa. | Orari? nucuiæ 
ovoidex ; glandula linguiformis. 
Hab. British. Central Africa: Nyasaland, near Fort Young, 
Dr. T. G. Nicholson. Flowering in September. 
