Oldenlandia. | LXX. RUBIACEH (HIERN). 57 
Hb. Seneg. n. 9. Cfr. Kohautia stricta, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 430, excl. 
syn. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Sieber; Roger!; Leprieur and Perrottet! ; 
Park! ; Niger, Nupe, Barter ! 
Nile Land. Cordofan, Kotschy! ; Schimper ; Gallabat, Schweinfurth ! ; Soturba, 
Schweinfurth ! ; Sennaar, Kotschy ! 
10. O. noctiflora, Hiern. Erect slender lucid nearly glabrous 
and smooth annual, 1-14 feet high, unbranched below the inflorescence. 
Stem terete below, obtusely quadrangular and sulcate above. Leaves 
linear, the upper ones narrowly so, acute, narrowed towards the sessile 
base, 1-2 in. long; stipules short, truncate, bicuspidate. Flowers 
tetramerous, white, 2-1 in. long, opening in the evening and by night; 
pedicels some very short, others ranging up to 4 in., arranged in a lax 
oblong 2-3.chotomons somewhat leafy cyme. Calyx }-} in. long; 
lobes lanceolate, acute, longer than the tube. Corolla-tube rather 
slender ; lobes 3 in. long by yy in. broad, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. 
Capsule not seen.—Kohautia noctiflora, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 
i. De? Hedyotis grandiflora, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 363, excl. 
syn. DC, 
, Wile Land. Abyssinia, near Selasquilla, Schimper !; in sterile places, 5000 
feet alt. Schimper ! 
ll. o. srandifiora, Hiern. Erect annual, 1—4 feet high, branched 
from the base throughont, glabrous smooth or slightly scabrous. 
aves narrowly lanceolate or the upper ones almost needle-shaped, 
taper-pointed, narrowed to the sessile base; the longer ones 14-3 by 
12-4 1n.; stipules short, sheathing, truncate, 2-3-cuspidate. Flowers 
tetramerous, $-2 in. long, subsessile or pedicellate, red, numerous, in a 
Corymbose cyme; branches closely umbellate at the top. Calyx 
To-¢ in. long; lobes lanceolate-subulate, acute, about as long as the 
vary, more or less. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube slender, sometimes 
Curved ; throat glabrous; limb 4-2 in. diameter ; lobes oval, finely 
ypculate-acuminate, }-1 in. long by #—-} in. broad. Anthers included. 
Fruit subglobose, 3 in. diameter or rather more, crowned by the per- 
Pets calyx-teeth, at length bursting loculicidally at the apex. Seeds 
1 elar.—Kohautia grandiflora, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 430; Hedyotis (Ko- 
autiay Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 362. 
Bigee Guinea. Senegambia, Bacle, Perrottet and Leprieur ! Dr. Skues! Roger! 
wile ygran ! Whitfield! Niger, Barter! ; Sierra Leone, Purdie! ere 
from the irvnsty Fayohel, Kotschy! Gallabat, Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, 
y of Gondar, Quartin Dillon. 
high “a - abyssinica, Hiern. Erect or ascending annual, }-1 ft. 
m imple or branched, slightly scabrous. Leaves linear or lanceo- 
: eathin narrowed at the sessile base, }-1 by yy-} im.; stipules 
sub, ng, 1-5 Setose. Flowers tetramerous,.red, + in. long, mostly 
vsessile On simple or usually branched terminal spikes. Calyx 
im. long; teeth linear-subulate, qo4 in. long. Corolla shortly 
Salver. h 
shaped ; tube little exceeding or scarcely twice the length of 
e calyx-teeth ; lobes 34-3 in. long. oval, obtusely pointed ; throat 
