58 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Oldenlandia. 
glabrous, anthers included. Fruit campanulate-globose, 4 in diam., at 
length bursting loculicidally at the apex. Seeds angular.—Hedyotis 
(Kohautia) abyssinica, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. iii. n. 1902 ; A. 
Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 363; H. senegalensis, A. Rich Fl. Abyss. i. p. 362, 
quoad specim. Schimp., excl. syn. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Biyem! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Q. Dillon and Petit! Parkyns! Pearce! 
13. O. strumosa, Hiern. Erect annual, 1-14 feet high, branched 
from the base, slightly scabrous by minute tubercles on the stem, 
branches, leaves, and calyx. Stem and branches leafy from the base 
upwards. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowing to a sessile 
clasping base, the larger ones 1}-2 by 2-1} in.; stipules sheathing, 
truncate or ovate, setose. Flowers tetramerous, slender, } in. long, 
mostly subsessile, 1-2 together, on the subsecund branches of a wide 
corymbose terminal cyme. Calyx in flower ;!,—/5 in. long ; lobes lan- 
ceolate, short, acute. Corolla salver-shaped; tube slender, funnel- 
shaped in the upper part, many times the length of the calyx-limb; 
lobes short, obtuse. Anthers included. Fruit subglobose, 3 in. diam. or 
rather more, somewhat didymous, crowned by the subulate calyx; 
lobes, at length bursting loculicidally at the apex. Seeds angular.— 
Hedyotis (Kohautia) strumosa, Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. iii. n. 
1867 (1844) ; Kohautia strumosa, Hochst. in Hb. Kotsch. Nubic. n. 46 
(1841) ; Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 364. 
Nile Land. Sennaar, Kotschy! ; Abyssinia, Schimper! Cordofan, Kotschy! 
Occurs also in the Cape de Verde Islands. It seems, moreover, to be the same as, 
or very closely allied to, the East Indian species H. aspera, Heyne. 
14. O. Caffra, Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Eatratrop. 
1360. n. 2291 (Jun. 1836). An erect or ascending annual or perennial, 
somewhat shrubby at base, 6-30 in. high, branched from the base, obso- 
letely scabrous. Leaves more or less lanceolate, acute, with recurving 
mucro, sessile, rather paler beneath, the margins recurved, the longer 
ones 4-3 by 3,4 in.; stipules truncate, each tipped with about 4-6 
long (3-4 in.) usually spreading or recurved sete. Flowers tetra- 
merous, white pink or bluish, }4 in. long, 3-1 together, on unequal 
pedicels, in 2-3-chotomous terminal corymbose cymes ; pedicels ranging 
up to4 in., or in some forms not so long. Calyx glabrous or pubescent 
y'o-¢ In. long; lobes lanceolate acute longer than the tube. Corolla 
tubular 2-3 times the length of the calyx; lirab }-3 in. diam. ; throat 
glabrous; lobes oval-ovate, obtuse. Fruit subglobose, } in. diam., sub- 
didymous, tipped by the long subulate calyx-teeth. Seeds angular.— 
Hedyotis Caffra, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, i. p. 726 ; Kohautia setifera, 
DC. Prodr. iv. p. 430; Hedyotis setifera, Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. 
Cap. iii. 10; H. Gerrardi, Sond. lc. 9; K. macrophylla, Klotzsch in 
Peters Mossamb. p. 297. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Ambriz, Monteiro! Congo, Chr. Smith! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar coast, Moumfia, Sir B. Frere! Hildebrandt! 
Shupanga, Moramballa, Kirk! Cabaceira and Sena, Peters! Zambesia, Stewart ! 
Occurs also in the Cape Flora and Natal, and perhaps also in Madagascar. 
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