Lobelia. | LXXV. CAMPANULACEZ (HEMSLEY), 465 
Calyx-lobes subulate more than half as long as the 
corolla-tube. . . 2. 1... . 1 we. . 9, Le umbrosa. 
Calyx-lobes subulate, not half as long as the co- 
rolla-tube . . 2... . . . we. . 10. ZL, Melleri, 
Calyx-lobes linear about one-third as long as the 
corolla... . 2. ew we AL ZL, fervens. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate, bristly at the back . . . 12. ZL. chireensis. 
Stems erect usually more than six inches high, terete 
or obscurely angled. 
Stem relatively stout and herbaceous. 
Cauline leaves very small, acute, with one or two 
deep teeth on eachside . . . . . . . 18. ZL. evilis, 
Cauline leaves about an inch long, linear-oblong 
obtuse, callously toothed. . . . . . . 14. DL. senegalensis. 
Stem slender and woody. 
Calyx-lobes equalling the corolla . . . . . 15. L. meda. 
Calyx-lobes much shorter than the corolla-tube. 16. L. natalensis. 
Calyx-lobes about a line long, seabrous . . . 17. L. lavendulacea. 
Leaves mostly opposite ; all the anthers bearded at the : 
tip... we . » « ~ 18, ZL, stellarioides. 
1. &, Rhynchopetalum, Hemsl. A tall woody monocarpic (?) 
Plant with the habit of a palm, having a stout hollow unbranched 
stem 12-15 ft. high, naked in the lower part when in flower, densely 
leafy towards the top, and terminating in a long simple dense spiciform 
Tacteate raceme of greyish violet flowers. Leaves crowded, alternate, 
Sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, 1-2 ft. long, clothed with a 
8rey woolly tomentum when young, ultimately quite glabrous, almost 
as broad at the base as in the middle, of a papery texture, traversed by 
a thick fleshy midrib, gradually passing into bracts. Flowers and 
bracts clothed with a dense soft felt-like tomentum; bracts leafy in 
€ lower part of the inflorescence, smaller upwards, but always much 
longer than the flowers. Flowers 2-3 in. long, shortly pedicellate ; 
calyx-lobes about half as long as the corolla, which finally splits into 5 
© petals. Stamens equalling the style but much shorter than the 
Corolla ; filaments free at the base, connate above the middle; anthers 
connate around the stigma, the two lower ones bearded. Capsule 
: long-spherical, prominently 10-ribbed, crowned by the long persistent 
calyx-lobes.—Rhynchopetalum montanum, Fresen. in Bot. Zeit. 1838, p. 
608, Mus, Senckenb. iii. p. 66, t. 4; DO. Prodr. vii. p. 396. Tupa 
: "ynchopetalum, Hochst. Hb. Schimp. Abyss. n. 1263 ; Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
Pp. 9. 
Tue Land. Abyssinia, in Mt. Backit, 11,000-13,000 ft., Schimper ! Petit! 
© The lower leaves of this species are unknown to us, and it is possible they differ 
‘ty much from the upper ones. In Hb. Kew. is a sheet with flowers of this species, 
- leaf exactly like those of L. Giberroa ; possibly the specimens ney! che 
Pecles were accidentally mixed. ‘The name ‘montana’ being already occupied in the 
Senus, the Second name has to be adopted. 
2%, Giberroa, Hemsl. Of the same habit as the last, but of 
Fler stature, Leaves crowded, sessile, oblong-obovate or lanceolate, 
see long, very much narrowed at the base, irregularly mucronately 
ela tt®, membranous with a thick midrib and prominently veined, 
estrone above, pubescent beneath. Flowers and bracts iy short 
L. Ir, 
