466 LXXV. CAMPANULACEEZ (HEMSLEY). Lobelia. 
puberulous pubescence ; bracts linear, very acute, not much overtopping 
the flowers, adnate to thé base of the pedicels. Flowers shortly pedi- 
cellate, less crowded than in the preceding, 2-24 in. long. Calyx-lobes 
not half as long as the corolla, the latter only split to the base on the 
upper side and the segments narrower. Stamens equalling the style 
and nearly as long as the corolla; filaments connate almost to the base; 
anthers connate around the stigma, the two lower ones bearded. Ma- 
ture capsule not seen.—Tupa Schimperi, Hochst. in Rich, Fl. Abyss. i. 
p- 10, t. 63. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Mt. Aber, between the villages Addesselam and 
Maizacholo, 8000-8300 ft., Schimper ! 
Hochstetter’s name haying also been applied by him toa true Lobelia, we have 
substituted the native name, which really includes both this and L. Rhynchopetalum. 
3. L. columnaris, Hook. fil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p.14. A 
monocarpic (?) herbaceous plant with the habit of a Digitalis. Stems 
about 6 ft. high, unbranched, tomentose, clothed with alternate some- 
what crowded sessile narrow lanceolate acute irregularly denticulate 
more or less pubescent leaves, 4 to 6 in. long, and terminating in 4 
dense bracteate many-flowered raceme of yellow or blue flowers. 
Bracts pubescent, not exceeding the shortly pedicellate pubescent 
flowers. Calyx-lobes narrow, lanceolate, acute, entire, about a third 
of the length of the corolla, which is about 11 in. long and divided 
into narrow lobes about half way down. Stamens equalling the 
corolla ; filaments united to the base; anthers sparingly pilose, not 
bearded as in the foregoing. Style elongating after the flowers have 
expanded, and the stigma eventually projecting considerably beyond 
the staminal tube. 
hid tu Guinea. Fernando Po, Clarence Peak, Mann! Cameroons Mountains, 
‘ann 
Perhaps the mainland specimen should be regarded as specifically different, but 
the material is insufficient to determine this question. In the typical specimen the 
leaves have a very prominently reticulated venation on the under surface, the bracts 
and pedicels are relatively longer, and the blue flowers are much more pubescent 
than those of the yellow-flowered specimen from the Cameroons. 
4. I. Deckenii, Hemsl. Apparently a relatively miniature 
species of more slender growth and perfectly glabrous in all its parts. 
Bracts lanceolate-elliptical, acute, not much longer than the flowers, 
but almost concealing them. Flowers borne on short pedicels, less 
than 2 in. in length. Calyx-lobes about a third of the length of the 
corolla, which only splits on the upper side, and is otherwise not lobed. 
Stamens equalling the style and exceeding the corolla in length ; fila- 
ments united almost to the base; the two lower anthers bearded.— 
Tupa Deckenii, Asch. in Bot. Zeit. 1869, p. 71. T. Kerstenti, Vatke 0 
Linnea xxxviii. p. 725. 
Mozamb. Distr. Kilima-njaro, Decken, from an unpublished plate in Kew 
Herbarium, of a part of the inflorescence, which is all either of the writers quot 
appear to have seen. 
5. Za. trullifolia, Hemsl. A weak trailing or procumbent much- 
branched plant, with slender angular herbaceous puberulous branches. 
