Lobelia. LXXV. CAMPANULACEZ (HEMSLEY). 469 
shorter than thé leaves. Calyx-tube globose, bristly glandular ; lobes 
lanceolate, bristly on the back. Filaments free at the base; the two 
lower anthers bearded at the tip. Capsule globose, bristly, 5-ribbed. 
Description from Richard. 
Mile Land. Chiré, Quartin Dillon. 
13. L. exilis, Hochst. in Rich. Fi. Abyss. ii. p. 7. A dwarf gla- 
brous slightly branched fleshy annual, with swollen fistular stems only 
a few inches high. Leaves very small, alternate, sessile, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, with one or two very sharp teeth on each side. Flowers small, 
terminating the slender branches. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate acute, 
hooked at the tip, coarsely ciliate on the margin, about one-third the 
length of the corolla-tube. Lobes of the upper lip of the corolla very 
acuminate and acute, central lobe of the lower lip elongate lanceolate, 
lateral lobes nearly triangular.—Description mainly from Richard, 1. c. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, in wet meadows in the valley of the Tacazze, Schimper ! 
14. ZB. senegalensis, A. DO. Prodr. vii. p. 372. A glabrous erect 
annual, about a foot high, branching from the base. Stems rather 
stont, obscurely winged. Leaves alternate sessile linear-oblong ob- 
tuse entire or slightly toothed, somewhat fleshy with immersed 
venation, 1-1} in. long. Flowers about 6 lines long, in terminal 
bracteate racemes ; peduncles about as long as the bracts but length- 
r0g considerably as the fruit matures. Calyx-lobes 1 line long, 
ear-subulate, subacute. Upper lip of the corolla of two linear lobes, 
lower lip broadly 3-lobed. Filaments united to the base ; the 3 upper 
anthers prominently hairy, 2 lower bearded at the tip.—Del. Ic. Sel. 
v.t10. Z, triquetra, Sieb., not of Linnzeus. 
Upper Gui . ; ! . 
Kew Herbarium eee 8 Oe hia without flowers collected by Barter, Niger 
No. 797, which should probably be referred hither. It differs only, so far as 
the material goes, in having acute leaves with distant more conspicuous callous or 
mucronate teeth, 
_ 15. %. muda, Hemsl. An erect branching annual about a foot 
high, the radical leaves and base of the stems sparingly hirsute ; 
"aches terete, with a few linear obtuse entire leaves from 1-2 ms 
Ong. Radical leaves oblong or obovate-spathulate, crenate, narrowe 
gd 4 petiole, exceeding an inch in length. Flowers less than 6 — 
ge In loose terminal minutely bracteate racemes, on slender a, 
9 lines long. Calyx glabrous; lobes nearly half as long “s he 
{rolla and equalling the tube. Anthers slightly hairy on the bac the 
Wo lower ones only bearded at the tip. Capsula oblong-cy lindrical. 
Mozamb. Distr. Highlands of Batoka country, = : out to’ be Sdentical with 
This belon * . ° 
gs to the Erinus section and will probably tu . “hod I 
Klan i African species. It does not agree with any of the species described by 
Arambling branched 
th terete or slightly 
and terminating 
ghia. i. natalensis, 4. DC. Prod. vii. p. 369. 
Tous or slightly hairy annual (?) species wi 
ar branches rising toa height of a foot or more 
