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2. CYPHIA, Berg.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 554. 
_ Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 5-partite. Corolla-tube ob- 
lique, or petals scarcely cohering at all, bilabiate or almost regular. 
Stamens free from the corolla or slightly adnate to its base; filaments 
free or monadelphous at the base ; anthers free, dehiscing introrsely. 
Ovary inferior or partly superior, 2-celled; ovules numerous. Stigma 
oblique, clavate or broadly 2-lobed, viscous or papillose before the 
flowers expand. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally and septicidally at the 
tip between the persistent calyx-lobes into 4 valves. Seeds ovoid or 
angular.—Perennial slender erect or climbing herbs, with alternate 
entire or divided leaves and axillary racemose or spicate blue white or 
owers. 
Agenus of about 20 known species, with the exception of the one described below, 
natives of South Africa, 
1. c. Slandulifera, Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 8, t. 64. 
Stem annual simple, springing from an ovoid or oblong tuber about an 
Inch in its greatest diameter, erect, 6-12 inches high, glabrous, naked 
mn the lower part with a few leaves in the middle and terminating in a 
slender few-flowered raceme. ‘ Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, 
in. long, acute, bordered with distant fleshy teeth, glabrous, mem- 
Tanous. Raceme 2-4 in. long; pedicels 1-2 lines long ; lower bracts 
equalling the flowers, upper ones scarcely exceeding the pedicels. 
owers glabrous, about 6 lines in diameter. Calyx-lobes linear-lan- 
Ceolate, Petals narrowly spathulate-lanceolate, narrower in the middle. 
nents free ; anthers all bearded at the tip. Capsule globose, 5- 
idee inia, i i Geladjeranne, Schimper ! near Keren, 
Hildebrand; ! Abyssinia, in mountains near Geladj per 
he seording to Richard the tubers of this plant are eaten by the poorer people, and 
ds that they have nothing unpleasant in their flavour. 
3. CEPHALOSTIGMA, A. DC.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 
p. 555. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb 5-partite. Corolla of 5 
almost: or quite free petals. Stamens free from the corolla; filaments 
dat the base ; anthers free. Ovary inferior, 2 or 3-celled ; ovules 
numerous ; style slightly conical at the base; stigma shortly at or 
l Capsule dehiscing loculicidally at the top between wei * ye 
” 8.—Slender small annual erect branching pilose herbs wit - 
Sessile leaves and very minute flowers. ; 
Bert 8 species are known in Tropical Africa and India, one of them extending to 
Hispidly pilose. 
Y exceeding six inches high. ‘ 
Calyx-lobes 2°83 lines long ; petals linear-lanceolate. 1. a econ 
U alyx-lobes 1_2 lines long ; petals ovate-lanceolate . 2. ©. . 
Sally less than six inches high. 
