476 LXXV, CAMPANULACE® (HEMSLEY). [ Lightfootia, 
7. G. arenaria, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 329. An 
annual with angular hairy stems 6-15 in. high. Leaves alternate 
sessile oblong or lanceolate acute thickened at the margin and hairy 
along the midrib or the under surface, lower ones 6-7 lines long, the 
middle and upper ones gradually narrower and shorter; all sparsely 
hispidly pilose. Inflorescence diffuse many-flowered ; pedicels slender 
longer than the bracts. Calyx-tube in the flower about a line long, in 
the fruit nearly 2 lines long; lobes erect, nearly as long. Lobes of the 
corolla slender, linear, yellowish violet. Capsule half superior, usually 
3-celled, occasionally 4-celled. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, in sandy places, Welwitsch ! 
8. L. gracilis, A. DO. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 380. A dwarf 
slender erect annual furnished with a few scattered hispid hairs. 
Leaves alternate distant narrow-linear, margin thicker, obsoletely 
toothed, 14-24 lines long. Flowers deep blue on slender pedicels 
21-5 lines long. Calyx-lobes less than half a line long Janceolate 
hairy at the tip. Lobes of the corolla glabrous, 3 or 4 times as long 
as the calyx-lobes. Capsule less than a line long, turbinate, 3-celled.— 
Description after De Candolle. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Welwitsch! . 
9. Ei. exilis, A. DO. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 330. Resembling 
L. gracilis, but having broader distinctly toothed leaves, shorter bracts 
and the calyx-lobes bristly at the tip. Lobes of the corolla not irregu- 
larly ipeeiting after flowering as in Lightfootia, but coherimg a8 17 
bros ad ok Corolla yellow and blue.—Description after De Can- 
olle. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Welwitsch / 
_10, % debilis, A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p.331. An annual 
with diffuse slender weak slightly pubescent stems 8-10 in. high. 
Leaves alternate, lower ones elliptical, 3-44 lines long, obtuse, middle 
ones linear-oblong and upper ones linear and less than } a line long; 
all of them distantly denticulate and sparsely pilose. Flowers m ilk. 
blue on pedicels about 4 lines long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate hairy at 
the tips, about } a line long; lobes of the corolla twice as long.—De- 
scription after De Candolle. 
Lower Guinea. Huila, in moist pastures, Welwitsch ! 
ll. &. paniculata, A. DO. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, vi. p. 331. A 
glabrescent annual 8-12 in. high, with 3 or 4 slender ascending stems, 
branching at the base. Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong-lanceolate oT 
linear, margin thicker with a few distant obscure teeth, lower ones 
crowded, 6-8 lines long, gradually smaller and more distant upwards 
into linear bracts, not more than a line long. Pedicels slender, 
1-2 lines long. Calyx glabrous ; tube obovoid ; lobes erect lanceolate, 
less than } a line long, obscurely bristly at the tip. Corolla-lobes gla- 
