68 LXXXVII, GENTIANEE (BAKER AND BROWN). | Faroa. 
which are contiguous and form a dense oblong terminal inflorescence. 
Pedicels 1-1} lin. long. Calyx-lobes 1 lin. long, 4-3 lin. broad, 
narrowly oblong, acute, with erect tips, submembranous, 1-nerved, 
prominently keeled at the apex; sinal angles scarcely pro- 
minent. Corolla-tube about 1 lin. long ; lobes } lin. long, about 4 lin. 
broad, oblong-ovate, acute, very concave, keeled on the back, erect. 
Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes, scarcely } lin. long ; filaments 
with a minute rounded scale at their base. Style 4 lin. long; stigmatic- 
lobes minute, linear, revolute. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Otyimkiri, Dekindt, 1143! 
6. F. pusilla, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 26. Stems simple or 
branched from the base, 1-14 in. long. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 
membranous, those of the basal rosette #—1 in. long, the others smaller, 
narrowed to the base. Flower-clusters 2-3 to a stem, axillary and 
terminal, not contiguous, subtended by leaves; pedicels short. Calyx- 
lobes 2 lin. long, ovate, acute, spreading at the tips, with their sinal 
angles very projecting. Corolla whitish; lobes 2 lin. long, ovate, 
acute. Stamens as long as the corolla-lobes. Style 4—} lin. long; 
stigma subsimple, scarcely or but very minutely 2-lobed. Capsule as 
long as the calyx.—F’. Schweinfurthii, Engl. & Knobl. in Bot. Centralb. 
Ix. (1894), 330. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe; in moist places on the margins of 
swamps, Barter, 1008! 1710! 
Nile Land. Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 2513! 
7. F. nyasica, V. £. Br. A dwarf biennial or perennial, 23-3 
in. high, with numerous branches from the base, glabrous. Radical 
leaves numerous, 3-2 in. long, 14-3 lin. broad, linear, lanceolate or 
oblanceolate, obtuse; stem-leaves in 3-4 pairs, 4—9 lin. long, 14-3 lin. 
broad, spathulate-oblanceolate, obtuse. Flower-clusters solitary, ter- 
minal or sometimes a second cluster lower down the stem, many- 
flowered ; pedicels 14-4 lin. long. Calyx 14 lin. long, very membra- 
nous; lobes obovate or oblong-obovate, very obtuse, cuspidate-apiculate 
by the prolonged }~} lin. long slightly gibbous midrib. Corolla-tube 
1} lin. long; lobes 14-14 lin. long, lanceolate, acute or subacute. 
Stamens longer than the corolla-lobes. Style 21-24 lin. long, filiform ; 
stigma very minutely 2-lobed. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Mountains west of Lake 
Nyasa, 3000-4000 ft., Kirk! Livingstone ! 
Differs from F. salutaris, Welw., in its larger foliage and much more mem- 
branous calyx with cuspidate (not simply acute) lobes. 
8. F. Beehmii, “ngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 313. Stems 14-23 in. long; 
branches short, springing from the axils of the lower leaves. Leaves 
oblong ; basal crowded. Flower-clusters solitary, terminal, or 2 to @ 
stem, contiguous ; pedicels 2-4 lin. long, slender. Calyx 1 lin. long 3 
lobes ovate, acute, rather longer than the funnel-shaped tube. Corolla 
violet ; tube 1 lin. long; lobes 3 lin. long, }-2? lin. broad, lanceolate, 
