Swertia. | LXXXVII. GENTIANEZ (BAKER AND BROWN). 573: 
branches #~-1} in. long, each 1-3-flowered and sometimes with an 
axillary flower besides; pedicels 1-?# in. long; flowers 5-merous. 
Sepals 2-3 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad at the base, ovate-lanceolate, taper- 
ing to a long acuminate very acute point. Corolla-lobes 4—43 lin. 
long, 24 lin. broad, elliptic, obtusely rounded at the apex, minutely 
erose-denticulate around the margins, with 1 large circular densely 
fringed nectary near the base. Stamens 3 lin. long. Ovary ovate- 
lanceolate, narrowed into a style about 4 lin. long; stigmatic lobes 
small, transversely oblong. Capsule 6-8 lin. long, much longer than 
the corolla, lanceolate, acute. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; above Marangu, 9100 ft.,. 
Volkens, 1870! 
3. S. kilimandscharica, Lngl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 339. A 
tall herb, probably up to 2 ft. or more high. Stems ;';—-} in. thick, 
slightly 4-angled, with internodes 2-5 in. long. Stem-leaves 7-2} in. 
long, 4-14 in. broad, sessile, broadly ovate, gradually tapering from 
near the base to a very acute point, broadly rounded or subcordate and 
overlapping the opposite leaf at the base. Panicle rather narrow, 
elongate, many-flowered, }—1 ft. or more long, 3-7 in. broad; branches 
erect or ascending, trichotomously or subumbellately 3—10-flowered ; 
flowers 5-merous ; pedicels }—1 in. long. Sepals 4—5 lin. long, }-1 lin. 
broad, lanceolate, attenuate toa fine point. Corolla-lobes 5-6 lin. long, 
24-3 lin. broad, elliptic, obtuse, white, with one round fringed nectary 
near the base. Stamens 3-354 lin. long; anthers green. Ovary narrowly 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, but scarcely with a style ; stigma subsessile, small,. 
4 lin. broad; lobes much broader than long, subtruncate, not decurrent. 
Capsule 10-11 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, lanceolate; valves acute.— 
S. Schimperi, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 342, not of Griseb. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 8000—11,000 ft., Johnston, 
27! Thomson! Meyer, 227 (ex Engler). 
4. S. Schimperi, Griseb. in DC. Prod.ix. 563. Perennial; stems 
one or many from the root, 4-14 ft. long, simple or branched, faintly 
4-angled. Root-leaves lanceolate, acute, narrowed into a short petiole ;. 
stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, acute or subobtuse, 4-1 
in. long, 4} in. broad. Cymes few-flowered, often laxly panicled ; 
pedicels moderately long. Flowers pentamerous. Calyx }-} in. long ; 
tube very short ; segments ovate-lanceolate, very acute. Corolla 
purplish (ex Richard), whitish or yellow in the dried state, 5—6 lin. long ; 
lobes ovate-oblong, acute with a single ciliate nectary near the base. 
Stamens 3-3} lin. long. Style }-} lin. long; stigma minute, simple. 
Capsule 4 in. long, linear-oblong, acute, terminated by the slender 
style—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 56; Schweinf. Beitr. F]. Aethiop. 
128; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 339. Ophelia fimbriata, Hochst. 
and Monobothrium Schimperi, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 28. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; on Mount Bachit, near Demerki, Schimper, 
1241! Begemeder; Mount Guna, Schimper, 1543, partly! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 1047 ! 
