O74 LXXXVII. GENTIANEEZ (BAKER AND BROWN). [ Swertia. 
5. S. calycina, V. £. Br. Plant probably perennial, 1 ft. (or 
more ?) high ; stem corymbosely branched, with its angles and those of 
the pedicels here and there scabrid-denticulate. Leaves in many pairs 
along the stem, 6-10 lin. long, 4—9 lin. broad, orbicular-ovate, very 
obtuse or slightly notched at the apex, very broadly rounded or sub- 
cordate at the base, spreading, apparently thin, 5-7-nerved. Inflores- 
-cence rather lax, few-flowered, each branch with about 3 pentamerous 
flowers ; pedicels 3-8 lin. long. Sepals leaf-like, 3-4 lin. long, 14-2 
lin. broad, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base into a 
very short petiole, reflexed or very spreading. Corolla-lobes 4—4} 
lin. long, 13-24 lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, obtusely rounded at the 
apex, apparently concave, with 2 oblong fringed glands near the base. 
Stamens about 2 lin. long. Ovary ellipsoid, obtuse; stigma sessile, 
with rounded erect lobes about as broad as long. 
East Tropical Africa. Ruwenzori Expedition, without precise locality, 
Scott-Elliot ! 
This species has the appearance of a Hypericum, and differs from all the other 
African Swertias in its leaf-like reflexed calyx-lobes. 
6. S. fwambensis, V. #. Br. Perennial, 12-16 in. high; stems 
simple and branching upwards or several and branched at the top; 
‘branches and stems long and straight, all ascending and forming a 
nearly flat-topped corymbose inflorescence of many-flowered cymes. 
Leaves in 4-6 distant pairs, 4-1} in. long, 2—5 lin. broad, lanceolate 
or linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, those at the base of the branches 
largest, usually longitudinally folded, very spreading or deflexed, 
those below smaller, almost passing into scales at the base, erect or 
ascending. Pedicels $-1? lin. long. Sepals 2-3 lin. long, 3—? lin. 
broad, lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 44 lin. long, 14-1} lin. broad, 
oblong, subobtuse, with 2 oblong glands near the base. Stamens 23-3 
lin. long. Ovary oblong; stigma sessile; lobes broader than long, 
broadly rounded. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, south of Lake 
‘Tanganyika, Carson, 13! Nutt! 
7. S. quartiniana, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 56. Perennial ; 
stem solitary, stout, 1-13 lin. thick, 4-1 ft. long, simple or branched 
above, faintly 4-angled. Root-leaves oblong, narrowed to a short 
petiole; upper stem-leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, sessile. Cymes 
corymbose or often simple; pedicels 2-6 lin. long; flowers pentamerous. 
Sepals unequal, 2—4 lin. long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute 
or subobtuse. Corolla purplish (ex Richard), yellowish or whitish in 
the dried state; lobes 5-6 lin. long, 23 lin. broad, obovate-oblong, very 
obtuse with 2 oblong ciliate nectaries near the base. Stamens 34 lin. 
long. Ovary oblong ; stigma sessile, its lobes rather broader than long, 
obtuse.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 338. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Wojerat, Quartin Dillon! Shireh Province, in 
‘damp places near Mai Tonaro, Quartin Dillon (ex Richard). 
