Swertia. | LXXXVII, GENTIANE& (BAKER AND BROWN). 581 
Leaves 2-5 lin, long, 3-2 lin. broad; basal much smaller than the rest, 
ovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, subpetiolate; upper sessile, distant, 
ovate-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, more or less folded length- 
Wise, spreading. Flowers in terminal 4—11-flowered umbels, 5-merous; 
pedicels $1 in. long. Sepals 1-2} lin. long, }—3 lin. broad, lanceolate 
or ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 34-44 lin. long, 14-2 lin. 
broad, elliptic to obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, with 2 fimbriate 
nectaries near the base. Stamens 13-2 lin. long. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 
scarcely narrowed to the large sessile stigma; stigmatic lobes broader 
than long, obtuse. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Ukwama Mountains, Kinga (Living- 
stone) Range, 8200 ft., Goetze, 913! 
28. S. Mannii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 206. Annual ; 
stems slender, erect, 4-9 in. long, 4-angled. Stem-leaves distant, 
sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading, }—4 in. long, 4-14 lin. broad. 
Cymes simple or copiously panicled; pedicels 24~7 lin. long, erect. 
Flowers pentamerous, white. Calyx 4 in. long; segments narrowly 
lanceolate, acute. Corolla white; lobes 3-34 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, 
narrowly oblong, very obtuse, with a pair of small oblong fimbriated 
nectaries near the base. Stamens 2 lin. long; anthers orbicular- 
oblong. Ovary narrowly lanceolate, tapering to the stigma, but not 
forming a distinct style; stigmatic lobes longer than broad, oblong, 
obtuse. Capsule 3-4 lin. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute.—Eng). 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 339. 
. Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000-10,000 ft., Mann, 
2000! Johnston, 90! 
29. S. stellarioides, Vicalho, Pl. Uteis, 225. Plant $-1 ft. high, 
annual. Stem simple or branched above; branches ascending, corym- 
bose. Radical leaves 4-} in. long, 13-2 lin. broad, lanceolate, obtuse, 
narrowed into a short petiole at the base; stem-leaves 4-1 in. long, 
3-2 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate to linear, obtuse, ascending, the upper- 
most spreading. Cymes simple or panicled, subumbellately 3-8- 
flowered, Flowers 5-merous. Pedicels 4-1 in. long. Sepals unequal, 
13-3} lin. long, $-2 lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla-lobes 34-—5 lin. long, 14-12 lin. broad, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
white, with purple lines inside, with 2 oblong ciliate nectaries near the 
base. Stamens 2 lin. long. Ovary oblong, scarcely narrowed to the 
very broad obtuse sessile 2-lobed stigma, which is broader than long. 
Capsule-valves obtuse.—Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 711. 8. 
Welwitschii, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 339. Adenopogon 
stellarioides, Welw. Syn. Explic. 27. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in damp pastures in Morro de Lopollo, 
5200-5600 ft., Welwitsch, 1515! banks of the River Palanca, near Humpata, 
Newton, 160! Cunene, Johnston ! 
30. S. Sharpei, V. #. Br. Annual, 1}-2 ft. high, erect, 
branched above ; branches ascending or somewhat spreading, forming a 
