Limnanthemum.| UXXXVU, GENTIANEX (BAKER AND BROWN). 585 
? lin. in diam., } lin. thick, compressed-globose, subcarinate, apiculate at 
the basal end, smooth, opaque, light ochreous. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia : without precise locality, Schimper, 1358! 
3. L. Whytei, V. #. Br. Leaves 2}-44 in. in diam., otherwise 
asin LZ. Rautaneni. False petioles 1-1} lin. thick, with 15-30 flowers 
in a cluster, 1-3 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels 14-2} in. long, 
4-4 lin. thick. Sepals 24-3 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse. 
Corolla yellow; lobes ciliate and covered with long hairs. Fruit 
globose, shorter than the sepals, about 5-9-seeded. Seeds almost 
globose, # lin. in diam. and almost as thick, rather densely covered 
with very numerous small tubercles, whitish. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: north of Mombasa, to Lamu and Witu, 
Whyte, 40! 
4. L. Kirkii, V. #. Br. Leaves 14-2 in. long, 14-23 in. broad, 
orbicular or reniform, with a deep acute or very broad obtuse sinus at 
the base. False petioles }—1 lin. thick, bearing 4-18 flowers in a 
cluster 1-3 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels $-1} in. long, 4-3 lin. 
thick. Sepals 2-24 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse. 
Corolla-tube with 5 tufts of hairs above the middle; lobes oblong, 
acute, with numerous hairs on their inner face. Hypogynous glands 
subquadrate, very minutely ciliate. Fruit ellipsoid or globose, as long as 
the calyx, 6-10-seeded. Seeds 3 lin. in diam., rather more than 4 lin. 
thick, slightly compressed-globose, densely covered with minute 
papilla-like tubercles. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk, 2! Hildebrandt, 1995! 
5. L. niloticum, Kotschy d Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 28, t. 9, A. Leaves 
1-41 in. in diam., orbicular, with a deep acute sinus at the base, thin, 
membranous. False petioles $—1 lin. thick, bearing 4-8 flowers in a 
cluster, 1-2 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels 1-2} in. long, -} lin. 
thick. Sepals 2-24 lin. long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 
obtuse. Corolla yellow; tube with 5 tufts of hairs at the middle ; 
lobes ciliate with long hairs, but without hairs on the disk. Hypo- 
gynous glands subquadrate, ciliate. Fruit subglobose, about equalling 
the calyx, 7-10-seeded. Seeds compressed-globose, subcarinate, 5-1 
lin. in diam., 4-3 lin. thick, thinly covered with small tubercles. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe; in small lakes, Barter, 1829! 
Nile Land. Bongo: Gurfala, Schweinfurth, 2270! in the River Jur, 
Heuglin, 35. 
In Barter’s specimen the corolla-lobes appear to be fringed only along one 
margin, and the flowers are 10-14 in a cluster, but otherwise it appears to be the 
Same as the Bongo plant,—WJ. £. Br. 
6. L, Rautaneni, V. /. Lr. Leaves 1-3 in. in diam., orbicular, 
with a deep acute, but rather open, sinus at the base, thin, membranous. 
. Flags e . > > gh ‘tar oes : 
False petioles 4—3 lin. thick, bearing 5-18 flowers in a cluster, 1-3 lin. 
