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within, Corolla 4 in. long, dark purple when dry. Stamens 4, sub- 
similar; anther-cells equal, very obtuse at both ends; pollen small, 
ellipsoid, ribbed. Style with one linear stigmatic branch; cells of 
ovary 2-ovulate. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Niomkolo Island, in Lake Tan- 
ganyika, Carson ! 
The anthers in this species are altogether like those of a typical Ruellia. 
10. D. trichocalyx, Lindau in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 367. 
Branches 18 in. long, hairy. Lower and middle leaves 2 by 4 in.; 
elliptic, hairy on both surfaces, cystoliths obscure; petiole } in. long. 
Flowers often 8-15 in densely congested axillary cymes; bracteoles 
linear, scarcely 3 the length of the calyx. Calyx }in. long, divided $ way 
down ; tube sparsely hairy without, with long white hairs within ; teeth 
long, subulate, with many simple hairs, few glands. Corolla 3~} in. 
ong, purple-red ; narrow-cylindric base of tube short ; limb somewhat 
2lipped. Stamens 4, subsimilar; anthers oblong, distinctly tailed; 
pollen longitudinally many ribbed. Style hairy, one stigmatic branch 
linear, the other suppressed; ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule } in. long, 
harrow-cylindric, 4-seeded; seeds covered with hygroscopic hairs.— 
Calophanes trichocalyx, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 126, t. 126. 
Hygrophita, sp. 1, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ. Append. 643. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, Speke & Grant, 404! Scott- 
Elliot, 7491! 8124! 
i. D. verticillaris, (. B. Clarke. Branches glabrous except at 
the tips. Lower and middle leaves glabrous, cystoliths numerous and 
Sonspicuous above, below still larger. Calyx very hairy (almost woolly) 
without, and with numerous glandular hairs ; otherwise as D. trichocalya. 
—Calophanes verticillaris, T. Anders. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
“x. 126. Vomaphila glandulosa, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 
198. Hygrophila glandulosa, Lindau in Engl. Pfl, Ost-Afr. C. 367. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Higher Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, 
omson! Portuguese East Africa: Beira, Braga, 147! Rios de Sena, Peters! 
British Central Africa : N yasaland ; Tanganyika Platean at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., 
Phyte! Nyika Mountains, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! between Songwe and Karonga, 
(00-2000 ft., Whyte 321 between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 
379! Masukn Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte! Manganja Hills, Meller! Blantyre, 
Buchanan, 74! Zomba and Vicinity, 2500-3500 ft. Whyte! Mount Chiradzulu, 
ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 16! 
This species is hardly separable from D. trichocalyx ; the subulate tips to the 
calyx-teeth are shorter. 
12. D. bedicellata, C.B. Clarke. Pubescent. Leaves 1} by }in., 
harrow elliptic, pubescent on both surfaces ; cystoliths obscure. 
ymes axillary, lax, branched ; pedicels 0—{ in. long; bracteoles } in. 
ong, linear. Calyx exceeding } in. in length, divided rather more 
an 2 way down, pubescent without, white hairy within ; cystoliths 
obscure. Corolla ‘1 in, long, purplish-red when dry ; linear-cylindrie 
Portion of the tube 4 in. long. Stamens, style, ovules, pollen, as © 
senus. Capsule } in. long, 4-seeded. 
