Boerhaavia.| — clV. NYCTAGINEH (BAKER AND WRIGHT), 7 
pedicels short ; bracteoles minute. Upper part of the perianth 3-4 lin. 
long, funnel-shaped ; lower accrescent part clavate, 3—4 lin. long, not dis- 
tinctly 5-angled, with large globose glands near the apex.—Aschers. & 
Schweinf. Beitr, Fl. Aethiop. 166; Hiern in Cat, Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 883. 
DB. dichotoma, Vahl, Enum. i. 290; Choisy in DC. Prodr, xiii, ii. 454; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 168. 3B. excelsa, Willd. 
Enum. 50. 2. capitata, Schweinf, in Kngl. Hochgebirgsfl, Trop. Afr. 
209. Valeriana scandens, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 12. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur ! Portudal, Dollinger, 44 
Wile Land. Sudan: Sennar; Roseires, Broun ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; at Cacarambola, Welwitsch, 5396 ! 
Loanda ; near the convent of Santo José, Welwitsch, 53879! at Praia de Zamba 
Grande, Welwitsch, 53894! hilly places above Penedo, near Bon Vista, Welwitsch! 
5395! coast region at Penedo, Welwitsch, 5384! and without precise locality 
Gossweiley, 217 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Lutindi, Holst, 3417 
Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique Island, Scot¢/ Rhodesia: Gwelo, Garduer, 
20! 
Also in North Africa, Spain and Arabia. Only those specimens which have 
been seen are quoted. 
9. B. pentandra, Burch. Trav.i. 432. Stem long, procumbent, 
glabrous or pubescent; branches erect. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
large, cordate-ovate, obtuse or acute, finely serrate. Whorls forming a 
large long panicle above the leaves, both terminal and lateral ; pedicels 
4-4 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, larger than in the other species. Upper 
portion of the perianth }-4 in. long, funnel-shaped ; limb 4-} in. in 
diam. Stamens 3, much exserted. Persistent base of perianth accres- 
cent, clavate, }-4 in. long, with many globose glands at the top, not 
distinctly pentagonal.—Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. App. iii, 67 ; 
Heimerl in Engl. Jahrb. x. 9. B. Burchellii, Choisy in DC. Prodr. 
xiii. ii. 455. B. grandiflora, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii 209; Oliv. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 142. B. plumbaginea, var. grandiflora, Aschers. 
& Schweinf. in Schweinf. Beitr. FJ. Aethiop. 166; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 167. 2B. dichotoma, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 209, not of Vahl. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: Mbidjem, Thierry, 71! 
Wile Land. Nubia: Soturba Mountains, Schweinfurth, 2427! Erkowit 
Mountain, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 272! Hor Tamanib, near Suakin, Lord / 
Eritrea : near Acrur, 6200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 734! 1123! Keren, Steudner, 
681! Sudan, Broun, 408! Abyssinia: Somak Efat, Roth,125! ‘Tigre; between 
Mai Gouagoua and Debra Sina, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 209! Mount Sholoda, 
Schimper, 48! by the River Tacazze near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1719! near 
Gursarfa, 3000 ft., Schimper, 2309! and without precise locality, Schimper, 761! 
by the White Nile, 12° 10’ N., Schweinfurth, 1053! Blue Nile, Muriel, S 28! 
Somaliland : Sheik Pass, Thomson, 62! and without precise locality, Mrs. Lort 
Phillips ! Miss Edith Cole! Drake-Brockman, 363! 364! 365! 366! Appleton ! 
Uganda: Wimi Valley in Ruwenzori district, Scott-Elliot, 7943! Jinga, Busoga, 
