4 LXXXVIII. HYDROPHYLLACEE (BAKER AND BROWN).  [Hydrolea. 
Journ. Linn. Soc, xi., 266-279, that the following synonymy of the true plant may be 
worth giving: H. glabra, Banks ex Smith in Rees, Encyel., xxi. (1819), under 
Lycium ; Choisy in Ann. Se. Nat., sér, 1, xxx., 240 (1833), sér. 2, i., 180 (1834), and 
in DC. Prodr. x. 181. Lycium capsulare, Linn. Amen. Acad. iv. 308. 
Mexico, Miller. 
Smith states that the specimen in the Banksian (British Museum) Herbarium, 
which Choisy described, is the other half of Miller’s specimen in the Linnean 
Herbarium.— J. E. Br. 
2. H. macrosepala, 4. W. Bennett in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 277, 
t. 1, fig. 13. Stems annual (Barter), erect, 8-24 in. high, glabrous, 
branched in the upper half. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate or the upper 
linear, acute, obtusely rounded or subtruncate at the base, sessile 
or very shortly petioled, 1-2in. long, 14-5 lin. broad. Panicle 3- 
12 in. long, 3-9 in. broad, very lax, glabrous in all parts; branches 
sometimes trichotomous, but more usually alternately branched, laxly 
few-flowered, bracteate with reduced leaves ; pedicels 1-6 lin. long, 
slender. Sepals 24-22 lin. long when in flower, increasing to 3}- 
4 lin. long in fruit, unequal, cordate-ovate, acute, the larger 1%, 
increasing to 2} lin. broad, thin, green. Corolla shorter than the calyx, 
blue; lobes 1} lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the 
apex. Staminal-filaments $ lin. long, filiform, slightly dilated at the base ; 
anthers } lin. long. Styles } lin. long. Capsule subglobose, 1}—2 lin. 
long, enclosed in the calyx. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, in swamps, Barter, 902! 
Wile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2540! 
The sepals in Schweinfurth’s specimen are roundish-cordate, broader in proportion 
to their length (which does not exceed 3 lin. in fruit), and are less tapering to the 
apex than in the type from which the above description is made, but I find no other 
difference.—V. E. Br. 
3. H. sansibarica, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 335. Stems 1-2 
ft. high, erect, 1-2 lin. thick, hollow, simple and _ glabrous below, 
paniculately branched and glandular-hairy above. Leaves 13-3} in. 
long, 4-2 in. broad, lanceolate, acute, somewhat acutely narrowed at the 
base into a petiole 4-1} lin. long, spreading or ascending, glabrous on 
both sides. Panicle 2-6 in. long, 14-5 in. broad, glandular-hairy on 
the branches, bracts, pedicels and calyx; branches 1-2 in. long, ending 
in many-flowered trichotomous rather compact cymes; pedicels 1-4 
lin. long. Sepals 14-2 lin. long, about } lin. broad, lanceolate, acumin- | 
ate. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, blue, glabrous ; lobes 1} lin 
long, 1 lin. broad, elliptic-ovate, rounded at the apex. Staminal-file - 
ments 3-1 lin. long, filiform, with a broadly deltoid-ovate dilated base J 
anthers } lin. long. Hypogynous disk not broader than the ovary, .- 
lin. in diam. Styles 4-4 lin. long. Capsule 14-2 lin. long, globose- | 
ovoid. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar: Kokotoni, Stuhlmann, i., 747 (ex Gilg), in 
swamps, Kirk! Hildebrandt, 994! also coast region of the mainland, Holst (ex 
Gilg). 
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