Trichodesma.] LXXXIX. BORAGINEX (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 47 
5, T. droogmansianum, De Wild. ¢: Durand in Comptes-rendus 
Soc. bot. Belg. xxxix. 69. An undershrub; stems glabrous. Leaves 
sessile, opposite, elliptic, 14-2 in. long, acute, rather rounded at the 
base, thick, with scattered white bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces. 
Cymes terminal, 4—7-flowered; pedicels about 1 in. long, subglabrous or 
hairy towards the top. Calyx 8 lin. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
2} lin. wide. Sparsely tubercled and hispid. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; 
lobes broadly ovate, cuspidate, as long as the tube, 44 lin. wide, spreading. 
Anthers long, clothed with long white hairs on the back; awn long, 
subulate, twisted. Ovary depressed; style filiform; stigma nearly 
simple. 
South Central. Congo Free State: by the River Lualaba, Descamps. 
6. T. Schimperi, Baker. Shrubby, much branched; branchlets 
shortly and densely hispid. Leaves opposite, shortly hispid, the upper 
ovate, sessile, about 1 in. long, the lower oblong, rather larger, narrowed 
to a short petiole. Cymes many-flowered ; pedicels slender, very hairy, 
the lower 6 lin. long. Calyx densely hairy on both surfaces, 3 lin. long 
at the flowering time ; segments ovate, cuspidate, cordate at the base. 
Corolla-tube 3 lin. long; expanded limb nearly 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 
triangular, cuspidate, 5 lin. long, 2 lin. broad at the base. Anthers 
2 lin. long, lanceolate, pilose on the back ; awns nearly as long as the 
anthers, flat, contorted. Nuts ovoid, 3 lin. long, with a serrated inflexed 
margin and rugose back, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Ebenat, Schimper, 1472! and without 
precise locality, Roth ! 
7. T. lanceolatum, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver, Brandenb. xxx. 
269. Erect, suffruticose, with strigose branches. Leaves sessile, linear 
or linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the base, 1-24 in. long, 1—4 lin. 
broad. Cymes lax; pedicels above 6 lin. long. Calyx at the flowering 
time 6 lin. long; segments lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at the base. 
Corolla-tube 6 lin. long; lobes broad lanceolate, cuspidate.. Anthers 
with long awns. Nuts ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, acute, with a deeply 
toothed inflexed margin and glochidiate back. 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland: Otyiheveta, Schinz. 
Also in Great Namaqudland. 
8. T. olezefolium, Baker. Shrubby, much branched ; branchlets 
finely pubescent, not bristly. Leaves subopposite, lanceolate, acute, 
canescent, the upper sessile, the lower 2-2 in. long, obscurely petioled. 
Cymes few-flowered, lax, terminal; pedicels strigose, 6-9 lin. long. 
Calyx-lobes thinly strigose, lanceolate, acuminate, finally 6 lin. long, not 
cordate at the base. Corolla-limb white with an orange spot at the base 
of the lobes, 1 in. in diam.; lobes suborbicular with a small cusp, 
Anthers hairy, 2 lin. long ; awn as long as the cell, flat, contorted. Nuts 
oblong, with a narrow crenate wing.—Streblanthera olewfolia, A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 93, t. 78. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Chelicut, Petit! 
