Rogeria.] XCVLI, PEDALINE® (STAPF). o49 
Leaves subentire ; capsule with 2 spines at the base 
ofthe back . . - = : : . 2. R. longiflora. 
Leaves sinuate-dentate; capsule with 2 gibbosities 
at the base of the back . a . ° . 3. RB, bigibbosa. 
1, R. adenophylla, /. Gay in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1 sér. i. 457. 
Stem up to 7 ft. high, mealy-glandular in the upper part. Leaves 
very broadly obovate, more or less 3-lobed, truncate or shortly cuneate 
at the base, 2-4 in. long and broad, mealy-glandular particularly below, 
glaucous, boldly 3-nerved to penninerved; lobes obtuse, remotely re- 
pand-dentate ; teeth subulate, each with a double-gland at the base. 
Flowers 3-1 in the axils of the leaves, subsessile. Calyx 14-2 lin. long ; 
segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla 14 toalmost 2in. long; tube funnel- 
shaped from a short slightly gibbous base, 14~1} in. long, about 4 lin. wide 
above the middle, whitish to orange, densely mealy-glandular ; limb deep 
dull purple or maroon-coloured, over } in. across; lobes 4 lin. long, 5 lin. 
broad, Capsule 1-1} in. long with 4 spreading spines up to 3 lin. long 
below the middie, often with 4 smaller ones alternating with them. Seeds 
13-1? lin. long. —DC. Prodr. ix. 256; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 
97; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 796; Stapf in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 262. Pedalium Caillaudii, Del. & K otschy, Pl. Nub. 
No. 151. P. Rodgeria, Decne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™° sér, iii, 331. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal: near Richardtol, Déllinger! Northern Nigeria : 
Kuka, Vogel, 48 ! 
Nile Land. Cordofan, Kotschy, 108! 290! BPfund, 348! 781! Sudan : 
banks of the White Nile, Schweinfurth, 946! Ayrashkol Mountain, Kotschy, 
151! Blue Nile, Muriel, 40! Nubia: Uaratab Mountain, near Suakin, Schwein- 
Surth, 1425 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; banks of the Bero and Maiombo 
Rivers, Welwitsch, 1657! Pedra do Rei, near Boca do Bero, Welwitsch, fruit, 42 
2. R. longiflora, /. Gay in Ann. Se. Nat. 1" sér, i. 457. Stem 
mealy-glandular only at the very top. Leaves ovate to rotundate- 
ovate, subentire with a somewhat wavy margin, obtuse at the apex, 
subacute to subtruncate at the base, 2-34 in. long, 1}~#} in. broad, 
mealy-glandular and glaucous below, boldly 3-nerved. Flowers 2-1 in 
the axils of the leaves; pedicels densely mealy-glandular, up to 2 lin. 
long. Calyx 2 lin. long; segments lanceolate, subequal. Corolla 
white (MJeerburg); tube subcylindric, more or less asymmetrically 
widened at the base, 2-2} in. loog, 1} lin. wide at the middle, 3 lin. 
wide near the base, not glandular; limb 14-1} in. in diam. ; lobes 
about 5 lin. long and broad, excepting the lowermost, which is some- 
what longer. Fruit oblong, 2 in. long including the = o 
recurved short spine on each side of the base.-—DC. Prodr. =~ 257 
Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 12, t. 118; Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 459. ze. 
longijlora, var. triloba, Engl. Jahrb. x. 255. Martynia longiflora, 
Royen in Linn. Syst. ed. xii. 412; Meerb. Afbeeld. t. vii. Pedalium 
longiflorum, Decne in Ann. Se, Nat. 5™° sér, 111. 331. 
Lower Guinea. Damaraland, Miss Elliott! cliffs by the Swahop River, 
2600 ft., Marloth, 1383 ! 
