Dd2 XCVII, PEDALINES (STAPF). [Sesamum. 
1, S. Heudelotii, Stapf. Stems slender, trailing, sparingly 
mealy-glandular and pubescent. Leaves numerous, about as long as 
the internodes, lanceolate-oblong, acute at the apex, obtuse at the base, 
entire, 3—1 in. long, 3-34 lin. broad, more or less pubescent, densely 
covered below with white mealy glands ; nerves about 4 on each side, 
raised and conspicuous below; petiole 4-1 lin. long. Pedicels up to 
2 lin. long. Calyx 3 lin. long; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla 
up to 1} in. long, finely pubescent, lowest lobe 3 lin. long. Fruit 
unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, without precise locality, Heudelot, 147! 
2. S. repens, Lngl. d: Gily in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Luped, 371. 
Stems prostrate, up to 2 ft. long, densely pubescent and sparingly 
mealy-glandular. Leaves very numerous, much longer than the inter- 
nodes, sessile, oblong, obtuse, subcuneate at the base, entire, about Lin. 
long, 3-4 lin, broad, pubescent, mealy-glandular on both sides, particu- 
larly below, nerves about 4 on each side, very oblique, impressed above, 
very prominent below. Pedicels 1-1} lin. long. Calyx 2-24 lin. long, 
pubescent ; segments lanceolate. Corolla about 1 in. long, pubescent, 
rose-coloured ; lowest lobe depressed, orbicular, 4 lin. long. Capsule 
+-8 lin. long, 2lin.broad. Seeds } lin. long, margins acute, sides rather 
broad, like the flat faces shallowly-pitted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: by the Longa River, between Lazingua River and 
Quiriri River, 4000 ft., Baum, 660! 
3. S. pedalioides, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw.i. 799. 
Stems erect, branched, rather wiry, up to 2 ft. high, terete or obscurely 
quadrangular, densely greyish, pubescent or villous with long-spreading 
gland-tipped hairs ; internodes rarely over } in. long. Leaves numerous, 
linear, subacute, attenuate at the base, entire or slightly repand, up to 
over 2 in. long, 1-2 lin. broad, greyish, pubescent and more or less 
covered with sessile glands, particularly below ; petioles very slender 
up tol lin. long. Pedicels very short in flower, villous, 2-bracteolate ; 
nectaries sessile or subsessile. Calyx 1} lin. long, greyish-villous ; 
segments lanceolate-linear. Corolla slightly obliquely campanulate, 
5-7 lin. long, finely pubescent ; lobes very small, lowest 2 lin. long. 
Capsule ovoid-oblong, subtruncate and slightly emarginate, obtusely 
quadrangular, 4-sulcate, 4-cornute at the base, 4 lin. long. Seeds 1 lin. 
long, margins acute or narrowly winged, faces transversely or radially 
rugose. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes ; by the River Bero, Welwitsch, 1643! 
between Huilla and Humpata, Johnston ! 
4. S. mombanzense, Le Wild. ef Durand in Pl. Thonner. Congol. 
56, t. 14, Stems erect, branched, 14 ft. high, sparsely and spreadingly 
pubescent. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed towards both ends, 
entire, 1-2 in. long, 3-9 lin. broad, slightly hairy above, whitish-hairy 
