562 XCVIL. PEDALINEZ (STAPF). [Sesamum. 
Lower Guinea. German South-ivest Africa: Hereroland ; near Salem, Dinter, 
2; near Ubib, Lindner ! 
This is very closely allied to, if not identical with, 8. Marlothii, from which it 
differs (apart from the lower leaves, which are not known) only in the somewhat 
larger and more oblique corolla and the less stout pedicels. 
7. CERATOTHECA, Endl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii, 1059. 
Calyx small or middle-sized, 5-partite, suboblique. Corolla obliquely 
subcampanulate; limb very oblique, porrect, obscurely 2-labiate, the 
lowest lobe by far the longest, Stamens subdidynamous, inserted low 
down in the corolla-tube, not conniving ; filaments slender, filiform ; 
anthers dorsifixed ; cells parallel, dehiscing longitudinally to the base. 
Dise annular, equal. Ovary 2-celled; cells divided by a spurious septum 
almost to the apex; ovules numerous, 1-seriate in each division. Cap- 
sule oblong, compressed transverse to the septum, more or less loculicidal 
towards the base ; each carpel produced into a short spreading horn at 
the apex. Seeds numerous, compressed, obovate.— Annual erect or 
procumbent herbs. Leaves membranous, petioled, dentate or crenaté. 
Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves on short pedicels, rose, lilac 
or yellow. 
Species 5, one of them extending into South Africa. 
All the leaves entire . : : i é : ob. CO. elleprica. 
Leaves more or less coarsely dentate or crenate, or the 
uppermost entire. 
Corolla 3-1 in. long. 
Leaves ovate with few mucilage glands; bracts 
lanceolate, entire : : : : 
Leaves usually deltoid to hastate, glaucous or 
almost white beneath from mucilage glands ; 
bracts similar to the leaves, but smaller and 
narrower, A F : é . . 38. C. sesamoides. 
Corolla 2-3 in. long : : sf ; : . 4. C. triloba. 
2. C. integribracteata. 
1. C. elliptica, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 452. Stem slender, 
erect, 1} ft. high, much-branched from the base, terete below, obscurely 
quadrangular above, shortly and spreadingly pubescent and like the 
whole plant more or less viscid. Leaves elliptic, obtuse or subacute, 
entire, more or less acute at the base; lower ?—1} in. long, 7-10 lin. 
broad; upper narrower, passing into the entire oblong-lanceolate 
foliaceous bracts, pubescent, particularly below; lateral nerves 2-3, 
very oblique ; lower petioles }-}in. long, the upper much shorter. 
Pedicels 1-1} lin. long, with a pair of subulate bracteoles at the base. 
Calyx 2 lin. long, densely pubescent. Corolla yellowish with a purplish 
tinge, black-punctate all over, slightly over 1 in. long; lower lobe sub- 
orbicular 3} lin. long, 4—5 lin. broad. Capsule 5 lin. long; horns 2} Jin. 
long.—C. integribracteata, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 800, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in sandy places by the River Bero, 
near Cavalheiros, Welwitsch, 1654! Gambos, Newton. 
