Dissotis. | LVII. MELASTOMACEH (HOOKER). 451 
long as the tube, rather membranous, oblong, obtuse, pectinate with 
long bristles, hardly deciduous; mouth thickened, contracted, 4-gonous, 
Petals 4 in. long, purple, broadly obovate, bristle-pointed. Anthers of 
long stamens } in., equalling the slender connective; appendage sub- 
clavate, flattened, truncate; connective of short stamens shortly pro- 
duced, 2-tubercled in front. Capsule subglobose, with an apical crown 
of bristles and 4 subterminal valves. 
Upper Guinea. Moist places, Nupe, Barter! 
10. D. phexotricha, Hovk. f. Stem 6-8 in., subsimple, erect or 
ascending from a short woody base, strigosely hispid, obtusely 4-angled. 
Leaves sessile, rather coriaceous, 14—2 in. by 3-§ in., oblong or ovate- 
oblong, subacute, margin cartilaginous, obscurely serrate, 3—5-nerved, 
hispidly hairy on both surfaces. Flowers 4-merous, capitate between 
the uppermost. leaves, very shortly pedicelled; bracts small, about 
equaling the pedicels, oblong, obtuse, membranous, pectinate with 
bristles. Calyx-tube subezlobose, } in., strigosely bristly, and with 6-8 
appendages crowned with stellately arranged bristles round the mouth ; 
lobes 4, ovate-oblong, obtuse, shorter than the tube, pectinate with 
long bristles, persistent; mouth contracted, thickened, 4-angled. Petals 
obovate, purple. Anthers of short stamens ,, in., shorter than the 
connective, appendage short, 2-fid, connective of smaller stamens 2- 
tubercled at the base. Capsule subelobose, with an apical crown of 
bristles and 4 valves at the top.—Osbechia pheotricha, Hochst. in Pl. 
Krauss. ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 519. 
Mozamb. Distr. Muata Manga, Dr. Kirk! ‘ ‘ 
This solitary specimen differs slightly from the Natal ones, in the stem being scabrid 
chiefly at the angles, and the shorter bristles on the calyx-lobes and its appendages. 
_ll. D. (Heterotis) levis, Benth. V1. Nigr. 348. Nearly glabrous. 
Stems 1-9 ft., procumbent, rooting; branches ascending, obtusely 4- 
genous, flexuous, with a very few bristles here and there and some long 
Straight ones at the nodes. Leaves long-petioled, membranous, 3—§ in., 
orbicular-ovate, apiculate, glabrous or sparsely setose above, 3—nerved, 
ciliate on the margins and nerves beneath, petiole very slender, 4—} in. 
Flowers solitary, shortly peduncled, 4-3 in. diameter; bracteoles 2, ob- 
long, obtuse, ciliate, spreading } in., subpersistent. Calyx-tube cam- 
panulate, } in., sparsely laxly setose ; lobes linear-lanceolate, as long 
as the tube, ciliate, persistent. Petals purple. Anthers of large sta- 
mens 4 in., equalling the connective, appendage 2-fid; connectives of 
Short stamens shortly produced, 2-tubercled. Capsule ovoid, crown 
Setose, 5-valved at the top. 
Upper Guinea. Nun river, T. Vogel! 
12. D. (Heterotis) antennina, Benth. in Fl. Nigr. 849. Stem 
slender, decumbent, rooting, acutely 4-gonous, very sparingly ciliate, 
mottled with purple-brown ; branches slender, fexuous, ascending ; 
nodes bristly. Leaves 2-3 in. by 3-1} in., membranous, lanceolate or 
elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at’ both ends, 5-nerved, hirsute on beth 
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