472 LVIII, LYTHRACEE (HIERN). | Nesea. 
about 1 in. long by } in. wide, penninerved, with lateral veins anasto- 
mosing near the margin. Internodes often rather longer than the 
leaves. Cymes 1—6-flowered; common peduncle 3—1 in. long, slender ; 
pedicels short. Bracts subulate, z4, in. long. Calyx ures 
panulate, 6—7—8-lobed, } in. long, with only callous points instead 0 
distinct cornua; lobes deltoid, one-third length of calyx. Petals 
2-6-8, very shortly clawed, red, varying from ,},—} in. long. Sta- 
mens 18-21, in one row. Ovary 4-celled; ovules very numerous i 
placenta thick; style 2 in. long. Seeds very small, having a tum 
edge at the top. 
Nile Land. Dembo, Heuglin. 
3. N. linifolia, Welw. mss. Glabrous. Woody and reddish at the 
base with many slender erect subangular pale-green stems and branches, 
$14 ft. high. Leaves alternate opposite and in whorls of 3, linear- 
subulate, 4-1 in. long, erect, patent, sessile. Inflorescence exceeding 
the leaves. Flowers 1-8 together, on slender pedicels and long pe- 
duncles, rose-red. Bracts opposite, small, at top of peduncles ; brac- 
teoles opposite on the lateral pedicels. Calyx shortly campanulate, 
with 8 or 7 lanceolate or deltoid acute lobes shorter than the tube, and 
with as many external callous points or short cornua. Petals as many 
as calyx-lobes, obovate-spathulate, shortly clawed, two or three times as 
long as the calyx, rose-coloured, fugacious. Stamens twice as many 
as calyx-lobes, inserted at same level at: base of calyx-tube, equal ; fila- 
ments reddish, much exserted ; anthers yellow, oblong or oval, yeh 
Ovary sessile, enclosed in calyx-tube, 4-celled; style much cet , 
long, thicker than filaments; stigma capitate. Capsule dehiscing °Y 
slits from the apex, ultimately 1-celled, membranaceous, scarcely as long 
as the calyx ; placenta thick, 4-lobed. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Huilla, fl. and fr. November to January, Dr. Welwitsch ¢ 
Closely related to N. longipes, A. Gr. in Pl. Wrightiane, i. 68, from Texas, whic 
differs from this plant by its longer, constantly opposite, and subauriculate leaves, an 
by its solitary and hexamerous flowers. 
4. N. heptamera, Hiern. Glabrous. Stem somewhat woody % 
base, erect, branched from the base, quadrangular, 10—16 in. hig ; 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, rounded or subcordate at base, sess!¢ 
opposite, 4-1} in. leng, by ,4,—,3; in. wide, sub-1-nerved. Internou 
rather shorter than leaves. Peduncles slender, 4 in. long, usually 
flowered. Pedicels about 130th in. long, equalling the lanceolate bracts. 
Flowers usually heptamerous. Calyx urceolate, about 4 in. long, 
with 7 deltoid acute tsbés, and 7 intermediate short patent cornua ; lobes 
about one-third the length of calyx. Petals 7 (?), longer than te 
calyx. Stamens 14 (?), exserted. Ovary 2-celled; placenta thick ; 
style long, curved. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zomba and Lake Shirwa, Dr. Meller! " 
5. IN. pedicellata, Hiern. Glabrous, with erect or ascending slight’ 
branched quadrangular stem, 4-7 in. high. Leaves narrowly elliptic 
