Neseea.] LVIII. LYTHRACEE (HIERN). 473 
or obovate, blunt, not cordate at base, not an inch long, }—4 in. wide, 
oy penninerved with anastomosing continuous and marginal veins, 
sessile, opposite or near base subopposite. Internodes, except near 
base, shorter than leaves. Cymes subsessile, bearing from 1-9 tlowers ; 
pedicels 4-8, in. long, slender. Bracts subulate, short, at base of 
pedicels. Calyx less than yo in. long, urceolate, with 8 greenish ribs 
and 4 depressed deltoid lobes one-third depth of calyx, and 4 patent 
cornua. Petals 4 (?), obovate, lilac (in dried state), longer than calyx. 
Stamens 8, exserted. Ovary sessile, oval, 2-celled; style very long, 
tortuous, coloured at the apex. Capsule not or scarcely exceeding the 
calyx, 2-celled. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! 
6. N. Candollii, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 307. Erect, glabrous, 
with subligneous stem at base and quadrangular upper branches, 1—2 ft. 
high. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, or lower ones sometimes nar- 
rowly elliptic, sub-1-nerved, rigid, opposite or subopposite, sessile, semi- 
amplexicaul, usually longer than the internodes, $—1} in. long by 44-4 
in. wide. Peduncles rather shorter than the flowers or rarely rather 
longer, 1-3-flowered. Pedicels about half the length of the peduncle. 
tacts and bracteoles lanceolate, longer than the pedicel, caducous. 
Calyx campanulate in flower, urceolate in fruit, 4—-} in. long, with 
6 or rarely 7 deltoid lobes and as many patent short cornua. Petals 
6, longer’ than the calyx, obovate. Stamens 12 or rarely 14, exserted, 
arising’ from base of calyx in two rows. Ovary 4- or 5-celled, ses- 
sile, ovoid, with 4 (or 5) longitudinal depressions ; style long, curved. 
apsule 4- or 5-valved, dehiscing septitragally, equalling the calyx; 
placenta central, 4- or 5-lobed.—Ammannia dodecandra, DC. Prod. iii. 80. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot! Perrottet! fl, from Sept. to Dec. 
4... andongensis, Welw. mss. Biennial with ae rhizome ; 
“rect, with spreading tetragonal opposite subpuberulous branches, red- 
dish at base, 2-6 in. high. Leaves opposite, deep green, subglauces~ 
cent, ovate or ovate-oblong, wide near base or cordute and acute at 
apex (very rarely the lower leaves are obovate and cuneate at base), 
subsessile, spreading, 1-1} in. long by about half the width, obscurely 
veined, slightly rough ; margins somewhat thickened, recurved, whitish, 
sublepidote. Cymes usually 3-flowered; common peduncle short, or 
To~$ in, long, with caducous leaf-like bracts at base. Pedicels short, 
with 2-4 bracteoles at base. Bracteoles linear-subulate or linear- 
lanceolate, short or equalling the calyx. Calyx 8-veined, with 4 shortly 
eltoid lobes at apex, and 4 cornua ciliate-horned at apex, in fruit 
*rect with incurved apex and longer than the lobes. Petals 4, obovate- 
‘pathulate, of a deep rose-colour, longer than the calyx, very fugacious. 
Stamens 4, inserted near base of calyx-tube and exceeding it ; anthers 
yellow, Style distinct, persistent on top of the 4-celled ovary. Cap- 
Sule included in calyx-tube, dehiscing by separation of roundly 4-sided 
