584 LXVII, FICOIDEZ (OLIVER). [ Aizoon. 
VAIVOG- OF TOUTE FPDOT: ah ts ke ele ei ees 
Branches long flexuose virgate, silky. Flowers in contracted 
axillary cymes . ee 
2. A. Mossamedense. 
3. A. virgatum. 
1. A. canariense, Zinn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 458. A diffuse or prostrate 
herb, branches often widely spreading, woody towards the crown, more 
or less uniformly cellular-pilose tomentose or papillose. Leaves ob- 
ovate or elliptical narrowed into the petiole to spathulate obtuse, with 
the petiole 4-2 in. (-8 in.) long. Flowers sessile in almost every fork 
or axil. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, imbricate in estivation. Fruit pen- 
tagonal-stelliform, }—4 in., valves inflexed, the apex attached to the 
column. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Abyssinia, Arkiko, Ehrenberg. Dissée island, Red Sea, 
Courbon. Red Sea, 11-12° N. lat., Lord! 
Extending from the Canaries eastward to Scinde ; occurs also at the Cape. 
2. A. Mossamedense, Welw. mss. Dichotomously branched, dif- 
fuse or erect, annual herb; stem in larger specimens, nearly as thick as 
a goose-quill, papillose-pubescent, from a few inches to 1 ft. or more. 
Leaves from oval to broadly elliptical, obtuse, distinctly petiolate, fleshy, 
cellular-papillose, $-1—l} in. long, ;4,-} in. broad, petiole shorter 
than or sometimes nearly equalling the lamina. Flowers sessile, soli- 
tary in the forks, bright yellow, $ in. broad. Calyx-lobes ovate ef 
ovate-lanceolate. Capsule 5-valved, valves free from the erect centra 
column, recurved when wetted, the shining endocarp of each valve 
splitting longitudinally and easily separable. Seeds reniform, long?- 
tudinally ridged, ridges with very minute cross-strie, as in 4. eam 
riense, : 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Not identified with any described species. 
3. A. virgatum, Welv. mss. Slender, shrubby, 2-3 ft. high with 
elongate, virgate or subsarmentose, silky-tomentose branches. Leaves 
alternate, oblanceolate or narrow-obovate, minutely apiculate, gradually 
narrowed into the petiole, entire, silky and at first silvery, with petiole 
1—2 in. long, § to over 4 in. broad. “Flowers } in. diameter in much- 
contracted often many-flowered bracteate cymes from every axil, usually 
but little exceeding the petiole. Perianth silky-tomentose, lobes lan- 
ceolate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous within. _ ae? 
50-60. Ovary 5—4-celled ; styles radiate. Capsule obpyramidal, ee 
valved, cells 1—2-seeded; seeds pendulous from the apex of the 
thickened central axis, estrophiolate but } girt by the funicle. (Ovary 
and capsule, Dr, Welwitsch.) 
Lower Guinea. Mossamedes, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Not recognised from elsewhere. 
4, GALENTIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 854. 
Calyx 4—5-fid. Petals 0. Stamens normally twice as raae Pa 
calyx-lobes, inserted in pairs alternate with the lobes. Ovary ’ 
