594 LXVII, FICOIDEH (OLIVER). [ Gisehia. 
mous flexuose branches from a few inches to 1-2 ft. in length. Leaves 
mostly nearly opposite, linear oval or elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse or 
subacute, entire, narrowed to the petiole, rather fleshy; lamina varying 
from } to 2 in. in length. Cymes umbelliform, usually sessile or sub- 
sessile at the nodes and shorter than the leaves, often many-flowered ; 
pedicels usually 1-4 times as long as the flower. Flowers 1 line long. 
Stamens 5. Carpels normally 5. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia (8. Sieberi, Moq.), Sieber! Niger, Barter! var. 
peduneulata, peduncles 4-1 in.; (G. linearifolia, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 167). 
Guinea, Thonning. var. congesta (G. congesta, Mog. in DU, Prod. |.c. 28), cymes pedun- 
culate, subcapitate, Senegambia ! : 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Hhrenberg! Kordofan, Kotschy! and other provinces. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Loanda and Pungo Andongo; var. congésta, 
Ambriz and Mossamedes (a remarkably fine series), Dr. Welwitsch! 
Also south of the Tropic and Eastward to India. 
2. G. rubella, Hochst. ; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 27. All the general 
characters of G. pharnaceoides ; ascending, leaves linear or linear-oval, 
14-2 in. long. Cymes umbelliform, at length pedunculate, forming 
lax diffuse panicles ; peduncles 2 in. or shorter, very slender ; pedicels 
4-t in. Flowers as in G. pharnaceoides, of which it may be a variety.— 
G. linearifolia, Fenzl in Kotschy, Pl. Aithiop. (fide Moquin). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Kordofan, Kotschy! 
3. G. Miltus, Fenzl; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 28. Annual, wholly gla- 
brous, forming sometimes a woody stock, in habit resembling &. pharna- 
cevides, with long slender diffuse forking branches. Leaves of @. phar- 
naceoides. Cymes usually many-flowered, and sessile at the nodes ; 
pedicels 1-4 times longer than flowers. Perfect flowers with from 
about 10-15 stamens; filaments very shortly cohering in phalanges at 
base. Carpels normally 5. Staminate flowers (small and later ?) wit 
about 15 stamens ; pistillate with 12-15 carpels. Fruit as in G. phar- 
naceoides.—Miltus africana, Lour. Fl. Coch. 302. Glinus mozamlicensis, 
Spreng. Syst. ii. 467. 
Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Dr. Welwitsch! Z 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Loureiro, Forbes! Luabo and Mouth ef Zam- 
besi, Dr. Kirk ! 
Var. pedunculata (G. aspera, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 136), cymes pedun- 
culate ; near Mossamedes, Dr. Welwitsch ! also Tette, Zambesi, Dr. K ark ! 
Probably identical with @. pentadecandra, E. Mey., of the Cape Flora. The leaves are 
as long as in G@. pharnaceoides, not 1-4 lines as misquoted by Moquin. Dr. Wawra 
aa - pentadecundra, &. M., near Benguela, according to “ Sertum Bengue- 
ense,’ 23. 
12. SEMONVILLEA, Gay; Benth. et Hook. f Gen. Plant. i. 859. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, nearly equal, ovate or elliptical, 
with broad membranous margins. Petals 0 (in S. pterocarpa). Ss 
6-7, hypogynous. Ovary free, 2-celled; styles 2, very short, see 
tose; ovules solitary. Fruit orbicalar, dorsally compressed, sep 
in two, broadly winged, 1-seeded cocci; seed erect; embryo annul 
