Tan, 5578. 
MUSSNDA: uvrnora: 
Captain Grant's Mussenda. 
Nat. Ord. Ruptacew.—Pentanpria MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus oblongus y. turbinatus; lobi 5, decidui, uno 
sepissime in folium amplum coloratum petiolatum producto. Corolla in- 
fundibuliformis, tubo elongato, fauce villosa, limbo 5-partito. Anthere 
5, sessiles, incluse, lineares. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus gracilis, stigma- 
tibus linearibus ; ovula oo, placentis stipitatis revoluto-2-lobis affixa. Bacca 
apice cicatricata, polysperma. Semina parva.—Frutices, arbores et suffru- 
tices tropiet. Folia petiolata, ovata ; stipule 2, libere v. connate. Flores 
in corymbos terminales dispositi, bracteolati, sepissime albi v. flavi. 
Muss4npa luteola ; suffrutex gracilis, ramis striatis teretibus et foliis sub- 
tus inflorescentia pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis 1-2"poll. longis breviter 
petiolatis ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis membranaceis, sti- 
pulis parvis ovato-subulatis, corymbis paucifloris, calycis lobis setaceis 
uno foliaceo petiolato oblongo albo y, pallide flavo, corolle tubo 3-1 
poll. longo, lobis late ovatis longe abrupte acuminatis luteolis, bacca 
parva sicca. 
Mussanpa luteola. Delil. in Caill. Pl. Afrig. 65.t:1.f.1. DC. Prodr. 
v. 4. p. 871. 
A very pretty plant and one of unusual interest, as being 
first introduced into Europe by Captain Grant, the companion 
of the lamented Speke in his daring exploration of the head- 
waters of the Nile. During that memorable voyage Captain 
Grant made a very valuable collection of plants, that have 
been published by Dr. Thomson in the appendix to Speke’s 
Narrative, and he further brought to Kew the seeds from 
which the specimen here figured was produced, and which 
flowered in our stove in August, 1863. It was found by 
Cailliaud, during his voyage to Meroe, on the Nile, in about 
lat. 10° N. Captain Grant collected it in the rocky ravines 
of Gani and Madi, and it was again found in the White Nile 
country, during Consul Petherick’s expedition. 
Delile refers the M. lanceolata, Spreng. (Ophiorhiza lanceo- 
lata, Forskahl, Manettia lanceolata, Vahl, Mussenda Aigyp- 
APRIL Ist, 1866. 
