only one of this group the fruits and seeds of which are 
known. For this reason and pending a general revision of 
Oldenlandia it is preferable to leave open the question of the 
status of Pentanopsis or Conostomium. The species of this 
genus, subgenus or section, range from the Upper Nile and 
Lake Rudolf to British Somaliland. 
Descr.—An erect annual, generally glabrous, 1 foot high, 
with quadrangular or slightly winged stems, branches some 
long, some reduced to tufts of leaves. Leaves sessile, lanceo- 
late from a broad rounded base, or shortly petioled and 
linear, 1 to 2 in. long, ~y to almost 3 in. wide; stipules 
reduced to a membranous slightly fimbriate commissure. 
Flowers sessile, axillary, solitary or in pairs or threes. 
Receptacle glabrous. Calyx of 4 linear-subulate segments, 
4 in. long. Corolla salver-shaped; tube about 4 in. long, 
extremely slender, widened and externally papillose near 
the mouth; limb almost an inch across, pure milk-white, of 
4 lanceolate, acuminate lobes, villous at the mouth. Anthers 
sessile just below the mouth of the corolla. Stigma club- 
shaped, exserted. Capsule ellipsoid-ovoid, 4-ribbed, the 
conical top dehiscing with 4 narrow valves. Seeds numerous, 
obliquely ovoid, quite smooth, very small.—Orro Srapr. 
Cultwv.—Although this plant as represented here does not 
appear to have any great dati to favour as a garden plant, 
it may prove as useful as many other plants of similar 
character which form masses of stems and flower freely. 
Mr. Dawe, who collected it in Uganda, has described it as 
an attractive white-flowered herb. At Kew, grown in a 
tropical house, it throve well and soon formed a plant 
18 inches high, flowering freely in midsummer. The 
flowers are fragrant.—W. Warson. 
Fig. 1, portion of stem, showing stipules and axillary sessile flowers (corollas 
cut off); 2, part of corolla, showing the throat and insertion of stamens; 
3, stamen, from the back; 4, stigma :—all enlarged. . 
