the base of the filaments is a bristle-like tooth. It was 

 established by D. Don in 1834 on a plant raised in the 

 Edinburgh Botanic Garden from seeds received in 1830 

 from Mr. Charles Fraser, who collected them on the 

 banks of the River Brisbane at Moreton Bay, Queens- 

 land. This plant was first described by Graham in 1831 

 as Torenia fnnbriata, and later in the same year was 

 figured at plate 3104 of this Magazine under the name of 

 T. scabra, Graham. It is probable that this species 

 (Artanema jimbriatum, Don) is not now in cultivation. 

 A* longifolium is widely distributed in India, occurring in 

 the Deccan Peninsula from the Concan southwards ; it 

 is also met with in Lower Burma, Ceylon, Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo and the Philippine Islands. In West 

 Tropical Africa it ranges from the Geld Coast to the 

 Cameroons, extending to the Upper Congo, while the 

 variety amplexicaule, Skan, with amplexicaul or semi- 

 amplexicaul leaves, is known from British East Africa. 

 Seeds of the plant figured were sent to Kew from Nigeria 

 in 1914 by Mr. S. W. Dunn of the Audit Office, Calabar. 

 Flowers were produced in a warm house in July, 1915, 

 and again during the summer of 1916. In cultivation it 

 ripens seeds freely. Collectors describe the colour of 

 the flowers as lilac-violet or dark purple, while Barter, 

 referring to a specimen collected by him in Southern 

 Nigeria, stated that it had deep crimson flowers. This 

 specimen is in the Kew Herbarium and appears to be 

 identical with A. longifolium. The colour of the flowers 

 cannot now be determined. According to Miller the 

 vernacular name of the plant in Lagos is Sokoyokoto 

 and its leaves are used as a vegetable by the natives. 



Description.— Herb, perennial, erect, sparingly bran- 

 ched, 1-3 ft. high. Stem acutely 4-angled, widely 2-sul- 

 cate, angles slightly scabrid. Leaves opposite, petioled 

 or the uppermost nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate or 

 wide lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base narrowed, 

 margin more or less serrate, often faintly scabrid above, 

 2-5 in. long, |-1| in. wide; petiole up to J in. long. 

 Raceme terminal, strict, rather laxly many-flowered, l£- 

 5 in. long ; bracts ovate, lanceolate or subulate, ^-\ in. 

 long; pedicels curved-ascending, ■£— £ in. long, finely 



