80 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
i-i poll. longi, puberuli; bracteolæ minute caducissimæ. Sepala reflexa. Discus brevissimus, crassius- 
culus, fimbriatus. Stamina 6-14, filamentis filiformibus curvulis contortisve. Ovarium ovoideum apicu- 
latum, glabrum, 1-loculare; ovula ос, in placentis duabus; gynophoro 21 poll. longo. 
Hab. Madi, by water, Col. Grant ! 
We have what I have taken to be the same species from Dr. Kirk, collected on the Shiré River, Zam- 
besia; but in Dr. Kirk's plant the pedicels are much shorter, not exceeding 1 or 2 lines, while in the 
Madi plant they are about 4 in. in length. In the absence of fruit, however, I cannot separate these forms 
specifically. 
[Native name “m’zazza.” Moderate-sized tree, 3° М. lat., 4 Feb. 1863. Тһе inflorescence is gene- 
rally terminal. Only known to one of our men from 89 S. lat.—J. A. G.J 
Plate VI. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Stamens; fig. 3. Pistil and torus; fig. 4. Ovary, vertical 
section ; fig. 5. The same, transverse section. 
10. САРРАВ18 TOMENTOSA, Lam. ; DC. Prod. i. 246; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 96.-С. pube- 
rula, DO. 1. с. 248. С. polymorpha, A. Rich. in Fl. Seneg. 24, t. 5. C. persicefolia, 
А. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 81. 
Var. B. Folia pubescentia; flores corymbosi.—Oliv. 2, c. : 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant! А variable species, with a wide distribution in Tropical 
Africa. 
[Native name “ kowangwee.” Stem round, 1 inch in diameter, and crawling along the ground. Leaves 
glossy above, with a pair of recurved thorns by the base of the petiole. Тһе natives at 3? S. lat. eat its 
leaves boiled during times of famine. Found on the plains of Madi, 3° N. lat., 25 Jan. 1863.—J. A. G.] 
11. CRATEVA RELIGIOSA, Forst. ; DC. Prod. i. 243 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 99.— C. Adan- 
sonii and C. leta, DO. l.c. С. guineensis, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 240. 
Hab. Madi, Col. Grant! Common in North Tropical Africa. C. Roxburghii, R. Br., 
from India is probably the same species. 
[Unknown to our men from Zanzibar, and only observed at 3°15' N. lat, Í where bushes of it were abundant. 
Tree-trunk 10 feet in circumference; bark grey, rough, but not fissured, thin, without gum, and smell- 
ing unpleasantly when cut. One bough was in flower and fruit with scarcely a leaf upon it, while. 
another bough was densely covered with leaves and a few drooping fruit. The flower is very effective, 
the petals being large and white, and the long filaments a rich purple colour. Looking at the outside of 
the fruit, you would say it was two-celled. The tips of the branches are used by the natives to scrub 
their teeth ; and the leaves are eaten boiled.—J. A. G.] 
VIOLACER, 
1. IoNIDIUM ENNEASPERMUM, Vent. DC. Prod. i. 308; Oliv. КІ. Trop. Afr. i. 105. 
— ІГ. thesiifolium, DC. Prod. i. 309, and var. chenopodioides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 35. 
Viola guineensis, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 133. (? У. lancifolia Schum. et Thonn. 
1.0.) Lonidiwm rhabdospermum, Hochst. (fide Webb). 
Var. HIRTA, Oliv. 2. с. (T. hirtum, Klotzsch in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 148), foliis linea- 
ribus, acutis, hirtis. 
Hab. Near Simbah, alt. 4000 ft., 5°26’ 8. lat., Col. Grant ! 
| А. very variable plant, 
widely dispersed through the Old-World tropics. С 4 
BIXACEA. 
È COCHLOSPERMUM NILOTICUM, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 113. | Foliis sub 3-5- palmatim 
