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ONAGRARIEÆ. 
1. EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM, L.; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 487.—£. foliosum, Hochst. in 
hb. Schimp. Abyss. 
Нађ. Marenga Mkhali, Ugogo, Nov. 1860, in advanced flower, Col. Grant ! Widely 
spread in the Old World. Occurs in Abyssinia and at the Cape (Z. villosum, Thunb.). 
[A tall plant with pink flowers, November, by a stream at 6° 44' 8. lat., alt. 8900 feet.—J. А. G.] 
2. JUSSLÆA DIFFUSA, Forskal; Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. ii. 488.—J. stolonifera, Guill. et 
Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. i. 202. J. repens, App. Speke's Journ. 634. 
Hab. Kazé, 5° S. lat., and Unyoro, Oct. 1862, in flower and fruit, Col. Grant! Extends 
westward to Senegambia, and southward to Zambesi-land. Perhaps but a variety of 
Jussiæa repens. 
[Grows abundantly near springs on flat ground at 5? S. lat.; found also at Unyoro, 2? N. lat., floating 
in Nile water. Flowers bright yellow, October.—J. А. G.] 
. 9. JUSSLEA PILOSA, H., B. et K.; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 488.—J. villosa, App. Speke's 
Journ. 634. 
Hab. On the Nile, 3° and 10^ N. lat., Col. Grant! Apparently widely spread in 
Tropical Africa; occurring also in Tropical America. 
[Colleeted on the Nile at 3? N., where it was 4 feet high in the marshes, and again on the Nileat 10? N. 
lat., where this bushy plant was in flower in March.—J. А. G.] 
4. JUSSLÆA VILLOSA, Lam.; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 489; App. to Speke's Journ. 634. 
Hab. Ukidi and Madi, flower, Nov. and Dec. 1862, and (less hirsute form, J. angusti- 
Jolia, App. Speke's Journ. 634) 73^ S. lat., Col. Grant! Widely spread in tropical 
countries. | 
[M’géta river bank; in flower in October.—J. А. G.] 
5. JUSSLÆA LINIFOLIA, Vahl; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 489; App. Speke’s Journ. 634. 
Hab. Zungomero, 7^ 27” S. lat., Col. Grant! Widely spread in Tropical Africa; also 
American. | | 
[Stem and leaves are tinted with red. Flowers small, yellow. Found on the bank of the river at 
Zungomero, 73? S. lat. In flower October.—J. А. б.) 
_ 6. LUDWIGIA PARVIFLORA, Roxb.; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 490; App. Speke's Journ. 
634.—Isnardia multiflora, Guill. et Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. i. 295 (ex descr.). 
Hab. Unyoro, advanced flower, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Senegambia, Tropical 
Asia, and Australia. 
[A foot high. Grows near moisture at 2° М. lat., where it flowers in November.—J. А. С.) 
7. TRAPA NATANS, L.; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 491; App. Speke's Journ. 634. 
Hab. Floating on the Nile, 2° N. lat., Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Тһе only specimen I 
have seen from Tropical Africa. Occurs in temperate Asia and Central Europe. 
[The shores of the Victoria Nyanza at the equator are strewed with its seed-vessels, which the Waganda 
string together and wear like a sash over the shoulder. Тһе specimen was gathered while crossing the 
Katonga river under the equator, where it grows along with the water-lily. Called ** m”beegeeree,” after 
the wild boar, which eats its fruit."—J. A. G.] 
