88 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
almost thorny. The white anthers are level with the top of the corolla. Stem and leaves rough with 
white hair; the latter feel like a file.—J. A. G.] 
Plate LII. fig. 1. Involucre, detached; fig. 2. Single flower, with bracteoles; fig. З. 
Fruit; fig. 4. Vertical section of ovary, with style and stigma; fig. 5. Transverse section 
of fruit; fig. 6. Seed. 
21. SPERMACOCE KOTSCHYANA, Oliv., sp. nov. recta, simplex v. parce ramosa ; caule 
tetragono, glabrato v. angulis lineatim elevatis scabrido; foliis linearibus acuminatis, 
plus minus utrinque setuloso-scabris, pagina superiore nonnunquam glabrata; floribus 
parvis, capitatis, capitulis bracteatis in axillis quasi verticillatim dense congestis, foliis 
patentibus brevioribus; pedicellis brevissimis, bracteolis anguste linearibus paleaceis ' 
onustis ; calycis tubo glabro v. sursum cum limbo 3—4-fido cellulari-piloso ; corolla minuta, 
tubo lobis calycis æquilongo, limbo ssepius 3-lobo, lobis brevibus ovatis; capsula limbo 
calycis coronata, septo libero 0; seminibus testa lævi nitente pallide brunnea. 
Caulis 2-13 ped., erectus, simplex v. ramosus, basi nudus. Folia sepius 12-24 poll. longa, in nodis flo- 
riferis approximata. Capitula dense congesta, multiflora, axillaria et terminalia, verticillastra 1-14 poll. 
lata efficientia; bracteis foliaceis, basi subtus tomentosis. Vagina stipularis, hirta, margine setaceo- 
multifida. Calyx tubo glabro v. superne piloso, lobis 3 v. 4 linearibus v. lineari-oblongis, dense cellulari- 
pilosis. Corolla tubo brevi, subglabro, lobis minutis, late ovatis. Stamina fauci inserta. Stigma 
bilobum. å 
Hab. Madi (Spermacoce no 3, App. Speke's Journ. 636), in advanced flower and fruit 
Dee. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Fesoglu, Kotschy ! 
I may be mistaken in supposing this species to be undescribed. 
[Found near water in the low grounds of Madi; flowers in December.—J. A. G.] 
Plate ІШІП. fig. 1. Flower with paleaceous bracteoles ; fig. 2. The same, calyx-limb re- 
moved and corolla laid open; fig. 3. Calyx; fig. 4. Fruit after dehiscence; fig. 5. Seed, 
back and front. 
29. ЗРЕВМАСОСЕ STRICTA, Linn. fil; DC. Prodr. iv. 554, уаг.— 5. natalensis ?, App. 
Speke’s Journ. 636. For synonymy vide Benth. Fl. Hongkong 163. 
Hab. Ukidi forest, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! 
A slender ‘glabrous variety, the capsules thinly and shortly hairy towards the apex. 
[An erect-growing, generally single-stemmed plant, on low sandy ground at 2°-3° N. lat. Flowers in 
November.—J. A. G.] 
23. SPERMACOCE AMPLIATA.—Hypodematium ampliatum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 349. 
Annua ; caule erecto, parce ramoso, tetragono, hirsuto ; foliis lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceo- 
latis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, inferioribus breviter petiolatis, utrinque scabrido-hir- 
tellis; floribus dense capitatis, quasi verticillatis v. terminalibus, bracteatis, calycinis, 
laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, ciliatis; corolla infundibuliformi calyce 2-plo longiore; fructu 
basi cireumscisso, coccis intus dehiscentibus a septo deinde solutis.— Mitracarpus ampli- 
atus, Hochst. hb. Schimp. Abyss.; S. Ruelliæ, App. Speke's Journ. 636. 
| Caulis simplex v. parce ramosus, 11-21 pedalis, pilis brevibus patentibus hirsutus v. glabratus. Folia 
patentia, 2—4 poll. longa, 3-2 poll. lata. Vagina stipularis, hirta, margine setoso-laciniata. Capitula 3-1 
poll. diam., bracteata ; bracteis foliaceis, patentibus. Corolla glabra, 1-4 poll. longa, sursum dilatata ; lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis. 
Heb. Unyoro, in flower, August 1862! Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia. 8. (Hypode- 
тайит) spherostigma is doubtfully distinct. 
