110 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
G. setosus, Hochst., in hb. Schimp. Abyss. no. 508. Gomphocarpus no. 3, App. Speke's 
Journ. 640. | 
‚ Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! 
A common tropical and subtropical cosmopolitan weed. | 
[Three feet high, growing erect, near water, Unyoro (November 2); milky throughout. Leaves 8 
inches long by å inch; in whorls of fours and sixes. Flowers white, with a pink toothed centre. The 
rootlets grow in a whorl from the base of the stem.—J. A. G.] 
6. GOMPHOCARPUS STENOPHYLLUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Ramis virgatis, apicem versus 
appresse albido-lanatis, dein glabratis; foliis verticillatis, anguste linearibus acutis 
mucronatis, marginibus revolutis, supra glabris, subtus obsolete pubescentibus glabra- 
tisve; umbellis pedunculatis, extraaxillaribus, paucifloris, puberulis ; calycis brevis lobis 
ovatis, acutis, sparse tomentellis ; coroll laciniis ellipticis ; coronæ foliolis truncatis, 
angulis interioribus denticulo auctis. | 
Frutex sparse ramosus, 4—5-pedalis ; ramis teretibus. Folia 4-6 poll. longa, vix 1 lin. lata. Pedunculi 
1-2 poll. longi, obsolete puberuli; pedicelli 3—1 poll. longi. Calyx lobis 1 lin. longis, ovatis, breviter 
acuminatis. Corolla lobis å poll. longis. 
Нађ. Kazeh district, 5^ S. lat. (Gomphocarpus по. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 639), Col. 
Grant ! 
Plate CXIX. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Appendix of corona; fig. 3. Pollen. 
7. GOMPHOCARPUS PHysocARPUS, E. Mey.; DC. Prod. viii. 558.—Var. 728.5, App. 
Speke's Journ. 640. Foliis linearibus v. anguste lineari-lanceolatis. 
I cannot see sufficient ground for specifically distinguishing this plant, though the leaves are narrower 
Ahan in either the Cape specimens or A. Richard's G. semilunatus of Abyssinia, which I would refer to 
the same species. T 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[Found at Madi in December in flower and fruit. The seeds аге small, white, and pearly.— 
LAGE — | 
8. GOMPHOCARPUS GLABERRIMUS, Oliv., sp. nov. Frutex pluripedalis, glaberrimus ; 
foliis oppositis, lineari-lanceolatis, gradatim acute acuminatis, ‚basi in petiolum planum 
angustatis ; umbellis plurifloris, extraaxillaribus ; calycis lobis lanceolatis, acutis ; corollæ 
lobis ellipticis, acutiuseulis, pilis marginatis; coronæ foliolis truncatis, angulis dente 
_prominulo adscendente instructis. | 
Caulisteres. Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 3-3 poll. lata, glaberrima, nervo medio subtus latiusculo conspicuo, 
venulis inconspicuis; petiolus {$ poll. superne alatus. Pedunculus 9-3 poll. longus; bracteis lanceo- 
latis, acuminatis, deciduis; pedicelli pollicem longi. Саул lobis 2-4 lin. longis. ` Corolla 1-1 poll. diam. 
. Hab, Marenga M'Khali, 6° 44' S. lat., alt. 3193 feet (Gomphocarpus no. 4, App. Speke's 
Journ. 640). / А 
[Avery showy bushy plant by water (November), 6° AU S. lat., alt. 3000 feet.—J. А. G.J 
. Plate CXX. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Gynostegium ; fig. 3. Appendix of corona; fig. 4. 
Pollen. = | | Хоног 
9. GOMPHOCARPUS ROBUSTUS, Å. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 40, tab. 70. 
—G. drepanostephanus, 
Hochst., in hb, Schimp. Abyss. no. 1673. 2. 
