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radiatis, anguste lineari-lanceolatis ; coronæ foliolis basi confluentibus, bifidis, segmentis 
acutis, dente intermedio brevissimo carnosulo incumbente. 
Caulis internodiis 1-2 poll. longis. Folia 94-4 poll. longa, 7-77 poll. lata. Pedunculi semipollicares. 
Flores 15 poll. diam., atro-purpurei; corollæ lobi basi 1 poll. lati. 
Hab. 6° Š. lat., Jan. 1861 (Brachystelma, nov. sp., App. Speke's Journ. 640). 
Resembling B. lineare, A. Rich., in habit; but leaves narrower, and the structure of the corona very 
different, the intermediate tooth opposed to the anthers being much shorter than the bifid outer segments, 
reduced to a mere fleshy projection from the inner face of the coronal tube; for the segments are confluent 
into a continuous membranous tube. 
[A small plant, with thread-like leaves and weeping branches, in the forest, 6° S. lat., alt. 3700 feet. Іп 
flower December, when it was brought to my notice by seeing our Wanyamezi porters eating its flat 
turnip-shaped root, which peeled like a turnip and resembled liquorice in taste. "The juices were sticky, 
end stained the hands black. Flowers star-shape, purple within, and green without. I ate the root 
without any peculiar effect being produced.—J. А. С.] 
Plate LXXVII. fig. 1. Extremity of leaf; fig. 2. Bud; fig. 3. Expanded flower; fig. 4. 
Same, corolla removed ; fig. 5. Pollen-mass. 
LoGANIACEÆ. 
1. Втвуснмоз. Specimen without either flower or fruit. So far as it goes, it agrees 
with §. Unguacha, A. Rich. The leaves are coriaceous, strongly reticulate beneath, 
broadly elliptical, and obtuse. 
Hab. Madi, Feb. 1863 (Strychnos no. 1, App. Speke? s Journ. 640), Col. Grant ! 
ГА leafless tree in Ugogo (November), but covered with green fruit the size and shape of oranges ; 
these are edible. Observed in Unyoro also in September in leaf; these are single, in tufts, and have 
a shining surface. Іп February, at Madi, the fruit was greenish yellow; the seeds like flat acidu- 
lated drops, covered with a tough skin, semitransparent, and irregularly packed in a sweet, yellow, 
edible pulp. Native names “ matonga," “m/’gooloongooloo” (Keeao), and “m’phoondoo” (Kin.). 
—4. A. G.] 
A shrub, with pungent trinerved leaves and large orange-like fruit, was observed from 4? S. to 
29 N. lat, but no specimens brought home. It was probably a second species of Strychnos (App. 
Speke's Journ. 4, c.). 
СЕХТІАХАСЕ Ж. 
1. OcroPLEURA LÆSELIOIDES, Benth. in herb. Bras. Брсигвааас Prog. in Mart. Fl. 
Bras. vi. 212, tab. 58. fig. 1 : 
Var. COMPACTA. Herba annua, ramosissima, glaberrima; internodiis brevibus (3-4 
poll.), angulatis; foliis oppositis, laneeolatis v. ovalibus acutis, basi angustatis ; TEEN 
axillaribus et terminalibus solitariis, brevissime pedicellatis; calycis tubo 4-fido 8- 
nervoso, lobis lanceolatis; corollæ tubulose superne parum dilatatz limbo 4-lobo, lobis 
ovatis; staminibus medio tubo insertis, filamentis eodem fere æquilongis, antheris 
parvis, ovoideis ellipticisve; ovario oblongo, stylo subbreviore ; кенес breviter bifido, 
papilloso. | 
Herba }-pedalis (in spp. Africæ occid. Keep , ramosissima, бои. Folia Ë Cat Pedicelli (in var. 
compacta) brevissimi, 2-1 lin. longi. Flores axillares, oppositi, decussati. Calyx rigidiusculus, persistens, 
capsulam arcte vaginans, nervis longitudinalibus validis. Corolle tubus calycem paulo superans. | 
