120 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
[4 feet high, in waste gardens of Karagué. The fruit ripe in November. Our Wahino men tell me 
that matting is made of it in their country. Native паше *nanåha.”—J. А. GI 
SCROPHULARIACEÆ. 
1. DoRATANTHERA LINEARIS, Benth.; DC. Prod. х. 947 ; App. Speke's Journ. 641. 
Наб. By the Nile, 16" N. lat., April, Col. Grant! ` 
2. HERPESTIS FLORIBUNDA, Br.; DC. Prod. х. 400; App. Speke’s Journ. 642. 
-Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862. | 
[Grows in swamps at 8° 15! М. lat., in December. A 'sturdy rather bushy plant, about 6 inches in 
height.—J. A. G.] 
3. DoPATRIUM MACRANTHUM, Oliv., sp. nov. Саше erecto, elongato, basi parum 
ramoso; foliis caulinis floralibusque minimis squamæformibus, ovatis; calycis breviter 
5401 lobis ovatis, obtusis; corolla tubo calyce 6plo longiore, labio postico 2-fido, lobis 
rotundatis, obtusis, antico amplo, obtuse 3-lobo. | | 
Caulis glaber, 8-10 poll. Folia radicalia ut videtur oblanceolata, 2-2 poll. longa ; caulina 1 lin. longa. 
Pedicelli floriferi erecti, 1 poll. longi v. breviores. Calyx campanulatus, minute pubescens, 5-dentatus, 
7-8 poll. longus. Corolla purpurea v. violacea, tubo 2 poll. longo, fauce curvulo vix dilatato, limbo 3-2 
poll. lato. Anthere loculis subæqualibus ciliatis, connectivo dorsali incrassato. 
Нар. 3° 15' N. lat. (Dopatrium senegalense, App. Speke's Journ. 641), Col. Grant ! 
Differs from D. senegalense, Bth., in the much less deeply divided calyx, the teeth being but about one 
fourth the length of the tube, as well as in the shorter pedicels and larger flowers. 
[Grows in the water and mud which has accumulated on the surface of flat masses of granite rock, 
at 3° 15' N. lat., in December.—J. А. G.] 
Plate CX XI. A. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open ; fig. 3. Anther. 
4. TORENIA PLANTAGINEA, Benth.; DC. Prod. x. 411.-— 7 pumila, App. Speke's Journ. 
641. 
Наб. 4° 45! S. lat., Col. Grant ! 
In Col. Grant's specimens the scape is 12-2 inches long. 
(А diminutive plant, found in bogs at Karagué, alt. 5500 feet. Leaves coarsely covered with white hairs. 
Sepal-tips purplish ; corolla white, streaked with purple inside. Root thick and large, with many fibres. 
The brother of the Karagué Sultan gave me this plant as a recipe for inflamed throat. Тһе root is 
taken with salt as a gargle.—J. А. G.J 
5. VANDELLIA LOBELIOIDES, Oliv., sp. nov. Erecta v. adscendens, glabra; eaule sim- 
plici v. basi ramoso ; foliis linearibus acutis, integris, floribus axillaribus solitaribus, pedi- 
cellis erectis folio florifero 3-4ріо longioribus ; calyce 5-fido, dentibus acutis; corollæ 
labio superiore late oblongo, subtruneato, inferiore 8-040, lobis rotundatis; filamentis 
antieis basi obtuse tuberculatis, subito curvatis. : 
Herba erecta v. caulis debilis adscendens, i-l-pedalis. Folia opposita, pollicem longa, å poll. lata, infe- 
riora subtus interdum purpurascentia, superiora in eodem pari inæqualia, floralia breviora. Pedicelli 
3-1} poll. longi, tempore florifero erecti. Flores 2 poll. longi. Capsula .... 
Нађ. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Tlysanthes no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 642), Col. Grant ! 
- [6 inches high, with erect stem and violet flowers, growing amongst swamp-grass, at 3? 15! N. lat., in 
December.—J. A. G.J - | 
Plate CXXI. В. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 8. Pistil. 
