122 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
[Found on the Usui heights, at an altitude .of 4500 feet, in November. Dries black, and is 2 feet 
high.—J. А. С.) 
Plate CXXII. C. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anther; ба. 4. 
Pistil. 
11. 8твївА HERMONTHICA, Benth.; DC. Prod. x. 502; App. Speke’s Journ. 642. 
Hab. Unyoro, Aug. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely spread in Eastern Africa. 
[Common in the fields of Unyoro in September. Stem erect, a foot high. Flowers pink.— 
J. A. G.] | 
12. RHAMPHICARPA FISTULOSA, Benth.; DC. Prod. x. 504; App. Speke’s Journ. 642. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely diffused in North Tropical Africa. . 
[Found by a swamp on meadow-ground at Madi, 3° 15’ N. lat. Flowered in December.— 
1. A. G.J Ge 
13. RHAMPICARPA RECURVA, Oliv., sp. nov. Herba annua, ramosa, erecta; foliis рш- 
natisectis, segmentis angustissimis, minute tuberculato-setulosis ; calycis lobis lanceolatis, 
recurvis, tubo subæquilongis; corollæ tubo calyce pluries longiore curvulo, tenuiter 
glanduloso-puberulo, labio superiore bifido, segmentis breviter v. quadrato-ovatis, labio 
inferiore 3-fido, segmentis obovatis. 
Herba pedalis; ramis glabratis vel faciebus alternis obsolete strigillosis. Folia pollicem longa, 
opposita v. superiora alterna. Bracteæ pinnatisectæ. Pedicelli 1 lin. longi. Flores 4-4 poll. longi. 
Calyz tubo parce setuloso, campanulato. 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862 (Scrophulariacea dubia no. 402, App. Speke’s Journ. 642), 
Col. Grant ! 
[Found at an altitude of 4500 feet, near water, at Karagué. Stem purple, a foot high, approaching to 
square, smooth, shining, and woody. Leaves filiform. Root fibrous. Corolla white; the five divisions 
of the calyx recurved.—J. A. С.) 
Plate LXXXVII. A. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Calyx; fig. 8. Corolla, laid open; fig. 4 
Stamen; fig. 5. Pistil. 
14. CYONIUM ADONENSE, E. Mey.; DC. Prod. x. 505. Scabrum; caule decumbente ; 
foliis ovalibus vel oblongo-ellipticis in petiolum brevem angustatis, acutis v. obtusiusculis, 
dentato-serratis utrinque scabridis; floribus breviter pedunculatis axillaribus; calycis 
striati dentibus acutis; corollæ tubo calyce plus duplo longiore, limbi labio superiore 
bilobato, inferiore profunde trifido.— C. longiflorum, Hb. Eckl. & Zeyh. 
Caulis pubescenti-hispidulus, decumbens v. prostratus. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 8-1 poll. lata; petiolus 
superne alatus, 1-3 lin. longus. Pedunculi hirtelli, 3-3 poll. longi. Bracteole anguste lineares, 1—1 poll. 
longe. Calyx 1-1} poll. longus, nervis scabridis, lobis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, acutis. Corolla 
tubo 22 poll. longo, pilosulo, limbo 3 poll. diametro. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Cyeniwm, sp. nov., App. Speke's Journ. 642). 
[Not a common plant. Found on the bare parts of the sandy heights about Май! іп December. It 
crawls snake-like along the ground. Stem purple; root black and fibrous, and the plant dries black; 
calyx a purplish green; corolla white, the upper part of the tube above the stamens distinctly five-grooved 
and hairy externally. Seed-vessel four-celled, with numerous seeds. Native name “ m’sweera-m’dogo.” 
The people of Unyamezi, when bitten by a black snake with white throat, cure the bite by using the 
black fibrous root of this crawling plant.—J. A. G.J 
