196 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
subsessilibus; «calycis laciniis inæqualibus, anguste linearibus, longiore capsulam 
superante. | 
Folia superiora 3-4 poll. longa, 3-2 poll. lata; petiolus 3-3 poll. longus. Calyx plus minus 
pilosus, pilis patentibus, segmento unico cæteris longiore. · Capsula linearis, mucronata, subglabra, 
valvis dorso sulcatis. 
Hab. 7° 30' S. lat., alt. 890 feet (Brillantaisia no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 643), 
Col. Grant ! 
The same species occurs in Zambesi-land. 2 
[An aromatic plant amongst rank vegetation.—J. А. G.J 
Plate СХХҮ. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anther; fig. 4. Ovary; 
fig. 5. Capsule, after dehiscence. 
6. HyGROPHILA SPINOSA, Т. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 22.—Asteracantha 
longifolia, Nees, and A. auriculata, Nees. A. macrantha, Hochst., in hb. Schimp. Abyss. 
343 (fide T. Anders.); App. Speke’s Journ. 643. | 
Hab. Madi, Mininga, and Unyoro, Col. Grant! Also throughout India and the 
archipelago. | | 
[Found near water and cultivation. Stem erect, purple at the thick joints, hairy, fleshy, and very 
pithy. One specimen in a village, in December, had stalks 10 feet high, 10 inches in circumference, 
square and jointed. Six thorns, 12 inch long, grew іп the leaf-axils. Corolla white, also purple. 
Quantities of this plant are collected and burnt in Unyamezi, where the water from its ashes is eva- 
porated for salt.—J. A, G.] 
7. CALOPHANES TRICHOCALYX, Oliv., sp. nov. Саше erecto, plus minus ramoso; ramis 
adscendentibus tetragonis pilosulis; foliis ovalibus, acutiusculis, basi in petiolum angustatis, 
subintegris, supra scabridis hispidulisve, subtus breviter hirsutis; floribus in pseudoverti- 
cillis axillaribus densifloris, bracteis brevioribus congestis; calycis profunde 5-fidi lobis 
subulato-aristatis, hirsutis; coroll» labio superiore 2-fido, lobis rotundato-quadratis, 
inferiore 3-fido, lobis quadrato-oblongis; capsula glabra, calyce breviore, subtereti, 
apiculata. 
Folia superiora 2-23 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata ; petiolus 1-4 poll. longus. Verticillastra 12-9 poll. 
diametro. Calyx å poll. longus. Corolla purpurea, i poll longa. Anthere basi mucronate. Ovarium 
glabrum, loculis 2-ovulatis ; stylus elongatus, hirsutus. 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862 ( Hygrophila no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 643), Col. Grant! 
Apparently nearly allied to C. verticillaris, T. Anders. MSS. in herb. Kew, from Zambesi-land. 
[An erect-growing plant, generally found by water. Stem square, purple, and covered with rough 
hairs. Flowers purple, numerous, from the branch- and leaf-axils. After the flowers fall off, the sepals 
become hard, black, and sharp-pointed, a contrast in colour to the flowers. Seed-vessel two-celled, with 
four flat scales of seeds.—J. A. G.J 
Plate CXXVI. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anthers; fig. 4. Ovary 
and stigma. 
22 8. CALOPHANES RADICANS, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 23; App. Speke's Journ. 
643.— Ruellia radicans, Hochst., in hb. Schimp. Abyss. 17. 
-Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[A creeping plant, and represented as such in ап original drawing by me, 8 inches high. Corolla 
white, small. In February, at Karagué, when laid up with a swollen leg, the brother of the Sultan 
