188 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
foliis carnosulis, oblongis v. ovali-oblongis, obtusis, integris v. obsolete denticulatis, utrin- 
que crispe pubescentibus; paniculis terminalibus folia superantibus;.cymis peduncu- 
latis, oppositis, simplicibus v. 2-3-furcatis ; floribus unilateralibus, sessilibus ; bracteis 
parvis, coloratis, pilosis; calyce brevissimo truncato; coroll: labio superiore rotundato, 
4-crenato-lobulato, labio antico longiore cymbiformi. 
Caulis ascendens j-1l-pedalis. Folia 3-3 poll. longa, 1 poll. lata. Bractee obtuse, lineam longs. 
Corolla 3 poll. longa. 
Hab. Karagué, Nov. 1861 and Маг. 1862 (Eolanthus no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 644), 
Col. Grant ! 
[This plant creeps on the ground or on rocks and roots from its stems. Its leaves are fleshy and sprinkled 
with short hairs underneath. The flowers grow on one side of the stem with double bracts, of which the 
largest has a purple gland on its under surface; calyx diminutive and purple, while the corolla is Шас. 
—J. А. G.] 
Plate CX X XVI. A. fig. 1. Flower and bract; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anthers ; 
fig. 4. Pistil. | 
15. /EOLANTHUS AMBUSTUS, Oliv., sp.nov. Erectus, ramosus, pedalis ; caule tetragono 
minute puberulo ; foliis linearibus v. anguste ovalibus, apice angustatis, obtusiusculis, car- 
nosulis, glabris, sessilibus ; cymis spicæformibus axillaribus terminalibusque ; bracteis 
lanceolatis, obtusis, puberulis, erectis ; floribus sessilibus ; calyce cylindraceo, ore breviter 
bilabiato, labio antico 2-lobulato, basi persistente margine obtuse undulato crustaceo ; 
corollz labio postico leviter 4-lobulato. | 
Folia 3-13 poll. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, margine (in sicco) sepe revoluta. Cymæ ultimæ spicæformes, 1-2 
poll. longe; bracteæ з poll. longe. Calyx lineam longus, basi persistente marcescente 1-12 lin. lata. 
Corolla 4 poll. longa, labio antico postico longiore. 
Hab. Rocks, Madi, looking as though scorched with fire (Zolanthus no. 3, App. Speke's 
Journ. 645), Col. Grant ! | 
Plate CX XXVI. B. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anthers; fig. 4. 
Calyx and bract; fig. 5. Persistent base of calyx. 
16. PYCNOSTACHYS RETICULATA, Benth.; DC. Prod. xii. 83. Var. bracteis acutis, ante 
florescentiam erectis. 
Наб. Ukidi, Nov. 1862 (Pycnostachys no. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 644), Col. Grant! А 
Cape species. | 
[In crossing the rolling grassy country at Ukidi at 24° N. lat. the dips of ground were often swampy. 
Here I collected this plant at an altitude of 4000 feet ; not common.—J. A. G.] 
17. Рүсховтлонүв, sp. (по. 2, App. Speke's Јошт. 644). With narrow, compact, eylin- 
drical spikes of fruiting calyces, and calyx-teeth scarcely a line іп length. Not 
determinable. | 
Hab. By the Nile, about 2° N. lat., amongst rushes, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
18. Hypris SPICIGERA, Lam. ; DC. Prod. xii. 87: App. Speke’s Journ. 645. 
Hab. 3° N. lat., Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely spread іп the tropics. 
[This is the “ neeno” of Gani, 3° N. lat., where it is cultivated for its small seeds (preserved), which 
are eaten roasted, and from which oil is extracted; the seeds or seed-like nuts are both black and red, 
23 oe plant smells strongly. The head of flowers, when ripe, is of a dull purple-grey colour.— 
