626 LXXIII. CAMPANULACES. [ Lobelia 
connate about twice as far as the length of the calyx-lobes ; 
anthers glabrous on the back, two of them bearded at the tip, 
rather exceeding the undivided portion of the larger corolla-lip. 
HviLia.—In damp sandy pastures on the Humpata plateau, very 
rare; fl. April 1860. No. 1140. 
This is perhaps nearly related to L. inconspicua A. Rich., the type of 
which I have not seen, but it appears distinct by the scapelike stem, 
ete. The root, though apparently annual, is possibly not really so and 
may be similar to that of L. pusilla. 
3. L. pusilla Welw. ms. in herb. 
A slender, dwarf herb, about 2 in, high ; root seemingly annual, 
but perhaps persisting longer than a year after the fashion of 
some species of Drosera; leaves radical, rosulate, broadly oval or 
obovate-oval, rounded at the apex, somewhat narrowed at the 
base to the short or very short petiole, denticulate-repand, sub- 
glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath with long whitish 
hairs, } to } in. long; stems scapiform, terete, geminate or 
solitary, puberulous, erect, simpie below, usually once divided 
above, 2- or 1-flowered, usually sparingly bracteate ; pedicels 2 to 
- in. long; bracts small, few, alternate or subopposite, obtuse, 
inserted on the stem or its forking or on the pedicels, puberulous ; 
flowers nearly 4 in. long, deep blue; calyx minutely puberulous, 
campanulate and } in. long in flower, more oblong and +} to } in, 
long in fruit, somewhat narrowed towards ae base especially in 
fruit ; the lobes lanceolate, acute, about 4, in. long or rather 
shor ter ; corolla bilabiate, the lobes of the larger lip connate 
more than twice the length of the calyx-lobes ; anther-tube some- 
what pilose on the back, about equalling the undivided portion of 
the larger corolla-lip ; two of the anthers bearded at the tip. 
Hvi_ta.—In swampy sandy willow-beds, on the left bank of the 
river Quipumpunhime, between Mumpulla and Nene, sparingly ; fl.and 
fr. Oct. 1859. No. 1139. 
This is very nearly related to L, gracillima Welw., but differs by sub- 
sessile leaves, inflorescence, etc. 
4. L. benguellensis Hiern, sp. nov. 
A herb, 4 to 5 in. high; rootstock apparently perennial; stem 
abbreviated, terete, somewhat branched, shortly pubescent ; leaves 
subradical, obovate-oval, rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped to- 
wards the base into the petiole which is about half as long, obtusely 
paucidentate or repand, thinly scattered with whitish pilose hairs 
on both faces, 3 to 2 in. long; inflorescence 3- to 7-flowered, 
terminal or quasi-terminal, glabrous or nearly so ; ; pedicels slender, 
unequal, ranging up to 2 in. long, erect or suberect, bracteolate 
at the base; common peduncle scapiform, 23 in. long, erect or 
ascending, sub-tribracteate: bracts alternate, sublinear, } to } in. 
long; bracteoles similar, smaller ; ices about } in. long, appa- 
rently blue ; aly campanulate and 2, to ¥ in. * long in flower, 
ovoid and 5% in. rae in fruit, re Piste the lobes lanceolate- 
linear, rather obtuse, .3, to ,/, in. long; corolla unilabiate, shortly 
5-lobed ; anthers glabrous on the back, equalling the undivided 
