373 
basi longe productis, circiter.8 mm. longis. Ovariwm globosum, 
glabrum, apice squamis dentato-setosis. coronatum. Fructus 
immaturus calycis segmentis persistentibus accrescentibus 
coronatus. 
NorTHERN Nigeria. Neill’s Valley, 2 miles east. of Govern- 
ment Station, Naraguta, 15 June, 1921, 1} ft. high, petals 
mauve, H. V. Lely No. 259. 
Dissotis Lambii, Hutchinson in Kew Bull. 1916, 230, 
Naraguta, 20 June; 18-24 ins. high, No. 285, 4 Aug., about 
5 iy gueh. mauve flowers about 33 ins. in diameter, - 
Piavipaaly selbadted by Mr. Lamb at Kaduna. 
Antherotoma Naudinii, Hook. f.; Gilg, Monogr. Afr. Melastomac. 
3 
Naraguta, 17 aug: small herb about 10 ins. high, 4 mauve 
petals, No. 
Widely pratt in Tropical Africa and Madagascar. 
it ee 
Jussiaea diffusa, Forsk.; F.T.A. ii. 
Bauchi, 2200 ft., in eee uae on 13 Mor, 1 ft. high 
flowers yellow, No. 172. 
Jussiaea villosa, Lam.; F.T.A. ii 
N se decumbent in dap eau: bed, flowers yellow, 
Tana, 3100 f{t., 7 May, No. 93. 
FICOIDACEAE. 
Glinus lotoides, Linn., var. virens (Oliv.); F.T.A. ii. 590 (Mollugo 
Glinus). 
Soethr wet places, 3200 ft., 4 May; spreading 2 ft., 
s pale mauve with dark central line, No. 101. 
Distrib Niger and Angola. 
Mollugo nudicaulis, Lam.; F.T.A. 
Bichikki, 2200 ft., 17 May ; re ins. high, flowers white, 
No. 181 
: CUCURBITACEAE. 
Momordica foetida, Schuwm.; F.T.A. ii. (I. Morkorra, A. Rich.). 
Vodni, 4600 ft., 13 July, 6 ft., corolla snow white, sepals 
with black knobs, fruit a large 2-3 ins. oval green berry 
with orange protuberances, No. 423. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
Hydrocotyle asiatica, Linn.; F.T.A. iii. 6; Hutch. in Kew Bull. 
1921, 248.. 
Naraguta, 20 June; ea gs 2-3 ft., flowers small, red, 
n short stout stalks, No. 
Widely . anise | in the tropics of. ey Old World. 
