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ibus subparallelis; stipulae tripartitae, 7-8 mm. longae, segmentis 
lineari-subulatis parce pubescentibus. Jnflorescentia terminalis, 
capitata, circiter 8 cm. expansa; bracteae foliaceae. Flores albi. 
sessiles, 6-7 cm. longi. Calyx inaequaliter 5-partitus, segmentis 
lanceolatis acute acuminatis dorso carinatis parce pubescentibus 
6-7 mm. longis. Corollae tubus 5-5 cm. longus, superne leviter 
latior, extra pilis brevibus patulis hirsutus, intra superne dense 
villosus; lobi 5, oblongo-lineares, obtusi, 7 mm. longi, 2 mm. 
lati, extra leviter pubescentes, marginibus incurvis. Stamina 
inclusa, 1 cm. infra apicem corollae tubi inserta; antherae 5 mm. 
longae, basi breviter bilobatae. Stylus 1-2 cm. exsertus, glaber, 
stigmate bilobato ellipsoideo 1-75 mm. longo. Fructus non 
visus. 
NortTHern NigErta.—Mongu, 4300 ft., 8 July, flowers white, 
H. V. Lely No. 386. 
Fig. 5. Pais. apr it Hutchins 1, top of flowering branch ; 
2, —— 3, calyx; the same laid Ga 5, upper part of aoe 
6, the e showing tit of stamens; 7, anther; 8, stigmas.—aAll 
Pleat, saat x 4. 
Virecta multifiora, Smith; F.T.A. iii : 
Naraguta, in great masses over ‘ak cleft rocks, 5 Aug.; 
herb 9-18 ins. high, flowers pale mauve with two darker 
lines down the corolla lobes, Hausa ‘“‘ Gogamasu,”’ No. 491. 
Distrib Upper Guinea generally and eo 
Oldenlandia senegalensis, Hiern in F.T.A. iii. 56; Holland, 353. 
Naraguta, in grass a 1 pe herb about 2 ft. high, 
small brown petals, No. 
Distrib.—Senegambia to the eaves Sudan and Uganda. 
