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vel pseudo-axillares, densae. Sepala 5, oblonga, mucronato-acuta. 
Petala 5, spathulato - elliptica, obtusa. Stamina 7. Fructus 
didymus, rugosus, atratus. 
A dwarf annual with widely spreading branches, glabrous in all 
parts. Leaves alternate, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 
obtuse, rounded or cuneate at the ase; petiole 13-2 lin. long; 
blade 3-14 in. long, 14-4} lin. broad. Cymes terminal or falsely 
axillary, pedunculate, densely many-flowered, }-1 in. in diam. 
Peduncles }~1} in. long. Bracts 3-1 lin. long, ovate, acuminate, 
membranous, with a green keel. Pedicels 4 lin. long. Sepals 5, 
about 1} lin. long, 2 lin. broad, oblong, mucronate-acute, concave, 
membranous, with a narrowly winged green keel. Petals 5, about 
# lin. long, scarcely 4 lin. broad, spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, 
membranous, white. Stamens 7, about 2 lin. long; filaments 
dilated at the base, papillate-pilose ; anthers yellow. Ovary 
2-celled ; styles 2, short. Fruit didymous, rugose, blackish. 
Kwebe, chiefly in marshy places, Lugard, 186. 
Allied to ZL. africana, Burm., but differing in being an annual 
and in having flowers only about half as large. 
RUBIACEAE. 
Oldenlandia cynanchica, K. Schum? 
Kwebe Hills, 3,300 ft., Lugard, 166 ; Mrs. Lugard, 111. 
Plant growing to 15 in. high ; flowers white. 
Gardenia spatulifolia, Stapf § Hutch. 
Botletle River, seldom any distance from the river bank, 
Lugard, 7. 
ae tree, 20 ft. high; flowers cream-coloured, turning to yellow 
th age. 
ciliate with 5-6 bristles 14-2 lin. long, brownish. Flowers 
of the leaves, intermingled 
with numerous short bristles. Calyz-lobes 4, erect, 12-2 lin. long, 
4 lin. broad, slightly larger in Fruit, lanceolate, agute, rigi 
glabrous on both sides, scabrid-ciliate on the margins. Coroé 
4-lobed, white; tube 2 lin. long, funnel-shaped, glabrous ; lobes 
spreading, 1} lin, long, 1 lin. broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse, glabrous 
with the exception of a few hairs down the middle of the bac 
Stamens inserted in the sinuses between the corolla-lobes, exserted; 
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