Piate 2659. 
LIGHTFOOTIA LEPTOPHYLLA, C. H. Wright. 
CAMPANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULER. 
L. | ghee teste C. H. Wright (sp. nov.) ; ad L. capitatam, Baker 
accedit, ramis minute pubescentibus, foliis ‘majoribus tenuioribusque, 
oe ‘enatets foliis similibus cinctis prima facie distinguenda. 
erba gracilis, multiramosa, . — alta. Rami teretes, minute 
sieht pallide straminei. lia lanceolata, serrata, apice acuta 
vel subobtusa, basi attenuata, siaecenilia: ca sparse albo-pilosa 
vel tandem subglabra, 2 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Capitula sepius ter- 
minalia, ake ar i 9 lin. diam. ; bractez cares tative 4-8, foliis 
omnino similes ; bracteole subulate, floribus paullo breviores. Calycis 
lobi subulati, ciliati, 13 lin. longi. Corolla purpurea, fere ad basin 
5-partita ; lobi ligulati, 24 lin. longi. Stamina calycis lobis beter ie? 
oblonge. Ovariwm 3-loculare ; stylus corollam superans, apice incras- 
satus papillosusque ; stigma minute 3-lobum 
Portucurse East AFRICA: near water on hills between Unangu 
and Lake Shiré, W. P. Johnson, 40. 
In general appearance this plant approaches Jasione, a genus which 
has not yet been found south of the Tropic of Cancer. Tts lar rge thin 
leaves and ca ‘tate inflorescence, surrounded by leaf- Sa Dea render 
it easily distinguishable from its congeners.—C. H. Wr 
Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, an expanded flower; 3, - stamen, front view; 4, the same, 
hak view; 5, transverse section of ovary. —Alll en larged. 
