552 Lxxxvii. GENTiANE^ (baker AND BROWN). [Belmontia. 



2. B. oligantha, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 102. Stem filiform, 

 erect, J-l| in. long. Leaves few, sess^ile, lanceolate, acute, o-^i ^i^- 

 long. Flowers 1-3; pedicels J in. long. Sepals 5, lanceolate, very 

 acute, |-J in. long, slightly keeled. Corolla | in. long; tube sub- 

 cylindrical; lobes 1-lJ lin, long, oblong, obtuse. Stamens inserted in 

 the upper half of the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, tipped with a large 

 gland. Style short ; stigma cylindrical. 



Ko-wer Guinea. Gnbooii : Munda; Sibaiige Farm, ISoijoux. 



'3. B. debilis, Schinz in Viertelj. Xaturforsch. Ges. Zilrich, xxxvii. 

 (1891) i>32. Plant very small, h-2 in. high, simple or branched, 

 apparently perennial, glabrous. Leaves in few pairs, lanceolate, 

 ascending, J in. long. Pedicels Ij-^ lin. long, erect. Sepals 5, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, J in. long, narrowly-winged on the green 

 keel. Corolla-tube 2J-2| lin. long, narrowly funnel-shaped in the 

 upper half ; lobes 5, obovate, 1^^ Jin. long. Stamens inserted at the 

 middle of the corolla-tube. — l^xochcenium debile, Weiw. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii. 48. Parasia debilis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 708. 



JmO-wct Guinea. Angola : Pungo Aiuiongo ; mudtly places at Lake Quibinda 

 on tlie right bank of t'.ie lliver Cnije, Welwitsch, 1511 ! 



4. B. zaxnbesiaca. Baker in Keio Bulletin, 1894, 25. Plant o-^- 

 in. high in the only specimen seen. Stem slender, erect, simple, 4- 

 angled. Leaves in 3 pairs, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, ascending, 

 at most J in. long. Flowers solitary ; pedicel 10 lin. long. Sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, J in. long, with a narrow wing to the green keel. Corolla- 

 tube 5 lin. long, narrowly funnel-shaped in the upper half; lobes 

 obovate-cuneate, \ in. long. Stamens inserted at about the middle of 

 the corolla- tube. 



XMCozamb. I>lst. Rhodesia : Leshumo Valley, south of the Zambesi, Holuh ! 



5. B. pumila, Baker in Kew Balleti)i, 1894, 25. Stems slender, 

 erect, 1^-2 in, long, 1-4-flowered, 4-angled. Leaves in 3-5 pairs, 

 ovate or oblong, subacute, ^-^- in. long, spreading or the lowest 

 deflexed. Pedicels very short, erect. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, ^ in. 

 long, pallid, with a narrowly-winged green keel. Corolla-tube half as 

 long again as the calyx, narrowly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; 

 lobes obovate, 1 lin. long. Stamens inserted below the middle of the 

 corolla-tube. Cai3sule yV^i ^"- ^^ diam. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Xupe ; in a swamp at Loni, Barter, 

 1680! 



G. B. platyptera, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 2^). Stem 

 very slender, l|^-2 in. long, 4-winged, simple or branched, 1-5- 

 flowered. Leaves in few pairs, ovate, acute, spreading, cuneate at 

 the base, \-\ in. long. Pedicels J-J in. long, recurving. Sepals 5, 

 ovate, \ in. long; keel green, conspicuously winged. Corolla-tube 

 cylindrical, about 3 J lin. long lobes 5, obovate, 1-1 J lin. long.^ 



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