Belmoniia.] lxxxvii. gentiane.*: (baker and brown). iib'i 



•Stamens inserted abov^e the middle of the corolla-tuVje. — Parasia 

 jylati/ptera, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 70C. 



Iiower Guinea. Angoln : Pungo Anclongo; in moist sandy places between 

 Lombe and Quibiiida, WeltoUsch, 1512! and by the Kiver Cimnza, near Muta 

 Lucala, Welwitsch, 1512a. 



7. B. primulseflora, Schinz in Viertelj. Xatavforsch. (Jes. Zurich, 

 xxxvii. (1891) o32. Plant l-o in. high, branching from the base or 

 with 1 simple stem, erect, glabrous, 1-15-flovvered. Leaves in few 

 pairs, lanceolate, ascending, ^-j in. long. Pedicels ^-9 lin. long, erect. 

 Sepals 5, lanceolate, |-^ in. long; keel winged. Corolla-tube \^-h in. 

 long, funnel-shaped in the upper half : lobes suborbicular, |-^ in. long. 

 Stamens inserted below the middle of th6 corolla-tube. — Engl. 

 HochgebirgsH. Trop. Afr. ;^86. Parasia primuUflora, Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 707. Exochcuniuni jn'inndcpjiorum, Welw. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxvii. 47. 



JtO-wer Guinea. Angola: Huilla; by the Kiver I'alanca, near Hunii)ata, 

 Newton I spongy pastures in Alon-o de Lopollo, towards Hnnij)atiJ, aliove 5300 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 1513! swampy places by the Hivcr Monino, Welwitsch, 1513b, and on 

 lofty moxmtain slo})es between Lopollo and Gambos, Welioitsch, 1514 ! by the Itiver 

 Ounene, Johnston ! 



8. B. grandis, E. Meyer, Comm. ii. 183. Plant ;>-15 in. high, 

 l-15-flo\vered. Stem simple or branched, erect, 4-angled. Leaves in 

 few pairs, distant, linear or lanceolate, ascending, J-lJ in. long, !-"> 

 lin. broad. Pedicels 1-2^ in. long. Flowers erect or horizontal. 

 Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 0-11 lin. long ; keel winged, green. Corolla- 

 tube 7-10 lin. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; lobes ."), 

 suborbicular, ^-J in. long, acute. Stamens inserted below the middle 

 of the corolla-tube. — Schinz in Viertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Zurich, 

 xxxvii. (1891) 330; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 33G. ParcLsia 

 grandis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 707. Exochcenium grande, 

 (iriseb. in DC. Prod. ix. 55 ; Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 49. 



STile Iiand. Uganda : Ankole, Doggett I 



^Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; nenr Lopollo, Welthitscti, \'i\iS\ 



IVXozamb. Hist. Gentian East Africa: Usagara, ex Etiglm- ; Kondeland ; 

 mountains near Langeuburg, Goetze, 856. Portuguese Ertst Africa : .M'edo country, 

 between Lujemia Kiver and Ibi), Last ! 



Also in South Africa. 



9. B. mechowiana, Vatke ex Schinz in Viertelj. Xaturforsch. Ges. 

 Zurich, xxxvii. (1891) 333. Stem very slender, simple, 10-20 in. long, 

 usually 1-flowered. Leaves in 4-8 pairs, linear- lanceolate, a-scending, at 

 most J in. long, J-1^ lin. broad. Pedicels '2\-o\ in. long, naked, 

 erect. " Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 lin. long ; keel 

 prominent, acute or narrowly winged, green. Corolla-tube very 

 slender, cylindric, |-1 in. long ; lobes 5, elliptic, acute, 5 (i lin. long. 

 Stamens inserted at -5 of the length of the corolla-tiibe. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: by the Kiver Haniba. 7V«.vr, 5(t3 ! 



