Faroa.] lxxxvii. GENTiANEiE (baker and hrown). 5G7 



very broadly dilated at the cordate scarious veiny huso, formiiif' an 

 involucre to the flowers, widely spreading. Flower-clustei-s axiflury 

 and terminal, distant, 3-b^ lin. in diam,, dense, many-flowered ; pedicels 

 J-J- lin. long. Calyx-lobes 1-1 i lin. long, J-J lin. broad, narrowly 

 obovate-oblong, acute, erect, not contiguous nor spreading nor gibbous- 

 keeled at the tips. Corolla-tu^e about J lin. long; lobes J-jj lin. long, 

 ovate, acute. Stamens about as long as tlie corolla-lobes. " Style as long 

 as the stamens; stigma of 2 filiform recurved lobes. Cap.sule 1 lin. 

 long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, distinctly narrowed at the base. 



XMCozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa: Xyajalaml ; Masukii Plateau, 6500- 

 7000 ft., Whytel 



Like F. involncrata, Knobl., in appearance, but totally different in its calyx. 



3. F. graveolens. Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1894, 2(1. Stem erect^ 

 6-9 in. long, with Several long erect branches in the upper two-thirds. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, ascending; lower \\-'.^ 

 lin. broad; upper |-2 lin. broad. Clusters of flowers axillary nwA 

 terminal, distant, 5-8 lin. in diam., very dense, globose, subtended by a 

 pair of broad-based linear leaves ; pedicels short. Calyx 1 \ lin. lon»? ; 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, with a gibbous-winged keel at the apex. Corolla 

 lilac, twice as long as the calyx ; lobes oblong. Stamens as long as or 

 longer than the corolla-lobes. — F. goniphvienoides, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 313. 



Xrile Iiand. Ugamla, in sandy places, Wilson, 32 ! 



IMJCozamb. I>ist. German Ea>^t Africa: Uziba ; Usonpo a, ex Wilson. 

 Karagwe; liukob.i, IStuhlmann, 3935! 4062! (4162 ex Enfjler) ; Kayosa, near 

 Bukolja, Sfuhlmann, 1479 (ex Angler). 



According to the Kev. C. T. Wilson the whole plant smells like Asafoetida, and 

 a decoction of it is used in malarial ague. 



4. F. affinis, Be Wild, in Etnd. Fl. Katanga, 99, t. 11,. AV- 1-1-21. 

 Plant 4-8 in. high, simple or slightly branched, glabions. Stems 

 narrowly 4-winged, with o-4 rather Jong internodes below the in- 

 florescence. Leaves J-1 in. long, ;\-2 lin. broad, linear lanceolate or 

 the uppermost linear, narrowed at the base ; lower all in di.-^tant pairs. 

 Flower-clusters 3-6 to a stem, axillary and terminal, dense, many- 

 flowered, all crowded and more or less contiguous, oi- the lower one 

 distant. Pedicels l-2i lin. long. Calyx | lin. long, 4-lobed jj-j tiie 

 way down ; lobes elliptic, apiculate (lanceolate, acute, in the figure). 

 Corolla blue; tube 1 lin. long; lobes 1 lin. long, elliptic, acute 

 (lanceolate, acute, in the figure). Stamens at length much longer than 

 the corolla-lobes. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga; Lukafu, J'crdirk, o'M>. 



5. F. amara, Gilg ined. A small glabrous annud, l-i' in. 

 high, much branched at the base. Radical leaves i-j in. long, 

 3-4 lin. broad, spathulate-obovate or -oblanceolato, ohtuse or huh.cute, 

 aarrowed into the petiole; stem-leave^ in 2-4 pairs, 2A-.') lin. long» 

 1J-2J lin. broad, spathulate-ovate or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 

 narrowed to the base, spreading, all with axillary clustei-s of tlowci s 



