i*68 LXXXVII. GENTIANE^ (bAKER AND BROWN). [FarOCl. 



which are contiguous and form a dense oblong terminal inflorescence. 

 Pedicels 1-1 J Hn. long. Calyx-lobes 1 lin. long, J-| lin. broad, 

 narrowly oblong, acute, with erect tips, submembranous, 1-nerved, 

 prominently keeled at the apex ; sinal angles scarcely pro- 

 minent. Corolla-tube about 1 lin. long ; lobes J lin. long, about J lin. 

 broad, oblong-ovate, acute, very concave, keeled on the back, erect. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes, scarcely J lin. long ; filaments 

 with a minute rounded scale at their base. Style I lin. long ; stigmatic- 

 lobes minute, linear, revolute. 



JmOWCt Guinea. Angola: Otyimk'iri, Dekindt, 1145 1 



6. P. pusilla. Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1894, 20. Stems simple or 

 branched from the base, 1-1 J in. long. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 

 -meaibranous, those of the basal rosette |-1 in, long, the others smaller, 

 narrowed to the base. Flower-clusters '1-'^ to a stem, axillary and 

 terminal, not contiguous, subtended by leaves ; pedicels short. Calyx- 

 lobes I lin. long, ovate, acute, spreading at the tips, with their sinal 

 angles very projecting. Corolla whitish ; lobes -f lin. long, ovate, 

 acute. Stamens as long as the corolla-lobes. Style \-\ lin. long ; 

 stigma subsimple, scarcely or but very minutely 2-lobed. Capsule as 

 long as the calyx. — F. Schweinfurthii, Engl, tfe Knobl. in Bot. Centralb. 

 Ix. (1894), 330. 



XTpper Guinea. Niger Teiritoi-y: Xupe ; in moist places on the margins of 

 swiunps. Barter, 1008 ! 1710 ! 



Wile Xiand. Bongo: Gir, Schweinf zirth, 2olZ\ 



7. P. nyasica, X. E. Br. A dwarf biennial or perennial, 2^-3 

 in. high, with numerous branches from the base, glabrous. Radical 

 leaves numerous, |-2 in. long, lJ-3 lin. broad, linear, lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse; stem-leaves in 3-4 pairs, 4-9 lin. long, l;^-3 lin. 

 broad, spathulate-oblanceolate, obtuse. Flower-clusters solitary, ter- 

 minal or sometimes a second cluster lower down the stem, many- 

 ■flowered ; pedicels 1^-4 lin. long. Calyx Ij lin. long, very membra- 

 nous; lobes obovate or oblong-obovate, very obtuse, cuspidate-apicu late 

 l3y the prolonged \-\ lin. long slightly gibbous midrib. Corolla-tube 

 1^ lin. long; lobes IJ-lJ lin. long, lanceolate, acute or subacute. 

 Stamens longer than the corolla-lobes. Style ^\-'2h lin, long, filiform ; 

 stigma very minutely 2-lobed. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Centriil Africa : Nyasaland; Mountains west of Lake 

 INyasa, 3000-4000 ft., Kirk ! Livingstone ! 



Differs from F. salutaris, Welw., in its larger foliage and much more mem- 

 branous calyx with cuspidate (not simply acute) lobes. 



8. P. Boehmii, Engl. Pjl. Ost-Afr. C. 313. Stems ^-^ in. long; 

 "branches short, springing from the axils of the lower leaves. Lenves 

 oblong ; basal crowded. Flower-clusters solitary, terminal, or 2 to a 

 stem, contiguous ; pedicels 2-4 lin. long, slender. Calyx 1 lin. long ; 

 loles ovate, acute, rather longer than the funnel-shaped tube. Corolla 

 violet; tube 1 lin. long; lobes f lin. long, J-| lin. broad, lanceolate, 



